June 9 – 17, 2023 News Round-Up

Walking in 2023: Medford School District pandemic class graduates: Rogue Valley Times — June 9, 2023 RCC musicians finish year with concerts: The Grants Pass Daily Courier — June 11, 2023 For Logos valedictorian, school work wasn’t the biggest challenge: Rogue Valley Times, June 12, 2023 RCC grads celebrate new directions, new beginnings: The Grants Pass Daily Courier — June 16, 2023

On Juneteenth

As we wrap up the academic year, we have a lot to celebrate and reflect on, including our newest national holiday, Juneteenth. Also known as Freedom Day, Juneteenth was officially made a national holiday in 2021, but it has been recognized and celebrated in Texas and many other states for generations. Juneteenth commemorates the date when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States...

Mandatory Training Due June 30, 2023

As the evolution of cyberattacks evolves, our heightened level of awareness and cyberattack prevention does as well in order to best protect our network. For RCC to meet the requirements for continued cyber insurance coverage, ALL EMPLOYEES MUST complete two mandatory trainings by June 30, 2023. Below are the two training modules in VectorSolutions that you will need to complete. We will be required to...

Community Health Assessment Survey

All in for Health is a community-based organization involving the collaborative engagement and expertise of organizations and individuals from multiple sectors across Jackson and Josephine counties. All in for Health’s major initiative is to develop an updated Community Health Improvement Plan — because “a healthy community is everyone’s business.” As part of this initiative, there is a Community Health Survey being administered through July 16....

Athletics Signs 28 New Student-Athletes (and Counting!) for Fall 2023

The Athletics department has been busy through the winter and spring recruiting the fall 2023 student-athlete class. With the return of women’s soccer, this will be the largest signing class in the Ospreys’ nine seasons of competition. Volleyball has completed its recruiting class, bringing in eight new student-athletes and returning five players from the 2022 roster. Volleyball 2023 Class: Men’s Soccer had its final recruiting...

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RCC Small Business Management Program Offers Scholarships for Fall

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OR – Small business owners in Southern Oregon have an opportunity to receive training and mentorship offered through the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of Rogue Community College (RCC). The first 20 applicants accepted into the Small Business Management Program (SBM), with classes starting in the fall, will receive a scholarship that covers half of the tuition, a $300 value.  The scholarship is...

June 1 – 9, 2023 News Round-Up

Millions coming for local solar projects around Oregon: Capital Press – June 8, 2023 Rotary career and tech scholarships support students’ professional ambitions: Ashland.news – June 7, 2023 Obituaries: Arden Midge Renton: The Grants Pass Daily Courier – June 7, 2023 Road to Invent OR: Meet the 2023 finalist [project] Ancile Systems for Rogue Community College: InventOregon YouTube – June 5, 2023 Phoenix-Talent SD receives...

JAM Recap Panel

We were fortunate enough to have seven representatives from our institution attend Jenzabar’s Annual Meeting (JAM) last week and we are here to tell you, it was an absolute game-changer. The connections we made with Jenzabar experts and institutions from across the country who are already leveraging their solutions were invaluable. The exchange of ideas and the forging of meaningful connections will undoubtedly accelerate our own...

Where are the 23/24 Program Maps?

The good news: RCC has partnered with Modern Campus to produce an online catalog, starting 2023-24. The temporary news: In order to allow for all of the work needed to complete our move into catalog software, more time is needed. Where to locate 2023-24 program maps and course outlines, until the new catalog system is ready: For course outlines, go to the All of RCC...