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GRANTS PASS — Rogue Community College is offering a six-week Nursing Assistant 1 (NA1) training program in Grants Pass this fall. This non-credit program, new to the RCC Redwood Campus, offers a quick pathway to a career in the health care field. In response to regional demand for trained health care workers, the RCC Continuing Education department launched a nursing assistant training program in 2021...
Megan Capp has been a farmer for years. With Rogue Community College, she’s taking it up a notch. Actually, three notches. “I’m triple majoring,” Megan says with a smile. She tells the story — “mechatronics, electronics and manufacturing/engineering technology.” It all started with a welding class in 2018. “I wanted the skill, and then it snowballed. When I realized what I could do at RCC,...
Kaloa Neukan loves soccer. It’s always been her passion — and she’s good at it. She played soccer in high school and was offered a scholarship by Rogue Community College to attend classes and play for the Ospreys. Just days before tuition was due, the coach left and Kaloa’s scholarship fell through. Kaloa was living with a host family at the time and they helped her...
Iain Pangburn was born and raised in Grants Pass. His early education was mostly homeschool and charter schools, but when he was 15, he got tired of the high school curriculum and took a placement test at Rogue Community College. At first, he pursued welding. Iain had always liked the idea of building things and knew he didn’t want an office job. After meeting a...
Everyone’s path through higher education is different. Some start college right out of high school, others work for years before enrolling at a community college. There is no wrong way to be a student. As Keaton Fournier says, “The biggest thing I’ve learned is that it’s never too late to learn, it’s never too late to reevaluate and change what path you’re on.” Born and...
The Massage Therapy and Science Center are complete and each building will be open starting Monday, Sept. 19 for fall term 2022. All of the bond projects over the last 5 ½ years were completed on-time and on budget.
Rogue Community College $1 clothing sale supports RCC student scholarships Jackson and Josephine Counties – The American Association of Women in Community College-Rogue Community College Chapter (AAWCC-RCC) announces its $1 Clothing Sale for the fall. The whole community is invited to shop and support the RCC Foundation student scholarship fundraising event, hosted by AAWCC-RCC. There are two dates and two locations for the fundraiser: Tuesday,...
Zone 5 vacancy opens seat Jackson County — The Rogue Community College Board of Education (Board) is seeking applications for an interim appointment by a vacancy in Zone 5 of the RCC District. The selected candidate will serve through June 30, 2023 and will be eligible to run for a full four-year term during the May 2023 election. To qualify, interim candidates must reside in...
Ben Ochsner graduated from Phoenix High School in 2003. “No one had ever talked to me about community college,” he recalls, “and I went straight to Oregon State University.” Quickly, he realized that he was in over his head academically, as many young students are during their first year in university. So Ben came back to the Rogue Valley and got a job with a...
Ben Davis didn’t finish high school knowing what he wanted to do next. He worked in landscaping jobs for a while, then became a teacher’s aide at an elementary school. For years, the idea of going to college had been hovering around him, but he hadn’t known what he would want to study. As a teacher’s aide, he got to explore his passion for teaching....