RCC Budget and Finance Dept.

Quorum of RCC Board to attend finance meeting

A quorum of the Rogue Community College Board of Education will be attending the RCC Finance and Audit Committee meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. via Zoom. All board members have been invited to attend. A comprehensive 2020-21 audit presentation will be provided by Eide Bailey, LLP and the Monthly Financial Statements will also be discussed....

Illinois Valley Learning Center

Kerby learning center to reopen for in-person GED® classes

Need to brush up on basic skills or work toward earning your GED diploma? Rogue Community College’s Illinois Valley Learning Center in Kerby is opening for in-person study during winter term. The RCC Adult Basic Skills (ABS) program has offered online classes since spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Valley Learning Center, located in the Kerby Belt Building at 24353 Redwood Highway,...

Presidential Search

RCC Board accepting applications for next president

The Rogue Community College Board of Education has posted an announcement seeking applicants for the position of chief executive officer, moving the search for the college’s seventh president into the next phase. President Cathy Kemper-Pelle earlier this year announced plans to retire at the end of June 2022. Applications for the presidency are being accepted through RCC’s job page at schooljobs.com, with screening set to begin...

A salute to our veterans

There will be no classes and all RCC facilities will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. On this day, we recognize veterans for their service to our country. Veterans are a special and significant part of our Rogue community. This fall, we have 215 students receiving GI Bill benefits and a total of 752 student veterans. Thank you for your service, veterans! We appreciate...

We’re moving to your RCC inbox

You have probably only used your RCC student email account to log in to Blackboard or the Bookstore, but starting this month RCC will begin communicating with you through your student email account. Besides the username for Blackboard, the Bookstore and Campus Logic (RCC’s financial aid and scholarship portal), your RCC student email account is how you will find out about important college business and...

Introducing Itskut and Shakshak

GRANTS PASS — Evergreen Federal Bank unveiled the latest addition to its BearFest family today (Oct. 22, 2021) in honor of Rogue Community College’s 50th anniversary. The studious bear, hunched over a book, is accompanied by an osprey pal — the college mascot — with a common interest: “How to Fish.”  The Confederated Tribe of the Siletz Indians participated in naming the pair. Itskut, the...

Presidential Search

RCC Board establishes search committee for next president

The Rogue Community College Board of Education established a 20-member Presidential Search Advisory Committee at a special meeting on Oct. 5. The committee will assist the board and a consulting search firm in screening candidates to become the college’s seventh president. President Cathy Kemper-Pelle earlier this year announced her plans to retire at the end of June 2022. The committee is comprised of RCC District...

Student-athlete sets eyes on the future

Rogue Community College center midfielder Rosendo Juarez Flores has his feet on the soccer field and his eyes on the future. The 22-year-old sophomore, who goes by the nickname Pizo, is just four classes away from completing an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree with an interest in pre-professional medicine. Pizo’s career goal is to become a physical therapist. “It took my knee to...

Cathy Kemper-Pelle

President Kemper-Pelle appointed to national college board

Rogue Community College President Cathy Kemper-Pelle was recently appointed to a three-year term on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Commission on Economic and Workforce Development. Kemper-Pelle’s term on the commission runs through June 2024. The AACC is a nonprofit advocacy organization representing nearly 1,200 two-year, associate degree-granting institutions, including public and private colleges and technical schools. The group works at the national level...