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RCC welcomes Small Business Development Center to Redwood Campus

GRANTS PASS — In spite of pandemic impacts, the Rogue Community College Small Business Development Center team helped 35 new businesses get started in 2020-21, and assisted regional small businesses in securing $88 million in capital and small business loans. Now, the services of the SBDC have an accessible, welcoming new home at RCC’s Redwood Campus. RCC’s dedication to supporting small businesses is elevated with...

We’re making a big change

We’re making a big change RCC is changing the way we contact students through email. Beginning Monday, Feb. 14, the college will send all email communication only to your RCC student email account. This means that RCC will no longer send emails to your personal email (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.). Your RCC student email is the same as your username for Blackboard, the Ambassador Bookstore and Campus...

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Hope Rises for College Students ‘On-the-Edge’

There’s a growing harsh truth to the tale of the “starving college student,” and Rogue Community College (RCC) students are no exception. Nearly three-quarters of RCC students who responded to a 2019 survey indicated they had experienced food or housing insecurity within the previous year. Regional wildfires, coupled with COVID-19 impacts, have increased the crisis dramatically even as RCC continues to respond with innovative programs...

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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...