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New CNA2 Program Provides Opportunity for Nursing Assistants to Elevate Their Careers and Expand Their Skillset

Rogue Community College announces the approval of its Certified Nursing Assistant 2 (CNA2) program, which opens new doors for CNAs who aspire to enhance their skills and create more opportunities for professional growth. Registration is now open for the first CNA2 cohort that starts in February. The program is designed to meet the rigorous standards set by the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) and...

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November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Find Your Path In the News

Deadlines extended for two RCC nursing programs

Rogue Community College has extended the application deadline for admission to its practical nursing program as well as the LPN-to-RN Bridge program that allows practical nurses to advance their careers. The new application deadline for both programs is Dec. 9. Classes begin Jan. 2, 2023, at the Table Rock Campus in White City. An online information session will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 30;...

October 24, 2022October 25, 2022 Find Your Path Student Stories

RCC’s campus resources help student push forward

Ruby is a member of the honor society and a business major — for now. “I have so many different ideas for what I want to do. I’m still learning all the areas of business and no matter what I end up doing, I really want to help people in the ways that I’ve needed help. That’s really important to me.” After attending high school...

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Find Your Path RCC Alumni

Transfer student: ‘The best decision I made was joining TRIO’

Carolina Gonzalez started attending Rogue Community College while she was still in high school. Born and raised in Grants Pass, her mother, brother, and sister all went to Rogue; for Carolina, it’s truly a community college. “What I like most about RCC is that there are such a variety of nontraditional students and people on different paths,” Carolina says. Carolina completed her associate degree this...

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Find Your Path Student Stories

CTE programs spark student’s passion for learning

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,...

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Find Your Path RCC Alumni Student Stories

Young business owner was learning to weld before he could drive

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...

September 20, 2022 Find Your Path RCC Alumni

Community college proves to be a good first step for second-time student

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...

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Find Your Path RCC Alumni Student Stories

RCC online student: ‘I felt like my professors were really invested in teaching to help students learn’

Brina Collins could be the star of that old Johnny Cash song — she’s been everywhere. After graduating high school in Ohio, she moved to a remote Alaskan island. It became difficult to access medical treatment for her child, who has a rare lung condition, so she came back to the mainland in 2020, moving to Oregon to be closer to medical facilities and find...

Kristen Morales, right, is pictured with business instructor Christina Wooten at the 2022 RCC Honors Night

August 18, 2022August 17, 2022 Find Your Path Student Stories

Initially nervous, business student finds support to succeed at Rogue Community College

At the time Kristen Morales finished high school in 2014, the question of what to do with the rest of her life was overwhelming. She took a year off of school to try to figure it out. She started at Rogue Community College in 2015 but still didn’t know what exactly she wanted. Always having been drawn to business, she took some prerequisite courses but...

August 17, 2022 Find Your Path Guided Pathways Student Stories

Online classes provide flexibility for working mom

Originally from Merced County, California, Holly Smyth has been in Grants Pass since 2005 and started attending classes at Rogue Community College to get her GED in 2012. Years later, she decided to return to finish what she had started and received her GED in October 2019. She is now working for her associate degree. “I know I need an education,” Holly says, “because I...