Community & Corporate Education

Community & Corporate Education Catalog

This department encompasses Work Ethics, Community Education classes, and Kids Camps. Business and Industry Training, Computer Workshops, Cooperative Education and Volunteerism are part of Community and Corporate Education as well.

Personal & Professional Development Courses - In-Person and Online

RLC Community and Corporate Education offers a wide variety of courses through each semester to help establish or build upon a new hobby, gain a life skill, and more. With classes in fitness, cooking, and computer education, there's an option for everyone! Find the full schedule below.

Corporate Education

Upcoming Workshops:

Community & Corporate Education is dedicated to meeting the training/retraining needs of business and industry and providing residents of the college district with the training needed to upgrade skills or obtain full-time employment. A unique variety of courses, workshops, and other training opportunities are available. The Center can also provide “customized” training to area employers using Rend Lake College instructors, staff, and consultants. Training can be delivered on-site, on the Rend Lake College campus, at the Rend Lake College Marketplace in Mt. Vernon, or the Murphy-Wall Pinckneyville Campus

Students with an interest in your type of business are available through Rend Lake College for employment. This allows the student to gain valuable on-the-job training while enhancing your employee base. By hiring these students, you have made a great contribution to their education and their prospect of employment in the future. Help us train tomorrow’s workforce!

For more information or to register, phone (618) 437-5321, ext. 1367.

Kids Camps

Summer camps at RLC, designed with a variety of interests in mind. Cost varies. Camps for students entering grades K-8 with individual age restrictions based on the camp content.

CTE Camps

These free, one-day camps in June are designed to introduce junior high and high school students to their career interests and the programs they would train in at RLC. Transportation is available. Students entering grades 7-12 are eligible.

Education To Go

Rend Lake College offers a wide range of highly interactive courses for personal or professional development that you can take entirely over the Internet. Each class will include 2 lessons per week for a six week period. All of our courses include expert instructors. For a complete schedule, visit: ed2go.com/rlc

Institute of Lifelong Learning

Trips & Tours

Local Day Tours

St. Louis's Spirited Past

Date of Event: Friday, 10/11

Join us in October for a guided tour of Bellefontaine Cemetery! With over 160 years of history, beautiful Bellefontaine Cemetery is both a local landmark and a tranquil final resting place. Established in 1849, Bellefontaine played an important role in the early growth of St. Louis and is the final resting place of many historical figures including prominent beer barons. You’ll learn the history of those beer baron families that call Bellefontaine their final resting place.

Lunch will be served at Lemp Mansion, followed by their Guided History and Ghost Tour. We will tour 2 floors of the mansion and learn the supposed haunting facts of the Lemp family and their brewing empire. (Please note, there are 2 sets of staircases to navigate on this tour.)

Tour fees, lunch, gratuities, and charter bus transportation are included.

You must pre-register by September 26th.

$149

Buses will depart and return from the following places and times:
- Rend Lake Main Campus at 7:00am; return by 5:30pm
- Mt. Vernon Marketplace at 7:30am; return by 5:00pm

For more information or to register, phone (618) 437-5321, ext. 1714.

Collette Vacations

RLC is partnering with Collette Vacations to offer you exciting travel opportunities! Collette is known for handling the details with expertise while you realize the rewards of travel.

Discover Historical Greenbrier

August 23 - 30, 2024

8 Days, 12 Meals

This grand historic tour features a two-night stay at The Greenbrier, a classic American resort in the mountains of West Virginia. Relax and unwind on the iconic property while enjoying fabulous dining and traditional pastimes and exploring the storied past of this luxury escape. Be ushered through America’s eras: Enjoy a tavern meal along roads well-traveled, visit Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, step back in time at Colonial Williamsburg, explore a Smithsonian, and more. Experience the grandeur of The Greenbrier amid the West Virginia mountains and explore American history throughout Washington, D.C. and Virginia on a fascinating journey

$3,999 pp double occupancy

*Book early to take advantage of lower rates. Single and Triple rates available upon request.

National Parks of America

May 29 - June 9, 2025

12 Days, 16 Meals

Experience the grandeur of the American West as you explore five fantastic national parks on this exciting journey. In Arizona, contemplate the vast beauty of the Grand Canyon, and in Yellowstone, relish iconic sights like Old Faithful and Yellowstone Lake. Marvel at the magnitude and color of Zion’s cliffs and the hoodoos and spires at Bryce Canyon. Enjoy 2-night stays in Springdale, Utah (Zion) and Jackson Hole. Drive through the incredible Bighorn Mountains and the great Sioux Nations Territory before seeing Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monument. Meet a local Lakota Native American at dinner and learn about their fascinating way of life, past and present. Gain new appreciation of the great outdoors on this journey that takes you from the Grand Canyon to Mount Rushmore National Memorial and everywhere in between.

$5,799 pp double occupancy

*Book early to take advantage of lower rates. Single and Triple rates available upon request.

General Information

Cancellation of Classes

Nothing kills a good program faster than waiting until the last minute to register. At some point we have to determine if enrollment is sufficient to hold the class. Rend Lake College is a non-profit organization. We try to break-even on classes, at the same time we try to pay our instructors a fair wage for their time. If you are considering taking a class or you wish to show up the first night of class to register, please call and let us know. Otherwise, we must cancel low enrollment classes.

Withdrawal/Refunds

Students in Community Education classes may withdraw and receive a full refund by contacting a Rend Lake College Community Education representative at least 5 business days in advance of the first class or 10 business days in advance of a trip. No refunds will be given after that time, but a registration certificate will be issued in your name and MUST be used the following semester. No refunds or certificates will be issued following the first class session. Please call us if you must cancel a class at 437-5321, x 1714 or (800) 369- 5321, x 1714.

Course Content

Course content may be altered at the discretion of the instructor(s), and may in some instances deviate from the catalog description. We try to be as accurate as possible in describing our classes, but we allow the instructor to teach what they feel is important.

Senior Citizens

In-district residents who are 60 years of age or older qualify as senior citizens for tuition purposes and are entitled to take college credit courses provided that class has the required number of tuition paying students enrolled and that the classroom has available space tuition-free. The college reserves the right to use the qualifying age for senior citizen waivers, as dictated by State statute, which is 65 years of age or older for specific programs and departments. This does not include applicable fees charged for credit classes, nor does it include Community Education (COMED or ILR ) classes . Senior citizens may be charged a fee of $50 or more for repeating classes more times than credit can be claimed.

Residency

We get many calls from individuals outside of the Rend Lake College District regarding out-of-district fees. With Community Education classes, there is no need to worry about being out-of-district. It does not affect your fees nor your attendance. We encourage any one who has an interest in our classes to attend.

Contact Us

Charlotte Loss

Community and Corporate Education Specialist

Phone Extension: 1714

Building: Student Center

Office: 204

B.A., Southern Illinois University Carbondale | A.A.S., John A. Logan College

Brody Wilson

Coordinator of Industry & Apprenticeship

Phone Extension: 1280

Building: Student Center

Office: 204

A.A. Rend Lake College | B.A. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Community & Corporate Education Division
Phone: (618) 437-5321 Ext. 1263
Email: [email protected]
Address:468 N. Ken Gray Parkway, Ina, IL 62846 Attn: Community & Corporate Education

Community & Corporate Education Catalog