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Student Success

Jaci and Lee Wyatt named RLC 2024 Alumni of the Year

INA, Ill. (Dec. 2, 2024) — Like so many young adults, fresh out of high school, Lee Wyatt and Jaci Brown were unsure of how they wanted to begin the next phase of life. Jaci...

Community

RLC announces auditions for Spring Musical 'Legally Blonde'

INA, Ill. (November 27, 2024) — Rend Lake College Spring Musical auditions for Legally Blonde will take place on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6 PM in the LRC, room 107. All...

Rlc News

RLC holds Ribbon Cutting for the Southern Illinois Manufacturing Academy

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (November 26, 2024) — Rend Lake College celebrated the opening of the Southern Illinois Manufacturing Academy (SIMA) with a ribbon cutting ceremony...

RLC’s Heisner selected for ASRT’s Educators Institute

INA, Ill. (November 22, 2024) — Holly Heisner, Director of the Radiologic Technology Program at Rend Lake College, was selected to attend the prestigious Educators Institute...

Resources

ICAPS at Rend Lake College: Your Path to a Brighter Future

INA, Ill. (November 25, 2024)—Have you been thinking about starting a new career or leveling up your skills for today’s job market? If so, the Integrated Career and Academic...

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Celebrate National Apprenticeship Week with RLC

INA, Ill. (November 19, 2024)— This week, Rend Lake College is joining Apprenticeship.gov in celebrating National Apprenticeship Week (NAW). The 10th anniversary of NAW...

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Intermountain Electronics donates $50,000 to SIMA at RLC

INA, Ill. (November 15, 2024) — The Rend Lake College Foundation is excited to share that it has received a $50,000 donation from Intermountain Electronics to provide...

Community

Join RLC and SIC for the 2024 Winter Concert

INA, Ill. (November 12, 2024)—Rend Lake College is thrilled to invite you to an enchanting Winter/Holiday Concert Series, where the magic of the season comes alive through...

Rlc News

RLC performs 'FAME'

INA, Ill. (November 13, 2024)—Rend Lake College told the story of the School of Performing Arts in the midst of auditioning applicants in the play FAME. Top row, from L to...

Student Success

Four RLC Agriculture Students Earn Their American FFA Degree

INA, Ill. (November 8, 2024)—On October 26, 2024, four RLC Agriculture students, Wyatt Hamson, Marshall Schuster, Wyatt Pilson and Tucker Dearmond, received the gold standard...

Board Of Trustees

RLC Board Of Trustees Meeting Highlights November 5, 2024

Please contact the Marketing & Communications Department at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1223 or by email if you have questions or need information. Board of Trustees Meeting -...

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Rend Lake College Celebrates Diversity Week

INA, Ill. (November 4, 2024)—At Rend Lake College, we celebrate diversity. We want all our students to feel safe and welcome, no matter their age, race, gender or class. That...