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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Dec. 13, 2016, Meeting Highlights

Business AAS degree returns, two new certificates receive approval The board approved the reactivation of the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Business and authorized...

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Rend Lake College Accounting Students put study into action (Standalone Photo)

INA, Ill. (Dec. 9, 2016) - Rend Lake College Business Associate Professor Mark Jornd uses the board game Monopoly to provide a hands-on final exam for his Accounting 1101...

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RLC President Honorary Member of PTK (Standalone Photo)

INA, Ill. (Dec. 8, 2016) - Rend Lake College President Terry Wilkerson (left) became an honorary member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society on Thursday. Wilkerson was...

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RLC's Tyler Huie races towards success

INA, Ill. (Dec. 7, 2016) - Rend Lake College student Tyler Huie is torching the competition. The aspiring welder out of Christopher is quickly making a name for himself by...

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RLC's Alec Long receives Hod Rod Nights scholarship

INA, Ill. (Dec. 6, 2016) - Alec Long, Mt. Vernon, has been named the recipient of the Hot Rod Nights Automotive Scholarship. Long, who is currently employed at O’Reilly...

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Stress Relievers draw students during Finals Week (standalone photo)

INA, Ill. (Dec. 6, 2016) - Two Rend Lake College students take a break from finals and studying Tuesday morning to grab hot chocolate and snacks in the South Oasis. Students...

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RLC Foundation Annual Dinner takes “celebrating success” to new levels

MT. VERNON, Ill. (Dec. 5, 2016) - The Rend Lake College Foundation celebrated success in many different ways during the Annual Dinner Thursday night at the Holiday Inn in Mt....

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RLC Choir kicks off "Old Fashioned Christmas" event

INA, Ill. (Dec. 1, 2016) - The Rend Lake College Choir will be kicking off festivities for the Murphy-Wall State Bank and Trust Company’s Old Fashioned Christmas on Dec. 6...

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Three-week Speech Class returning to RLC for Summer 2017

INA, Ill. (Dec. 1, 2016) - Rend Lake College students and other students home for the summer break can knock out a required speech class next summer in only three weeks. RLC...

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RLC offering new Active Shooter Training for schools, businesses

INA, Ill. (Nov. 29, 2016) - Prepare and learn how to react during an active shooter scenario in Rend Lake College’s new Active Shooter Training program. Designed for school...

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RLC grad Liz Nielsen Engineering major success

INA, Ill. (Nov. 29, 2016) - Infrastructure is a pretty vital component to a functioning city. So, who does Chicago turn to when they need to replace 2,000 miles of gas mains,...

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Taxidermy class returning in January to RLC

INA, Ill. (Nov. 28, 2016) - Start the new year off with some hands-on experience learning the art of taxidermy by preserving, mounting and displaying an animal skin, such as...