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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Aug. 9, 2016, Meeting Highlights

Board approves tentative Fiscal Year 2017 budget The board approved the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2017. As required by law, the budget will be available for public...

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RLC partners with Mt. Vernon Iron Works

RLC partners with Mt. Vernon Iron Works INA, Ill. (Aug. 9, 2016) - Mt. Vernon Iron Works, LLC, and Rend Lake College are teaming up to provide more educational opportunities...

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RLC’s Mandrell elected as NILRC Board President

INA, Ill. (Aug. 4, 2016) - Rend Lake College’s own Beth Mandrell, Reference Librarian, was recently elected president of the Network of Illinois Learning Resources in...

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Fifteenth year of RLC’s dual credit program saves students $1.2 million

INA, Ill. (Aug. 3, 2016) - After 15 years of helping students save both money and time, Rend Lake College’s dual credit program saved a total of 3,014 students (duplicated)...

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RLC AmeriCorps receiving $445k grant from Serve Illinois Commission

INA, Ill. (Aug. 3, 2016) - Rend Lake College students will have the opportunity to give back to their communities once again this year, thanks to a grant for the AmeriCorps...

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IHLS elects new President: RLC’s Sandy West

INA, Ill. (Aug. 2, 2016) - Last month, Sandy West, Rend Lake College Coordinator of Technical Services and Collection Management, was elected for a one-year term as president...

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Tee off at the 36th RLC Foundation Golf Outing Sept. 15

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (July 26, 2016) - Golfers will soon “swing fore success” at the 36th Annual Rend Lake College Foundation Golf Outing, to raise funds for RLC students....

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Super Saturday is back at RLC August 13

INA, Ill. (July 20, 2016) - With less than a month before classes start, students can check off those last-minute items on their “to-do” list during Super Saturday. The...

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RLC Foundation Children’s Center hosting ribbon-cutting for addition

INA, Ill. (July 19, 2016) - After several generous donations and six months of construction, the Rend Lake College Foundation (RLCF) will unveil the new Children’s...

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Rend Lake College Spring 2016 Honors Lists

INA, Ill. (July 19, 2016) - Rend Lake College is pleased to announce 417 students have made the President’s and Vice Presidents’ lists of academic honors for the Spring...

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SmartAsset ranks RLC the no. 1 community college

INA, Ill. (July 19, 2016) - Rend Lake College continues to move up the ranks of top community colleges, according to a new study by SmartAsset, a personal finance technology...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- July 12, 2016, Meeting Highlights

Sale & repurchase of RLC MarketPlace garners $5 million for college through bond issuance The state of Illinois' continuing budget issues have prompted the RLC administration...