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RLC's Ragland receives Exemplary Leadership Award

INA, IL (Oct. 21, 2016) - Lori Ragland, Rend Lake College Vice President of Career Technical Instruction, was recently awarded the Illinois Council for Continuing Education...

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Pulitzer finalist Lee Martin visits Rend Lake College (STANDALONE PHOTO)

INA, IL (Oct. 20, 2016) - Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin met with Rend Lake College students on Thursday to discuss his novels and creative writing. Martin read excerpts...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Oct. 18, 2016, Meeting Highlights

Board accepts Fiscal Year 2017 tax levy The board accepted the 2016 tax levy, payable in 2017, which will be filed in accord with Truth in Taxation compliance laws. The...

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Criminal Justice fundraiser tallies up $15k in scholarships over 5 years

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (Oct. 18, 2016) - With thirty scholarships and $15,000 raised in five years, no one can say the Roundup for Scholarships event isn’t an inspiring success....

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Rend Lake College Foundation Children’s Center recognized

INA, IL (Oct 17, 2016) - The Rend Lake College Foundation Children’s Center’s continued excellence was recognized recently by the National Association for the Education...

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CNAs, local students earn credit at free conference (standalone photo)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 14, 2016) - Local Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and high school students earned free continuing education credits today during the fourth annual CNA...

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Marion Fire Department donates truck to RLC (standalone photo)

MARION, Ill. (Oct. 13, 2016) - Chief Jerry Odum, SECOND FROM LEFT, of the Marion Fire Department handed over the keys to a 1982 fire truck this morning to Rend Lake College's...

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RLC's Kayla Wesselmann lighting things up on the court and in the classroom

INA, Ill. (Oct. 6, 2016) - Kayla Wesselmann (Hoyleton) is something of an anomaly. When she’s not prowling the back row of Waugh Gym as libero for Rend Lake College’s...

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Rend Lake College receives Brookwood-Sago Grant for a third time

INA, Ill. (Oct. 5, 2016) - For the third time, Rend Lake College has been chosen as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration’s...

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Rend Lake College welcomes prospective students to Preview Day

INA, Ill. (Oct. 3, 2016) - Prospective students and their families are invited to take a look inside Rend Lake College during RLC’s upcoming Preview Day event. From 3 to 7...

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RLC, SIU Carbondale hosting free, joint Orchestra Concert Oct. 3

INA, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2016) - Rend Lake College’s Community Orchestra will open the 2016-17 season performing alongside the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra in a free...

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Record number of students recognized at Upward Bound Banquet

INA, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2016) - The Rend Lake College Upward Bound program honored a record high number of students last night during their annual banquet, held in RLC’s James...