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RLC Foundation hosts 38th Annual Golf Outing

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (Sept. 17, 2018) - Twenty-nine teams and 175 golfers teed off at the 38th Annual Rend Lake College Foundation Golf Outing on Sept. 13 in a fundraising...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees - September 11, 2018, Meeting Highlights

FY 2019 Budget approved The board adopted the FY 2019 budget as presented at the August 7, 2018 Board of Trustees meeting. The budget was presented in tentative form at the...

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RLC hosts first Student Job Fair (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Sept. 6, 2018) - Approximately 60 Rend Lake College students stopped by the first Student Job Fair yesterday in the Student Center's Private Dining Area (PDA) to...

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RLC Coach Jim “Hummer” Waugh dies at 81

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (September 5, 2018) - Rend Lake College lost a legend yesterday. James E. "Jim" Waugh of Terre Haute passed away Tuesday morning, September 4, 2018 at...

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RLC seals up 50th Anniversary with time capsule

INA, Ill. (Aug. 30, 2018)The Rend Lake College community came together this afternoon to bury a time capsule at the Ina Campus Clocktower and put a finishing touch on its...

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WalletHub: RLC ranks no. 1 in Illinois, provides highest return on investment

INA, Ill. (Aug. 21, 2018) - Rend Lake College has maintained the number one spot as the best community college in Illinois for a third straight year, based on an independent...

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Hospital donates more than $268k in equipment to help RLC Students

INA, Ill. (Aug 14, 2018) - Through the extreme generosity of the SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon, Rend Lake College Radiologic Technology and Bio-Medical...

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RLC to offer USDOL Apprenticeships in four programs

INA, Ill. (Aug. 9, 2018) - Beginning this fall, Rend Lake College students enrolled in four popular programs will have a new opportunity to receive paid on-the-job training...

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Jeff Jones named new Rend Lake College Trustee

INA, Ill. (Aug. 7, 2018) - Jeff Jones, owner and operator of Burton’s Café in Whittington, was temporarily appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Rend Lake College Board...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- August 7, 2018, Meeting Highlights

Jeff Jones seated as new Trustee The board accepted the appointment of Jeff Jones of Whittington as the new Trustee, replacing Eric Black of Mt. Vernon who resigned last...

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High school students save $1.4 million in RLC dual credit programs

INA, Ill. (July 26, 2018) - Local high school students saved their families over $1 million this year by participating in Rend Lake College’s dual credit program. Wrapping...

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RLC leads Drones in Law Enforcement class for Illinois officers (standalone...

INA, Ill. (July 25, 2018) - Eight Illinois law enforcement officers joined Rend Lake College instructors on campus this week for a new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)...