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Kelley adds another chapter with Alumnus of the Year honors

INA, Ill. (Nov. 17, 2017) - Prolific doctors, prominent business owners, a pair of NASA employees, a famous stage actress, judges, state legislators and even a true-blue...

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RLC welding students hit the mark with custom project

Students in Rend Lake College's welding program recently accepted the challenge to build custom targets for a local, non-profit shooting range. After four classes, two teams...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Nov. 14, 2017, Meeting Highlights

Transfer agreement with U of I Chicago gets green light The board approved a transfer admission guarantee (TAG) agreement between the Board of Trustees of the University of...

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Fall Concert 2017 packs the RLC Theatre (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Nov. 14, 2017) - Rend Lake College students, community members, and guests performed before a packed house last Thursday during the annual Fall Concert. The...

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50 Influencers: Dr. Susan Tomlin, the traveled teacher

INA, Ill. (Nov. 11, 2017) - The world is Dr. Susan Santoro Tomlin’s classroom, and luckily for 26 years (1984-2010) she brought a number of Rend Lake College students along...

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50 Influencers: Doug Carlson, helping fund futures

INA, Ill. (Nov. 4, 2017) - Influencers don’t always need to be front and center. Sometimes those with the biggest impact show up every day without fanfare and do something...

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Mr. A shares his ray of sunshine with RLC students

INA, Ill. (Nov. 3, 2017) - Thanks to the generosity of a single individual, 18 Rend Lake College students got a leg up this year when they started their coursework at Rend...

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RLC Foundation Scholarship Dinner brings students, donors together

INA, Ill. (Oct. 30, 2017) - Hundreds of Rend Lake College students and scholarship donors met and shared an evening of festivities on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Benton Civic...

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50 Influencers: Dr. Richard Doherty, always the right answer

INA, Ill. (Oct. 28, 2017) - Sometimes, being an influencer means being an example. In all of the 50 years of Rend Lake College history, it would be hard to find a more...

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Halloween Party brings out unique characters (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 27, 2017) - Nearly 30 students, community members, and children brought their costume A-game to the Rend Lake College 2017 Halloween Party, held Thursday...

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RLC hosts Southeast Region Trustees Meeting

INA, Ill. (Oct. 27, 2017) - Administrators, trustees, and representatives from four local colleges gathered last night in an effort to talk about current events and student...

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ISPFMRA donates to RLC Ag programs (standalone photo)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 26, 2017) - Two members of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ISPFMRA) stopped by Rend Lake College's Agriculture...