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RLC hosts 2025 CTE Advisory Committee meeting

INA, Ill. (May 12, 2025) — Local professionals and business owners met with Rend Lake College faculty and staff at the 2025 Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee...

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Tim Wills Honored with the 2025 Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year Award

INA, Ill. (May 12, 2025) — Rend Lake College is proud to announce Professor, Athletic Director and Head Men's Basketball Coach Tim Wills as the 2025 Outstanding Faculty...

Community

Banterra Student of the Month: Emma Thompson

Banterra Student of the Month: Emma Thompson INA, Ill. (May 12, 2025) — Join Rend Lake College in celebrating one of their students each month, sponsored by Banterra Bank....

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Phi Theta Kappa inducts 26 new members at RLC

INA, Ill. (May 9, 2025) — The international honor society Phi Theta Kappa welcomed 26 new members into its Rho Xi Chapter last week at Rend Lake College. New members...

Community

Rend Lake College hosts Farm Safety Day for local 4th graders

INA, Ill. (May 9, 2025) — Over 200 local fourth grade students visited Rend Lake College's Agronomy Innovation Center for the 3rd Farm Safety Day on May 1! The day was in...

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Rogers Named 2025 Outstanding Staff Member of the Year

INA, Ill. (May 8, 2025) — Rend Lake College is proud to announce Kim Rogers, Human Resources Director, as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Staff Member of the Year...

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RLC Brings Flummoxed Fairy Tales to Life

INA, Ill. (May 6, 2025) — Local K-5 students were laughing out loud at Rend Lake College's Flummoxed Fairy Tales. This hilarious play was written and directed by RLC Theatre...

Community

Local eighth graders discover careers at RLC’s Career Connections

INA, Ill. (May 6, 2025) — Rend Lake College gave local eighth grade students a glimpse into what their future journey could look like during the Career Connections fair. ...

Community

RLC hosts the 2025 Kindergarten Day

INA, Ill. (May 5, 2025) — Rend Lake College was packed with over 100 kindergarten students from Ewing, Woodlawn, Bluford and Sesser grade schools for the 2025 Kindergarten...

Student Success

College Signing Days 2025: Pinckneyville Community High School

PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (May 5, 2025) — Rend Lake College is visiting our region's high schools to celebrate the future Warriors! These Pinckneyville Community High School...

Student Success

RLC Student Nicolas Barclay balances ambition, faith and success

INA, Ill. (April 30, 2025) — Nicolas Barclay (Waltonville), an RLC freshman in IT security, balances a life that’s full of both challenges and triumphs. His story is one of...

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RLC Celebrates the first Graduating Class from SIMA for Apprenticeship Day

INA, Ill. (April 30, 2025) — For National Apprenticeship Day, Rend Lake College proudly celebrates a groundbreaking milestone with the graduation of the inaugural class from...