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RVC Professor Awarded Grant to Preserve Rockford Education Desegregation Stories

Dr. Mathew Oakes has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant for a two-year oral history, archival, and instructional project on the legal and community history of desegregation and education in Rockford. The $60,000 grant will fund his project, “Chronicles of Change: Archiving Stories of Desegregation in Rockford Public Schools, 1989-2002.”

Harmonies of Time: Mark Rose's 40-Year Journey with the Old Towne Band

ALAS 27th Annual Leadership Conference Empowers Future Leaders

Rock Valley Board of Trustees Elects New Officers

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Award-Winning Author, Journalist, and Immigration Expert to Speak at RVC

Jonathan Blitzer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, has earned several awards for reporting on the immigration crisis at the Mexico/U.S. border. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Blitzer will be on Rock Valley College’s Main Campus to discuss his book, Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.

Rock Valley College Joins #CCMonth Campaign to Highlight Community Colleges

Rock Valley College announced that it will join #CCMonth, a monthlong grassroots education and stigma-busting campaign coordinated by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT).

Celebrating National Poetry Month at RVC

April is not just another month; it's the time when words dance off pages, melodies of emotions intertwine, and the power of expression reigns supreme.

Hispanic Heritage Month at RVC

For 55 years, Hispanic Heritage has been observed in the United States. Under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson, it began as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968. Fast forward twenty years to 1988, when President Ronald Reagan expanded the observation from one week to a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15.

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