Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois

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Whether your plan is to take classes and transfer to a four-year university or enter one of our career programs designed to get you into the workforce right away, Rock Valley College has what you are looking for. Select from one of our more than 60 transfer areas or more than 30 career programs.

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At Rock Valley College, you're not just a number. Our highly respected faculty have master's degrees, doctorates and real-world experience. You won't be competing for attention in a huge lecture hall. Our average class size is 21, so you'll get a chance to interact, challenge and be challenged by your instructors.

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Have fun. Try stuff. RVC gives you opportunities to get involved. There are lots of student activities to choose from. We offer more than 20 clubs and organizations. Try your hands at student government. Join the staff of our campus newspaper. What's it going to be?

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Whether you are new to the college or know your way around, we have a variety of services designed to help you succeed. We're here for you every step of the way.

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RVC competes in NJCAA Division III in men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, golf, baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis. Not to brag, but we're pretty good at it. Our teams have won seven national championships and we have had more than 100 All-Americans.

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Regional Champs! RVC Softball has won the regional and has advanced to the national tournament, May 16-18!

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The Estelle M. Black Library at Rock Valley College features nearly 75,000 volumes and more than 650 periodicals, and access to the interlibrary loan system. It also features spaces for individual and group study, and if you get thirsty, there's a coffee shop in the lobby!

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RVC now a premier and exclusive trainer for iPad, iPhone, iTouch applications

Posted: Friday, June 1, 2012

Media Contact: Dave Costello, 815-921-4516

Updated: June 8, 2012

Rock Valley College is now the premier and exclusive Apple iOS training campus in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. RVC applied for the iOS Developer University Program earlier this year and was officially approved during the first week of May 2012.

What this means is that RVC students will learn how to develop, distribute and market software applications for the Apple iPad, iPhone, and iTouch devices. Currently, the Apple developer license is $99 per developer. However, Apple has created an educational developer license program that allows 200 students and faculty members the ability to teach, create, and distribute apps at no cost to the students or faculty of the college.

The first iOS development course will be offered at RVC in Spring 2013. In addition, a Pell Grant was obtained to purchase 10 iPads for students to view the applications they develop in a real world scenario.

Students who successfully complete the iOS development course at Rock Valley College will be poised to sell their own apps on the Apple app store. Furthermore, the job market is demanding more and more iOS developers.

Currently, the Apple App store has close to one million free or paid apps created by third party developers. In addition, Apple celebrated its 10 billionth downloaded app on January 22, 2012.

RVC Associate Professor Chuck Konkol is teaching and managing the "iOS Developer University Program" starting in Spring 2013. Interested students will need to have taken C++ and Visual Basic classes or have equivalent experience to enroll in this course.

For more information about this exciting new program please contact Professor Konkol at c.konkol@rockvalleycollege.edu or (815) 921-3164.

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