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Robotic Welders Expand Workforce Training Opportunities

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• 01/21/2026

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RVC Named an Aspen Institute Top Community College

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• 11/04/2025

The Aspen Institute named Rock Valley College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. The Aspen Prize, awarded every two years, honors colleges that demonstrate outstanding student success. The 200 colleges were selected based on their student outcomes data, including retention, completion, transfer, and bachelor’s attainment rates.

Expanding Access and Opportunity

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• 05/14/2025

Illinois has an opportunity to take a bold, student-centered step forward by allowing community colleges to offer select, high-demand baccalaureate degrees. As president of Rock Valley College, I strongly support this legislation, not to compete with universities but to complement them.

RVC Honors 36th Faculty of the Year Recipient

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• 04/24/2025

Rock Valley College is proud to announce Jerry LaBuy, faculty and academic chair of Mass Communication, as the 36th recipient of the Rock Valley College Faculty of the Year Award.