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Creatives at RVC Win National Recognition

• Awards
• 04/27/2026

RVC’s award-winning Communications and Marketing Department team put their creativity center stage to compete against over one thousand colleges, universities, and secondary schools from all fifty United States and numerous foreign countries in the 41st Annual Educational Advertising Awards.

Painting a Path Forward with Purpose

• Community
• 04/22/2026

“I began as a student in the school of architecture but switched majors when an art teacher had me tested to find out if I was color blind,” said Jim Waddell, longtime Center for Learning in Retirement (CLR) and Community Member. “That was the first I was aware of this issue.”

RVC Students Take Their Voices to the Capitol

• Students
• 04/20/2026

Members of Rock Valley College (RVC) Student Government Association took their voices to the state capitol this week, advocating for higher education and connecting directly with lawmakers during a key statewide event.

National Marketing Council Honors RVC

• Awards
• 04/17/2026

Rock Valley College (RVC) has received a 2025 Bronze Paragon Award from the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) at the council’s national conference in March in Washington, D.C. The award, for Print Materials, celebrates the college’s marketing team for its work on the RVC Career and Technical Education viewbook.