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Rock Valley College Joins #CCMonth Campaign to Highlight Community Colleges

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• 04/01/2024

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

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• 03/26/2024

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

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• 09/14/2023

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.

2023 Sankofa Ceremony & Celebration

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• 05/16/2023

Each year since 2009, RVC has conducted a Sankofa Ceremony and Celebration. This year's ceremony was held on Friday, May 12, 2023, at the Stenstrom Center for Career Education. Sankofa is not a graduation; instead, like many other similar cultural celebrations, it is considered a rite of passage, a moment when a society or community recognizes that some of its members have reached a milestone and will move on to the next steps in their journeys.