RVC News
Featured News
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.”
Most Recent News
2023 GED Grad Seeks Self Improvement
Receiving her GED hasn't hit Grace Petrus just yet, but she's happy and excited to have the willpower to do it, and more importantly, she did it for herself.
RVC Business Department Announces Annual Merit Award Recipients
The Rock Valley College Business Division presented its annual merit awards to outstanding students on May 19, 2023. Each year, the business faculty honor outstanding graduates in the areas of office professional, business administration, and/or accounting.
RVC Launches Medical Assistant Program
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of Medical Assistants is projected to grow 18 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations. More Medical Assistants are employed by practicing physicians than any other type of allied health personnel. Employers of Certified Medical Assistants in the Rockford region are eagerly awaiting program graduates; however, there has not been a local training program from which they can recruit. Until now.
RVC Student Named Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar
Rock Valley College student and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society member, Isabella Wright, has been named a 2023 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Stay Connected
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn TikTok,
Media Contact
- RVC Public Relations
- (815) 921-4510
- Email RVC Public Relations
- RVC Communications Page
What's Happening at RVC
From on-campus events to important dates and deadlines, the College Calendar contains a lot of information.
College Calendar