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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.”

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RVC Starlight Theatre Earns Nominations for the 2023 Broadway World Chicago Awards

The 2023 Starlight Season exemplified excellence in so many ways. That work is being recognized as several incredible members of the RVC Starlight family have been nominated for the 2023 Broadway World Chicago Awards!


Passionately Transforming Lives in the Stateline Region

To give of one’s time, expertise, and financial resources makes one a philanthropist. To do so quietly and passionately to make our entire region stronger is what makes one the 2023 Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year. Rock Valley College Trustee Robert “Bob” Trojan was honored this week by the Rockford Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.


RVC Helps Students Dress for Success

Rock Valley College Career Services Center launched a Career Closet last year as part of our Career Services to support students in their job searches


Dr. Mathew Oakes Leads Civic Engagement Research as National Campus Compact Fellow

Rock Valley College professor of English, Dr. Mathew Oakes, is one of five individuals selected to be Campus Compact Community College Research Fellow for 2023-2024. Campus Compact is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to higher education, civic and community engagement.


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