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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 Student Receives Kyle D. Mitchell Mathematics Award
The Rock Valley College Mathematics Department is proud to announce Emma Knabe as the recipient of the Kyle D. Mitchell Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Rock Valley College Celebrates National Adult Education Week
National Adult Education and Literacy Week, September 18-23, 2023, underscores the continued demand for programs and services for adult students who need to improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math and obtain a State of Illinois High School Diploma. More than 36 million adults nationwide, including 1.2 million here in Illinois, lack basic literacy skills that limit their ability to advance in education and at work.
RVC Celebrates Employees at Professional Development Day
RVC holds a Professional Development Day for staff and faculty each academic year in the Spring and Fall.
Hispanic Heritage Month at RVC
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.
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