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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 Announces Fall 2021 Presidents And Deans Lists

The following students have earned recognition on Rock Valley College's Fall 2021 President's and Dean's Lists. Students must have taken at least 12 credit hours during the semester to qualify for the President's or Dean's lists.


RVC CLR Recognized For Technology Innovation

Rock Valley College’s Center for Learning in Retirement (CLR) was recently awarded the Illinois Council for Continuing Education and Training (ICCET) 2021 Innovation Award.


First Tuesday Lecture Series Begins Feb 1 2022

Rock Valley College will launch its First Tuesday Lecture Series on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, at 6 p.m. Dr. Dan Blumlo, RVC Professor of History will present The Politicization of History.


Disability Awareness Spotlight On Inclusion With Maryanne Ax

MaryAnne Ax RAISE Program Coordinator Disability: Unofficially diagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder. I say unofficially diagnosed because when I was a student there were no disability laws or educational supports. The first incarnation of the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) was passed in 1975. I graduated from high school in 1973.


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