RVC News Listing

News Listing

RVC Vice President Selected for Rising Presidents Fellowship

• Staff
• 06/30/2025

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced that Dr. Amanda Smith, Vice President of Academic Affairs, is one of 40 leaders nationwide selected for the 2025-26 Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. Rigorously selected from among over 120 applicants, fellows will learn from—and apply to their own contexts—lessons from over a dozen years of Aspen research about how to lead an institution to higher and more equitable levels of student success.  

2024 Assessment Award Winners

• Staff
• 02/07/2025

The 2024 Assessment Awards recognize those that provide exemplars of best practice, as well as demonstrate consistency in valuing, documenting, and continuing their own professional development in continuous teaching and student learning improvement.

Theresa “Paulette” Gilbert Receives Community Service Awards

• Staff
• 11/21/2024

Theresa “Paulette” Gilbert, a distinguished educator and community advocate, recently received two community service awards - the Greater Rockford Chamber’s Women in Business Community Hero Award and the Rockford NAACP’s Community Service Award along with her husband Eldridge “Skip” Gilbert.

Thompson Named Communicator of the Year

• Staff
• 10/03/2024

Rock Valley College is pleased to announce that Jennifer Thompson, Executive Director of College Communications, has been named the 2024 Communicator of the Year for the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations District 3.