Oregon community colleges receive $5 million to develop workforce pipeline in cybersecurity, manufacturing

Rogue Community College and eight community college partners in Oregon were recently awarded a $5 million consortium grant to develop a workforce pipeline for jobs in cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing.  The Oregon consortium is one of 11 recipients nationwide awarded a share of a $40 million grant package announced Jan. 15 by the U.S. Department of Labor. The Strengthening Community College Training Grant program aims...

Remembering RCC’s first president, Henry Pete

Henry Pete recognized an incredible opportunity — for himself, but especially for the community — when he accepted the role of Rogue Community College’s first president in 1971. “It is not often in a person’s career that he has the opportunity to participate from the beginning in building an institution that is going to have the impact on an area that this new college will...

An Important Update from Financial Aid

RCC is disbursing financial aid for winter term to 418 students this afternoon. Loan disbursements were not included in today’s disbursement but are expected to go out early next week. You can check Account History within your myRogue account to see whether funds have been transferred to your BankMobile account; students in today’s disbursement group will see “BankMobile refund” posted in their account. We greatly appreciate your patience during...

Gratitude: Cultivating happiness in others

By Michelle Gray RCC Counseling With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it seems like a perfect time to discuss cultivating happiness. Yes, I realize that Valentine’s Day has become a commercialized explosion of pink, red and purple merchandise and we get bombarded with advertisements for diamonds, chocolates and romantic getaways without even saying the words loud enough for our electronic devices to hear…. But,...

Welcome to winter term!

Welcome to the first week of winter term! Warmer spring days will be here before you know it, and good news — you get a long weekend. The college will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The deadline to add or drop a class — you can do this in myRogue — is Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 11:59 p.m. For...

Portrait of Millie Shawn

Nursing grad finds her path through GED

Rogue Community College (RCC) has been the path to affordable job training and college education for thousands of Southern Oregon residents. As many as 40 percent of them are the first in their families to attend college. The path for these pioneers often starts with earning a high school certification by passing the General Education Development (GED) test. When her three daughters were older, Millie...

We’re reviewing student accounts in myRogue

RCC has transferred back to RogueNet. We are currently reviewing all student financial aid awards and student account balances for summer, fall and winter terms. We are aware of inaccuracies within some student accounts. We anticipate the cleanup will take three weeks, and we appreciate your patience. We understand that you may not be able to see your financial aid award or your charges for...