America's SBDC Oregon

Small Business Development Center Grand Opening Slated

GRANTS PASS, OR – Celebrating their new community-serving location, theRogue Community College (RCC) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be hosting a grand opening, Wednesday, March 30, 4:00-5:30 p.m., on the Redwood Campus of RCC in Building B, Grants Pass. The public is invited to this free open house and ribbon cutting ceremony. President Cathy Kemper-Pelle will be a featured speaker, sharing the ribbon-cutting duties...

Randy Weber Ed.D.

Board Announces Incoming RCC President!

Rogue Community College (RCC) is happy to announce the selection of Randy Weber, Ed.D. currently Executive Vice President, Chief Student Success & Strategy Officer at Johnson County Community College (Kansas), as its next president.  Following a unanimous vote of confirmation by all members of the RCC Board of Education present on Wednesday, March 23, Dr. Weber will become the college’s 7th president, and will begin...

AAWCC-RCC

Bucks Benefit Students – $1 Clothing Sale at Rogue Community College 

Community donations support RCC student scholarships Grants Pass, OR – March 21, 2022 – After being on hold for more than two years, the American Association of Women in Community College-Rogue Community College Chapter (AAWCC-RCC) is excited to announce the $1 Clothing Sale is back! The whole community is invited to shop and support the RCC Foundation student scholarship fundraising event, hosted by AAWCC-RCC. The...

Gene DuPuy

Sea Grant Fellow tutors RCC students in science; they started college at RCC

Genevieve DePuy was 15 years old when they took their first class at Rogue Community College. It was an online class—a decade ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I liked the flexibility,” Gene said, “I could go to high school and then come home and take my RCC class online at my own pace.”   Over the next three years, RCC’s flexibility remained a huge draw for...

Megan Capp and Devin Ireland

RCC Students Gain National Awards

Two Rogue Community College (RCC) students have earned top national honors and scholarship awards.  Megan Capp is one of 20 college students named to the prestigious 2022 All-USA Academic Team and Devin Ireland has been selected as a 2022 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar. Both awards are coordinated through the national Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. “All of us at RCC are proud of the...

oregon department of veterans' affairs

Grant Award Helps Veterans at RCC

JOSEPHINE/JACKSON COUNTIES, OR – The Rogue Community College (RCC) Veterans Services Department was recently awarded $33,260 from the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA). “Prior ODVA grant funds have helped RCC Veterans Services open two Veterans Resource Centers (VRC) on the Redwood and Table Rock campuses of RCC,” said Nikki Johnson, Director of Veterans Services. “This latest funding will be available for the 2022-2023 academic year...

TRIO March Madness

TRIO EOC offers help with FAFSA

The TRIO Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is hosting March Madness! Anyone who fills out a new TRIO EOC participation form and meets with a TRIO staff will be given a $20 gift card to the RCC Ambassador Bookstore (while supplies last; up to 100 gift cards available). Click here to sign up! All our services are free! The TRiO EOC program helps with exploring programs...

Presidential Search

Quorum of RCC Board to attend events the week of March 7-11, 2022 with Presidential Candidates

A quorum of Rogue Community College (RCC) Board of Education (Board) members will be attending several events the week of March 7-11, 2022 related to the RCC presidential search. The Board will not be discussing or taking any action on the presidential search, or any other board matter, while attending the following events: Open Public Forums Table Rock CampusHealth Professions Center (C Building)Room 150, 7800...

Addictions Recovery Center of Medford

ARC gifts RCC Foundation $60K for scholarships

Link to KTVL Broadcast Ten lucky students over the next two years will receive $6,000 each toward their Rogue Community College (RCC) education courtesy of a recent gift to the RCC Foundation orchestrated from Medford-based Addictions Recovery Center, Inc. (ARC). “We applaud ARC for their desire to benefit our community through this new partnership,” says Jodi Simons, interim director of the RCC Foundation. “Partnerships like this...

You’re invited: Meet the candidates

The RCC Board of Education recently announced five finalists in the search for the next college president. Our current president, Dr. Cathy Kemper-Pelle, is retiring in June. You’re invited to meet the candidates next week during public forums at the Redwood and Table Rock campuses. Forums will be held from 9:45-11:15 a.m. at the TRC Health Professions Center, Room 150, and from 3:45-5:15 p.m. at the RWC Rogue Auditorium on...