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Rogue Community College will once again be participating in the beloved Pear Blossom Parade, part of the annual Pear Blossom Festival in Medford! This long‑standing community tradition brings thousands of spectators downtown each year, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to celebrate RCC, show our pride and engage with the community we serve. We’re inviting all RCC staff and departments to participate! If you — or...
The Rogue Community College tradition of bold flavors, friendly rivalry and campus pride continued last month as the Military Resource Center and Student Veterans Organization (SVO) hosted their annual Chili Cook-Off events at Redwood and Table Rock campuses. With creative recipes, plenty of spice and enthusiastic tasters, this year’s competitions brought out the very best of our RCC community spirit. Redwood Campus Results With 83...
Spring Inservice planning has begun — and we need your help! We’re starting early to plan Spring Inservice breakout sessions and we’d love your input. Year after year, some of our most-attended sessions are led by external facilitators, so the Professional Development Council (PDC) is gathering recommendations now to help us bring in timely, relevant, high-quality topics for employees across the college. The PDC has...
By Haley Martin Sherman By spring 2023, my feelings about reading student essays had changed. For 10 years, a beautiful opening line filled me with excitement. It meant a student had experienced an “ah-ha” moment. It meant something interesting was about to be expressed. It meant I could relax my grading hand and read for enjoyment. After ChatGPT became a common tool among students, that...
The RCC Budget Advisory Team (BAT) invites students, faculty and staff to the BAT Forum on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at 1 p.m. via Zoom. This is a great opportunity to engage directly in the RCC budgeting process and help shape the 2026/27 budget. To view the full schedule for the 2026/27 budget and access Zoom information, please visit the RCC Budget Advisory Team (BAT)...
The screening committee for the Dean of Student Success position is in the process of reviewing applications and selecting candidates to move forward to the next step. We will be welcoming up to five finalists to our campuses in April. Each candidate will spend a full day engaging with the college community, offering multiple opportunities for faculty, staff and students to connect and learn more...
The American Red Cross is inviting high school and college students to host a Leaders Save Lives blood drive this summer. Student leaders who organize a qualifying drive between May 25 and Sept. 7, 2026, can earn Amazon gift cards, a chance at scholarships up to $2,500 and volunteer hours that help build strong resumes. Faculty and staff are encouraged to share this opportunity with...
Spring Inservice planning has begun — and we need your help! We’re starting early to plan Spring Inservice breakout sessions and we’d love your input. Year after year, some of our most-attended sessions are led by external facilitators, so the Professional Development Council (PDC) is gathering recommendations now to help us bring in timely, relevant, high-quality topics for employees across the college. The PDC has...
By Melissa Polen About a year ago, you could have found me in my office dreading the thought of grading homework. I was worried that I had somehow become the “AI Police,” which was never a role I wanted. Each time I read a paper that felt like it had been written by AI (the word “delve” has suddenly become extremely popular), I turned to...
One hundred years ago, the historian, educator and author Carter G. Woodson started an educational campaign that would eventually become what we know today as Black History Month. Born to formerly enslaved sharecroppers, Woodson was primarily self-taught, motivated to study common school subjects between time spent working on the family farm, and later, in coal mines of Appalachia as a teen. He was able to...