New Role for Katelyn Bender

Rogue Community College welcomes Katelyn Bender as the new director of apprenticeship. Bender has been with RCC for six years, first as a student employee and then for four years as the program support specialist for RCC Apprenticeship Programs. With a passion for higher education, she is excited to step into the director role and lead the department in providing quality training opportunities that support...

Employee Appreciation Week Events at a Glance

Monday  Rogue Report • Calendar of events for the week: You are here!• Thank you message from President Weber • Kick-off of award nomination season Monday Redwood Campus – Coffee & Conversation  9 to 11 a.m. RWC-H2 Join campus colleagues for a coffee and a bite to eat for informal connection and celebration. Grab and go, or stay and socialize as your schedule allows.    Wednesday  Riverside Campus...

Feb. 21-28 News Round-Up

Focus on Career and Technical Education; February is also National CTE Month, Jefferson Public Radio, Feb. 25, 2025 Rural Education Research at Risk Under Trump, With at least 170 education department contracts shuttered, the future of a budding rural education research field is at stake, The Daily Yonder, Feb. 27, 2025

Celebrating your Valuable Contributions: A Heartful Thank You

Colleagues, With this being Employee Appreciation Week, it’s the perfect opportunity to share how grateful I am to work with such a committed group of colleagues. The authenticity and passion you exhibit in helping achieve our college mission are truly what make RCC special. I recognize that for those who do not work in traditionally student-facing positions, it might not always be clear how your...

Spread the Word: FAFSA and Scholarship Assistance Available

There are some great events coming up for our students to receive personalized assistance with completing FAFSA and scholarship applications to maximize their financial aid awards. Please consider helping us spread the word: If students can’t make it to the events, no problem! Please encourage them to schedule an appointment with TRiO EOC for assistance. We love helping our students maximize their financial aid awards!...

Best Practices for Reimbursable Expenses

As a reminder, all reimbursable expenses should be entered within 30 days of incurring the expense. This includes expenses such as parking and mileage. Best practice: Enter and submit reimbursable expenses on a monthly basis to ensure timely processing and reimbursement. Additionally, please remember to email all receipts related to employee reimbursement to accountspayable@roguecc.edu for proper documentation and processing. Thank you for your attention to...

Upcoming Transition from DocuSign to Etrieve Forms

We are excited to announce that RCC will be transitioning from DocuSign to Etrieve Forms for all electronic form submissions. This change will bring several benefits, including: At this time, we are only migrating internal documents to Etrieve Forms. To facilitate this transition, each department should begin identifying a point person to oversee the forms project. A detailed timeline for the migration will be shared...

Welcome Sarah Crown

Sarah Crown is an experienced data analyst and institutional researcher who is joining RCC as the new Director of Institutional Research. Sarah and her husband are relocating from Louisiana back to Oregon where they originally met. Formerly heading the institutional research and analytics practice at Walsh College and a holder of multiple master’s degrees, Sarah loves cross-country travel, dogs (of which she has seven!), Star...

Join AAWCC-RCC in Empowering Our Community

The American Association for Women in Community Colleges – Rogue Community College Chapter (AAWCC-RCC) is excited to invite you to become a member. Our mission is to challenge, champion and celebrate each other. We value the talents within each of us and work to provide training, mentorship and camaraderie for all who are interested in promoting gender-balanced leadership in the Oregon community college system. While...

RCC’s Dean of Enrollment Management Nicole Sakraida First in Oregon to Earn Competitive International Acknowledgement

RCC’s Dean of Enrollment Management Nicole Sakraida has earned the Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO).  Nicole is among an elite group of only 84 individuals internationally and is the first person from the state of Oregon to earn this endorsement. Nicole is receiving the SEM Endorsement Badge through Credly and her name will soon appear in the national...