Main Campus INA

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Rend Lake College is located on the east shore of Rend Lake, the second-largest man-made lake in the state, with access provided by Interstate 57 and State Route 37. The college is centrally located within the community college district it serves. Campus facilities include the following buildings:

Academic Building

Baker Administration Building 

Advanced Technology Center 

Coal Mining Training Center
  

• A greenhouse for botanical research.

• The restored, one-room Independence Schoolhouse and natural prairie.

• The James “Hummer” Waugh Gymnasium, which includes coaches’ offices and locker rooms for both Warrior and Lady Warrior athletic teams.

 

  

The Learning Resource Center, which includes a library, the CTE Student Success Center, Blended coffee shop, a wellness center, the Nursing and Pharmacy Technician programs. Also housed here are the RLC Theatre facility and the Art, Music and Theatre programs.

• A Maintenance Building.

• The Mark S. Kern Applied Science Center, which houses the Agricultural Business, Agricultural Production and Management, Agricultural Mechanics, Heavy Equipment Technology and Diesel Technology programs.

  The North Oasis, which combines the Learning Enhancement Center with faculty offices for Arts & Sciences, as well as Applied Science and Technology. Included with the LEC are the Communications Lab, Writing Center and Math Lab. The North Oasis also houses the First-Year Experience Coordinator, the Skills Center, and Disability Services offices.

  The South Oasis, which combines lounge areas for students with faculty offices. The South Oasis includes faculty offices for two divisions – Allied Health and Arts & Sciences – along with STARS and Upward Bound.

• The Rend Lake College Foundation Children’s Center, which provides practical laboratory experience for students in the Early Childhood Education program and child care for infants, toddlers and preschoolers of students, faculty and staff and other district residents.

• A Science Building for the sciences and related programs.

  Recreational Center, which includes practice areas for various athletic teams, exercise facilities, an Olympic running track and the RLC Fitness Center.

• A Student Center which includes offices for Community and Corporate Education, Truck Driver Training, the Perkins program, the Rend Lake College Foundation and Security, as well as dining services and accompanying dining area. Culinary Arts lab facilities and faculty offices also are located here.

• A Truck Driver Training facility.

  A Vocational Building providing classroom, computer and laboratory space for the Automotive Technology, Architecture, Visual Communication Design and Machining Technology programs.

In addition, the college provides a land lab for the natural sciences and agriculture program and a shooting range for concealed carry and firearm training, plus recreational facilities for baseball and softball, a bicycling and walking path and a golf driving range and short-game practice area. A disc golf course also is available.