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IGEN awards RLC nearly $200K for Student Center Efficiency Project

INA, Ill. (September 25, 2025) — Rend Lake College was awarded a $199,951 grant toward the Student Center Efficiency Project by the Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN). ...

Rlc News

RLC nursing program reaccredited through 2033

INA, Ill. (September 25, 2025) – Rend Lake College is proud to announce that its Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Commission...

Resources

Invest in Your Academic Journey with RLC During College Savings Month

Invest in Your Academic Journey with RLC During College Savings Month Join Rend Lake College in celebrating National College Savings Month this September by getting a start...

Student Success

Banterra Student of the Month: Emily Heard

Banterra Student of the Month: Emily Heard INA, Ill. (September 24, 2025) — Join Rend Lake College in celebrating one of their students each month, sponsored by Banterra...

Rlc News

RLC nursing and radiology 2026-27 applications open Oct. 1

INA, Ill. (September 19, 2025) — Applications for Rend Lake College’s Nursing and Radiologic Technology programs will open in October for the 2026-2027 academic year. These...

Student Success

RLC Graduate Kaitlin Henderson Begins Career as Radiologic Technologist

INA, Ill. (September 12, 2025) — Elkville native and Rend Lake College graduate Kaitlin Henderson has taken major steps in her career just months after graduating from the...

Community

RLC Theatre Prop Travels Hundreds of Miles to Florida Stage

INA, Ill. (September 10, 2025) — What started as just a prop in Rend Lake College’s April 2024 production of Grease has now traveled hundreds of miles to a stage in Tampa,...

Student Success

RLC Alum Coty Compton Achieves Success as CRNA

INA, Ill. (September 10, 2025) — Rend Lake College graduate Coty Compton (Mt. Vernon) has turned his nursing degree from RLC into a very successful career as a Certified...

Board Of Trustees

RLC Board Of Trustees Meeting Highlights September 9, 2025

Please contact the Marketing & Communications Department at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1223 or by email if you have questions or need information. Board of Trustees Meeting -...

Student Success

RLC Alumna Asher Bates Completes the Disney College Program

INA, Ill. (September 1, 2025) — Asher Bates from Sesser has reached a big milestone in her academic and professional career. Bates graduated from Rend Lake College in May...

Student Success

PATH Grant Supports RLC Graduate on Nursing Journey

Strength, Sacrifice, and the Journey to a Nursing Career INA, Ill. (August 29, 2025) — With the assistance of the PATH Grant, Kaitlyn Worley, a 2025 RLC Licensed Practical...

Community

RLC Welcomes Growers for Syngenta Grower Education Days

INA, Ill. (August 26, 2025) — Farmers, growers and agriculture professionals from across Southern Illinois headed to Rend Lake College’s Grow More™ Experience site on August...