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RLC Culinary Arts program creates candy specialties during Open House event

Created: 08 July 2021

Rend Lake College Culinary Arts student Ryan Grayson, left, of Marion, and Associate Professor Jeff Fairbanks bring a batch of sponge candy to a pan Thursday afternoon. The RLC Culinary Arts program held an open house in the Student Center where visitors were given a chance to see the different…

RLC holds LPN pinning ceremony for Class of 2021

Created: 30 June 2021

The 2021 LPN pinning graduates are pictured with nursing instructors Dr. Tracy Smith and Sarah Hopfinger. Those honored during the ceremony include Caitlyn Barr (Sesser), Vanessa Bean (Mt. Vernon), Russell Black (Pinckneyville), Breanna Bowers (McLeansboro), Rebecca Bowers (McLeansboro), Tearra Carter (Mulkeytown), Mackenzie Crisel (Thompsonville), Amanda Egbert (Tamaroa), Amanda Erskine (Tamaroa),…

Mt. Vernon grandmother nabs RLC tuition grand prize for grandson at Soul Bingo

Created: 24 June 2021

Jane Brown, center, was the winner of the grand prize Soul Bingo game, winning the tuition waiver from Rend Lake College. She is pictured here with, from left, a young bingo caller; host Mz. Erma-Jean So-Fly; Andrea Davey, RLC recruitment and student services specialist; and Carrie Gibbs, director of the…

Artists help RLC Music & Movement campers create their own instruments

Created: 23 June 2021

Jessica Brown, center, introduces herself to the Music & Movement camp on Rend Lake College campus Wednesday morning.

With a couple of paper plates, ribbon and their own original artwork, students in the Music & Movement Class at Rend Lake College created their own musical instruments to move to…

Students participate in cybersecurity competition, fly drone during RLC's CTE Camp

Created: 22 June 2021

Rend Lake College's Career Technical Exploration Camp provided an opportunity Tuesday morning for junior high and high school students to learn more about computer science. Led by Computer Science Instructor Chris Edwards, campers participated in a cybersecurity competition where they had to create an online company and then defend it…

Summer Kids Camps are underway at RLC

Created: 21 June 2021

Monday marked the first day for several Rend Lake College Kids Summer Camps. The camps offer several new learning opportunities for the young campers to explore. This week's camps focused baking, being more active and making new scientific discoveries.

Young bakers spent the morning learning how to make…

Join RLC at the Aquatic Zoo on June 30

Created: 21 June 2021

Have a splash this summer and join Rend Lake College for a free night at the Aquatic Zoo!

RLC is sponsoring a free Family Fun Night on Wednesday, June 30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. In-district residents are invited to enjoy a night at the water park. You will also…

Project CHILD, CCRR programs at RLC advance childcare options for local communities

Created: 16 June 2021

Cary Hottes, left, and Tranae Brockhouse discuss a presentation about Project CHILD and Child Care Resource and Referral programs during the June 8 Rend Lake College Board of Trustees meeting.

MT. VERNON (June 16, 2021) – For more than 30 years, the Project CHILD and Child Care Resource and Referral…

Win RLC Tuition at Soul Bingo event on June 23

Created: 15 June 2021

Put on your platforms and get ready to boogie down. An upcoming event promises not only a funky good time but the chance to win a free tuition waiver from Rend Lake College.

SOUL Bingo will set things off on Wednesday, June 23, at the Rolland Lewis Building in Mt.…

Meet the Spring 2021 Honors Students At Rend Lake College

Created: 14 June 2021

INA, Ill. (June 14, 2021) - Rend Lake College is proud to present its President's and Vice Presidents' Lists for the Spring 2021 semester.

The lists include 173 individuals named to the President’s List. Those students earned a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) during the semester while completing 12 credit…

Rend Lake College Board of Trustees June 8, 2021 Meeting Highlights

Created: 08 June 2021

The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees will seek bids for a Communications Tower.

During its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 8, the board learned that the current communications signal is not adequate enough to reach the entire campus, which could pose a security threat. The purchase and installation of…

Summer work projects in progress at Rend Lake College

Created: 07 June 2021

Construction continued on the Rend Lake College campus Monday as progress was made on two major renovation projects. Above: Litteken Construction Company in Breese was contracted to reshape the existing concrete on the ground level of the Academic Building in an effort to improve drainage issues. Below: More concrete work…

Welcome Back Booth greets RLC students on first day of summer classes

Created: 07 June 2021

Noah Bishop, left, and Danielle Hood, both of Benton, visit the Welcome Booth outside the Rend Lake College Student Center Monday morning, where students could grab a complimentary coffee, water, donuts and fruit on their way to class. The first day of the Summer 2021 semester also marked the…

Alumni Spotlight Series: Hannah Hill

Created: 03 June 2021

We have found the promised land ... and there's pie!

SESSER, Ill. — Rend Lake College Culinary Arts alumna Hannah Hill has set up her own shop, the Milk & Honey Bakehouse in Sesser, where she runs a one-woman dessert operation that is satisfying sweet-tooth cravings throughout southern Illinois.

Hill graduated…