Students in Rend Lake College's welding program recently accepted the challenge to build custom targets for a local, non-profit shooting range. After four classes, two teams were ready to present their targets yesterday at the lab. The team with the best project will be treated to ribs and all the…

Read more: RLC welding students hit the mark with custom project

Transfer agreement with U of I Chicago gets green light

The board approved a transfer admission guarantee (TAG) agreement between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, specifically U of I Chicago, and Rend Lake College. This agreement allows RLC students guaranteed admission to the University of Illinois at…

Read more: Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Nov. 14, 2017, Meeting Highlights

INA, Ill. (Nov. 14, 2017) – One final Inexperienced Miner training for surface and underground miners in 2017 is coming to Rend Lake College next month. The five-day class will meet from 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 through Thursday, Dec. 14, and from 8 a.m. – 4:30…

Read more: RLC Inexperienced Miner training set for Dec. 11-15

INA, Ill. (Nov. 14, 2017) - Rend Lake College students, community members, and guests performed before a packed house last Thursday during the annual Fall Concert. The performances "celebrated American musicians" with all pieces arranged or composed by American artists. The Concert Choir, Concert Band, and Women's Chamber Choir took…

Read more: Fall Concert 2017 packs the RLC Theatre (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Nov. 11, 2017) - The world is Dr. Susan Santoro Tomlin’s classroom, and luckily for 26 years (1984-2010) she brought a number of Rend Lake College students along for the ride. Thanks to her efforts, RLC students were treated to a number of cultural and historical experiences that…

Read more: 50 Influencers: Dr. Susan Tomlin, the traveled teacher

INA, Ill. (Nov. 9, 2017) - Rend Lake College Athletics is excited to announce a new partnership effort between RLC Men’s and Women’s Basketball and the students of in-district high schools.

Warrior Superfan Days invites high school students to attend an RLC basketball games for free. Participating students are encouraged…

Read more: Superfans get a shot at $1,500 Academic Award

INA, Ill. (Nov. 4, 2017) - Influencers don’t always need to be front and center. Sometimes those with the biggest impact show up every day without fanfare and do something incredibly vital to the operation of the college. Doug Carlson was one of those people.

For 32 years, Carlson manned…

Read more: 50 Influencers: Doug Carlson, helping fund futures

INA, Ill. (Nov. 3, 2017) - Thanks to the generosity of a single individual, 18 Rend Lake College students got a leg up this year when they started their coursework at Rend Lake College.

Gene Alexander, affectionately known as “Mr. A,” has spent the last 59 years making a difference…

Read more: Mr. A shares his ray of sunshine with RLC students

INA, Ill. (Oct. 31, 2017) - Children enrolled in the Rend Lake College Foundation Children's Center's Preschool and Pre-K classrooms posed for a photo in the playground after a parade of their costumes to celebrate Halloween. Click on the image for a larger view.
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Read more: RLC Foundation Children's Center celebrates Halloween (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 31, 2017) – When Rend Lake College and Southeastern Illinois College (SIC) teamed up to offer a single semester veterinary assistant program in August, they did not anticipate the high level of interest it would generate. 

Originally, the program was slated to run for a single…

Read more: RLC, SIC Vet Assistant program is back in January