The Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees will hold its regular bimonthly meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. The Trustees will meet in the Gwyn Boardroom in the Administration Building on the RCC campus. The meeting is open to the public. Agenda: *Action Item ** A closed session may be called as provided in …Read More
Rockingham Community College is pleased to announce that 77 students were named to the President’s List and 80 to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. President’s List The following students were eligible for the President’s List because they each maintained a 4.00 grade-point average within the Fall semester with at least 12 college-level …Read More
Rockingham Community College has brought Paul Farrar on board as director of Development/executive director of the RCC Foundation, succeeding Kim Pryor, who retired in October 2024. Farrar is a first-generation college graduate and product of a community college. He is from Spencer, Va., where he has lived his entire life. Farrar married Ashley Gann Farrar from the …Read More
Meleah Gaynor is a planner. It’s a necessity, in order to keep up with her schoolwork at Rockingham Community College. “You need to plan so you don’t get behind. When I was homeschooled, my [assignment] due dates were flexible,” she said. But college is different. “Last semester I procrastinated, but I got way better about …Read More
Rockingham Community College continues to provide ways for its employees, students – and the community – to help with Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in Western North Carolina. In early October, RCC collected supplies to send to the affected area. Now, the N.C. Community College President’s Association has organized a statewide effort for campus communities to …Read More
Rockingham Community College hosted a ribbon-cutting event Nov. 6, 2024 for its new Gene Haas Advanced Machining Lab. The College dedicated the lab in recognition of a $750,000 grant from the Gene Haas Foundation to support the construction and equipping of RCC’s Center for Workforce Development, which opened in August. “The Machining program’s role is …Read More
The Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees will hold its regular bimonthly meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. The Trustees will meet in the Gwyn Boardroom in the Administration Building on the RCC campus. The meeting is open to the public. Agenda: *Action Item ** A closed session may be called as provided …Read More
Come join us on Saturday, Nov. 16 for One-Stop Enrollment, a special event for students to receive assistance with enrollment for the spring semester… and have free pizza!
The National Council for History Education (NCHE) announces that Valencia Abbott recently participated in the 2024 Rural Experience in America, Community Civics through Historical Inquiry project funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. Valencia Abbott Since 2006, Congress has appropriated funds to the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program to establish …Read More
The Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees will hold a special-called meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. The Trustees will meet in the Gwyn Boardroom in the Administration Building on the RCC campus. The meeting is open to the public. Revised Agenda: Call to Order and Reading of Ethics Statement Vice President for …Read More
Rockingham Community College President Dr. Mark O. Kinlaw will retire March 1, 2025. Kinlaw, who has served as the College’s fifth president since January 2015, announced his plans on Sept. 17 to the RCC Board of Trustees. The following day, he held an employee meeting in the RCC auditorium to share the news. “Forty years …Read More
The Rockingham Community College Board of Trustees will hold its regular bimonthly meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. The Trustees will meet in the Gwyn Boardroom in the Administration Building on the RCC campus. The meeting is open to the public. Agenda: *Action Item ** A closed session may be called as provided …Read More