Student Success Stories

‘Just find your path and keep going’

Mar 24, 2025
As a student at RCHS, Kaylie Ratcliffe scored high enough on her PSAT to start taking college-level courses as a sophomore.

Planning is Gaynor’s key to success

Dec 17, 2024
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

Outstanding Student: LaShonda Kearney

Jun 17, 2024
LaShonda Kearney was named Rockingham Community College’s Outstanding Student of the Year, RCC’s highest honor.

Student Success: Colby Gunter

May 8, 2024
Colby Gunter has a small-town soul. After graduating from Rockingham Community College on May 9, he’s headed to UNC-Chapel Hill to study biology, then will apply to medical school. Gunter aims for a future in family medicine. “I enjoy the connection with the patients more than the technical stuff like surgery,” he said. “Private practice … Read More

From GED to 4.0 GPA college student

Mar 28, 2024
Cierra Marlowe didn’t have an easy time in high school, where teachers did not recognize her potential. “In class, the teacher would tell us to open our textbook and read from this page to this page, and that we’d have a quiz tomorrow,” she said. “They wouldn’t tell us what we needed to learn, so … Read More

Love of tech leads to RCC

Jan 5, 2024
WENTWORTH – While growing up, Karen Chacon always helped her parents with technology. “I was born into the boom you can say. It was the early 1990s when there were VCRs, search engines and DVDs,” she said. “I pretty much just started helping a lot of people. I used to build computers in high school, … Read More

Sophomore aims to teach history

Sep 18, 2023
Like many students at Rockingham Community College, William Armstrong is researching four-year universities where he can transfer when he earns his Associate in Arts degree in May 2024. He knows application deadlines are coming up swiftly, and he has narrowed it down to one of the state colleges in North Carolina – possibly UNC-Chapel Hill. … Read More

Pandemic pulls curtain on ballerina’s dream

Mar 15, 2023
The first 17 years of Kylee Rieger’s life were dedicated to dance. Then, the pandemic caused a shift in her future.

Grace Gross returns after 15 years

Dec 29, 2022
Grace Gross was a student at Rockingham Community College a decade and a half ago. Then life happened. “I thought I had to go to college; it was the societal next step. I had no plan, and then making money took precedence over college, to be honest,” said the Wentworth resident. Then life happened again. … Read More

Cameron Stewart finds way at RCC

Sep 27, 2022
Several years ago, Cameron Stewart looked at her older sister who went to college, and said, “That will never happen for me.” Cameron Stewart But with her mom’s encouragement, she changed her thinking, and not only plans to graduate in July 2023 with an Associate in Arts degree from Rockingham Community College, she is touring … Read More

Jasmine Johnson reinvents herself

Jun 28, 2022
Gerri Hunt/RCCJasmine Johnson took a leap of faith and enrolled at RCC, excelled, and graduated in December 2021. Jasmine Johnson wanted to see a change in her life. “I was a trying to figure out who I was and where I wanted to go. Certain people had said things to me such as you are … Read More

Blatchley named Outstanding Student

Jun 22, 2022
Dayahna Blatchley was named Outstanding Student of the Year for 2021-2022. During Rockingham Community College’s May graduation ceremony, Dayahna Blatchley received the 2021-2022 Outstanding Student Award – RCC’s highest recognition each year. Faculty nominates students for the award who have a grade point average of at least 3.25. The nominees are then interviewed by a faculty … Read More

Student Success: Skye Malasig

Jan 12, 2022
Skye Malasig makes volleyball history at RCC.

Student Success: Phillip Medeiros

Dec 10, 2021
Returning to college, he has found his niche – and it shows Phillip Medeiros has come a long way, in many aspects. Looking back, he described himself as “average and forgettable” at the small-town central New Jersey high school that churns out many Ivy Leaguers. He graduated with the Class of 2014. “I had a … Read More

Student Success: Julie Morton

Sep 30, 2021
With no formal education, she earned her HS Equivalency Diploma and is now enrolled in college Like many students in their first year of college, Julie Morton is trying to decide what program she wants to study. The Rockingham Community College freshman started out in Information Technology after speaking with her advisor, then changed to … Read More

Welding students earn certifications

Aug 26, 2021
RCC students who gained their Gas Metal Arc Welding certifications are, from left, Michael Walker, Harrison Hackley, Eric Craig, Logan Snead, Lucas Cain, Kolby Bullins, and Annie Tredway.Earning their Flux Core Arc Welding certifications are RCC students, from left, from left, Michael Walker, Harrison Hackley, Eric Craig, Logan Snead, Lucas Cain, Christian Hill, and Annie … Read More

11 HVAC students pass certification

Aug 24, 2021
Eleven HVAC students at Rockingham Community College passed the Universal level of the EPA Certification Exam on their first try – and now all have jobs. The newly certified students are Heath Carter, David Dickens, Robert Dove, William Farlow, Zackery Glaeser, Luke Hazelwood, Timothy Jacobs, Brison Knowles, Zachery Meade, Christian Meeks, and Lawrence Wray. Brison … Read More

Student Success: Angela Knight

Jun 24, 2021
Angela Knight spent years working in the printing industry, for Veneer Graphics in Eden. “But back around the time mills were closing, we closed too. At the time, I was a single mother and had to do something quick,” Knight said.  She landed in Nursing. “It was serendipitous. Sometimes you think it’s the end of … Read More

Athletes excel in classroom

Jun 16, 2021
Thirteen student-athletes at Rockingham Community College earned academic honors from Region 10 of the National Junior College Athletic Association. According to the Region 10 criteria, these students have either passed a minimum of 24 credit hours with a least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average for the 2020-21 academic year, or have graduated with a … Read More

RCC recognizes student achievements

May 29, 2021
Rockingham Community College recognizes the following students for their academic, service, and participation achievements during the 2020-21 academic year: Student Organization Award Emalee Dunn – Outstanding Leadership Award, Criminal Justice Club Institutional Awards and Recognitions for Academic Achievement Division of Arts and Sciences Jasmine Johnson – Excellence in Early Childhood Education AwardSomer Lillard – Outstanding … Read More
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