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Three Illinois Community Colleges will work collectively to boost access to workforce training and skill development in high-demand manufacturing fields after being awarded a $5.5 million U.S. Depart...
Rock Valley College is close to buying a cluster of Winnebago County-owned properties in hopes of expanding classes to Rockford's west side residents.
"Rock Valley College has maintained a flat levy over the last five years and found additional ways to reduce taxes in the future."
The challenges along the way, however, differ greatly from student to student. To celebrate the achievement of students representing various races, ethnicities and genders, more schools and communities are holding "multicultural graduation celebrations" in addition to traditional commencement ceremonies. Rock Valley College hosted its long-standing Sankofa celebration for its Black graduates this year, and for the first time held a special graduation ceremony for members of the college's Latinx community. A Rockford education advocate will host his third annual All Black Graduation on...
ROCKFORD — There are four candidates in the upcoming Rock Valley College election and only two seats to fill on the seven-member, nonpartisan board. The candidates are Peter Cimino, Ira Grimmett, John M. Nelson and Crystal Soltow. Only Nelson is a current board member, having been previously elected in 2017. The two winners of the April 6 election will serve six-year terms. The positions are non-paid. The college has an annual budget of about $100 million and about 5,500 students. Rock Valley’s district encompasses nearly all of Winnebago and Boone counties and parts of DeKalb, McHenry, O...