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RCC Celebrates Scholarship Winners and Donors

The Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. (RCC EFI) recently hosted its annual Scholarship Program and President’s...

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RCC Receives Grants to Boost Nursing Education Programs

Thanks to grants from Bon Secours Health System and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), qualifying health science students at Rappahannock...

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RCC Attends Claude Moore Statewide Healthcare Workforce Summit

Claude Moore hosted its annual Claude Moore Scholars Healthcare Workforce Summit, bringing together dozens of stakeholders from around the state...

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RCC Officially Opens New Welding Facility in New Kent

Students, instructors, community and governmental partners, board members, and Rappahannock Community College employees celebrated the highly...

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U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $5.1 Million to Support New Health Science Building at RCC

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently unveiled a substantial grant awarded to the Rappahannock...

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Burn Survivor Makes RCC Nursing Graduation a Full-Circle Moment

Kendra Yates survived a horrific motorcycle crash and then pursued her dream of becoming a nurse.

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RCC Honors Graduates at 52nd Commencement Ceremony

Rappahannock Community College celebrated the Class of 2024 on May 10 in two ceremonies held at Essex High School in Tappahannock. Dr. Shannon...

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RCC Holds Health Sciences Commencement and Nurse Pinning Ceremony

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) celebrated the graduation of nurses and paramedics at Commencement exercises on May 9 at Essex High School....

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State Board Approves Increase in Tuition

Recognizing the additional funding approved by the governor and Virginia General Assembly, the State Board for Community Colleges voted today to...

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RCC Announces IDEAL Award Winners

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) recently announced the winners of the College’s IDEAL Awards. Presented annually to a full-time...

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Student Named 2024 Virginia Farm Bureau Ambassador

"Morning AgClips" reported that RCC freshman and Essex County resident Anne Kathryn Martz was named the 2024 Virginia Farm Bureau...

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RCC Students Inducted into PTK Honor Society

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) inducted 28 students into Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Alpha Lambda Omicron Chapter, Honor Society in a recent...

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Philanthropists Honored at Luncheon

The Giving Circle of the Catherine Courtney Nursing Professorship Endowment has received the 18th Annual Chancellor's Award for Leadership in...

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Celebrating the Value of Community Colleges

April marks the celebration of Community College Month, shining a spotlight on the important role played by institutions like Rappahannock...

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State Board to Consider Increases

During the May 16, 2024, meeting of the State Board of Community Colleges, discussion will be held to consider mandatory tuition and fee increases...

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RCC and VCU Health Investing in the Next Generation

In 2022, with the support of funding from the Virginia General Assembly, the Pauley Heart Center worked with Rappahannock Community...

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Fall Class of 2023 Nursing

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) introduced 29 nurses to the community at Commencement exercises on January 11 at the White Stone Church of the...

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Alumni Scott Pruitt

Fresh out of high school, Scott Pruitt, was unsure which career path to pursue but he knew he needed some form of professional training or higher...

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GO Virginia Funding

GO Virginia announces grant recipients including RCC.

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RCC Welding Program Expands in New Kent

RCC announces state-of-the-art welding facility in New Kent

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2023 Regional EMS Symposium

Rappahannock Community College, Rappahannock Area Health Education Center, and Peninsulas EMS Council, Inc., hosted a Regional EMS Symposium...

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2023 Scholarship Program and President's Reception

The Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation, Inc. (RCC EFI) recently hosted its annual Scholarship Program and President’s...

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RCC Receives U.S. Department of Education Grant

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on September 28,...

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Aspen Institute's Presidents Fellowship

Dr. Kennedy selected for the inaugural class of the Aspen Presidents Fellowship.

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State Board Votes to Increase Tuition

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