Riverland Community College’s Customized Training department has received an Exemplary Program award from the Minnesota Council for Continuing Education and Customized Training (MnCCECT). The purpose of the organization is to promote and support the expansion of Continuing Education and Customized Training for Minnesota State institutions statewide.

Riverland Community College has named Kelly McCalla as interim vice president of academic and student affairs. The one year appointment began Aug. 24. McCalla has been serving as Riverland’s dean of the arts, humanities and social sciences division since July 2, 2014.

The Be Your Best College Prep Academy celebrates their graduation today (Aug. 4) at 4:30 p.m. at Riverland’s Austin Campus in the West Building cafeteria. The Be Your Best College Prep Academy has served more than 210 students during the past 10 years. The program runs for eight weeks; this year from June 13 through Aug. 4 and it included participants from Austin, Albert Lea, Kasson-Mantorville, Triton, Faribault and Owatonna high schools. In honor of the 10^th anniversary of the program, past Be Your Best Alumni have been invited to speak and share wisdom with the 2016 graduating class.

Riverland Community College Theatre Director Lindsey Duoos Williams announced the Theatre Department’s 2016-2017 season today. This season will present a range of works from classic musicals to contemporary dramas that examine the beauty of life.

Lowe’s and SkillsUSA to advance career and technical education through community improvement projects. Lowe’s has awarded a $22,260 grant to the SkillsUSA Chapter at Riverland Community College to help Austin homeowners in need.

Riverland Foundation’s 150×2015 Campaign Reaches 150 Sponsored Scholarship Goal Six Months Early; work continues

The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today appointed Mary Davenport to serve as the interim president of Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC). The two-year appointment becomes effective July 1.

After three consecutive years of tuition freezes, tuition will decrease for the nearly 180,000 students at Minnesota state colleges for academic year 2016-2017, making tuition rates lower than the rates paid for the 2012-13 academic year. This decrease includes Riverland Community College. Meanwhile tuition rates at the seven state universities will remain frozen at the levels charged during the 2015-16 academic year.

Riverland Community College closes out its 2015-2016 theatre season with the hilarious Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan.

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is getting a new name, or is it?

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has exceeded all five of the performance goals the legislature set during the 2015 session.

Riverland Community College Theatre department will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death by presenting one of his most beloved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing.

Riverland Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa, Zeta Et Chapter just returned from the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention, where we received several awards.

Minnesota High School Seniors and Recent GED Recipients May Save up to $13,290 in Tuition and Fees on 88 Career Program Options

Legislators are considering many important investments, among them funding for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, which of course includes our three Riverland campuses in Albert Lea, Austin and Owatonna. We need to urge our legislators to help all of us meet the challenge of educating all Minnesotans and fill the regional workforce gap by moving the funding allocation more toward 50/50 funding from the state. Riverland understands that a large part of the 50 percent non-state funding must be through tuition and public-private partnerships.