Riverland Community College Theatre kicks off 2017 with the funny and deeply heartfelt play The Language Archive by Julia Cho.

Dan Hoffman has been selected as Interim Director of the Center for Agricultural and Food Science Technology at Riverland Community College. Dan brings nearly 40 years of experience in agriculture, education, business and leadership to the position.

Starting Tuesday, no fees will be charged to individuals
applying to attend Riverland Community College

Local companies provide financial support for
Riverland’s Industrial Maintenance Program equipment purchase

The Hormel Foods Austin (Minn.) Plant and Riverland Community College have partnered in their efforts with a new Hormel Foods Maintenance Trainee Program. With the lack of qualified candidates in the applicant pool over the last several years, Hormel Foods realized it was time to try something different. The company developed a new program where they offered an opportunity for their current production employees who showed initiative, mechanical aptitude and the desire to try a career in the maintenance field.

Riverland Community College Farm Business Management (FBM) Instructor, Jack LaValla of St.Charles recently received top honors as this year’s Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher at the annual conference for the Minnesota Association of Agricultural Educators (MAAE). Only one agricultural educator in the Minnesota is selected for this award each year.

Riverland Community College’s Zeta Eta, a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s local chapter kicks off their yearly Honors in Action project with “Don’t Dis-Ability: Understanding Invisible Disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder” presented by Neveln Principal Dewey Schara, a parent of child with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Riverland Community College Theatre will start celebrating the holidays Nov. 16 to 20 with their production of It’s a Wonderful Life adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers and based on the film by Frank Capra and the story by Philip Van Doren Stern. During the run of the play, a retrospective on the scenic designs by former Riverland Techncial Director Robert “Bo” Dudley will be presented in the James Wegner Art Gallery, located next to the theatre.

Riverland Community College has formally joined the Southern Minnesota Center of Agriculture, a collaborative group of higher educational institutions with related agriculture programs that serve agricultural students, producers and businesses throughout the region.  

This week, Riverland Community college joins the 30 colleges and seven universities of Minnesota State by waiving application fees as part of College Knowledge Month, an annual statewide effort to encourage students to apply for college.

Riverland Community College’s World Cultural Studies class is offering a new travel-study opportunity exploring Oslo, Norway, Stockholm, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Riverland Community College administration dedicated a new Anatomage Table at yesterday following a Ribbon Cutting by the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce in West Building of the Austin Campus.  An open house featuring tours and refreshments was also held.

Riverland Community College Theatre will begin its 2016-2017 season of shows with the classic Broadway musical Cabaret, with book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

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.