Students considering their higher education options can apply for admission to any of the 30 colleges and seven universities of Minnesota State without paying an undergraduate application fee for all or part of October as part of Minnesota State Week and College Knowledge Month promotions.

Riverland Community College recently became one of only three colleges in the country to earn accreditation for its concurrent enrollment program this year. The National Association of Concurrent Enrollment Programs (NACEP) is the predominate accrediting body for dual enrollment college classes taught in the high schools. The Riverland College NOW Program is fully accredited.

Riverland Community College is pleased to announce the students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2021spring president’s and dean’s lists. Riverland congratulates these individuals for their outstanding academic accomplishments.

A house built as a collaboration between the Riverland Community College Carpentry and Electrical program and the Austin Housing Redevelopment Authority will soon be on the market.

Riverland’s team spirit and positive energy were on full display while working on a service project to donate books to “Books for Africa”. “Books for Africa” is a non-profit that collects book donations in the United States and distributes them to different countries and communities in Africa. The bookstore needed to dispose of some books to create space in the store. Books the faculty were no longer using or older editions that could not be returned to publishers. 

Riverland Community College Theatre continues its 2020-2021 season with a musical adaptation of As You Like It that will be prerecorded and available as video on demand.

Singers from Riverland’s College Choir joined singers from around the state for a virtual choir project. A partnership of community college choirs from Riverland, Anoka-Ramsey, Fergus Falls, Minneapolis College, Normandale, and North Hennepin made this recording to allow students to connect with each other while also creating and learning.https://www.facebook.com/RiverlandTheatreMusic

Nick Schiltz, a Riverland Community College Instructor in our Center of Agriculture and Food Science Technology, and a Member of the Minnesota Association of Agriculture Educators, has been named the 2020-2021 Minnesota Association for Career and Technical Education (MnACTE) New Teacher of the Year.

Riverland Community College Theatre Director Lindsey Duoos Williams announced the Theatre Department’s 2020-2021 season today. The season will rise to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing the same high-quality shows audiences have come to expect with flexible delivery formats.

Next Thursday, Nov. 12 from 12-1 Riverland Community College in conjunction with Central Lakes College is hosting a live virtual reading from US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. 

The link for the event 

She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms
By Qui Nguyen
Directed by Lindsey Duoos Williams
Oct. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 at 7 p.m.
Livestreamed Online
A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and pop culture, acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has published academic research conducted by students at 16 colleges, including Riverland Community College Zeta Eta’s, “Transforming Negative Community College Stigma into Positive Action.”