Highlighted in This Week’s Beehive Blog
STUDENT SUCCESS DAY
Student Success Day is your opportunity to sharpen your skills, connect with faculty and peers, and discover valuable resources—both at RCTC and beyond. The day offers multiple ways to participate, including faculty meetings to discuss course progress, engaging online sessions designed to help you build essential skills, and a resource fair.
This year, we’re excited to introduce the Yellowjacket Success Conference, an exclusive, immersive experience for a limited number of students. Attendees will spend the morning developing key college success strategies while gaining firsthand exposure to a professional conference environment. Watch for more event information and details of the Student Success Conference on D2L.
Check out the Student Success Day Website.
FALL GRADUATION APPLICATION DEADLINE – OCTOBER 7
The posted deadline for fall graduation applications is October 7, 2025. Please encourage students to submit the application ASAP to ensure we have time to review and process the application appropriately.
Students must apply for graduation to have any degree, diploma, or certificate added to their academic record.
Information regarding how to apply can be found at: Graduation Application
WEATHER/EMERGENCY CAMPUS CLOSINGS
When emergency situations – severe weather, power failure, fire, loss of water, or other serious event – force the closing of the campus or the cancellation of day, evening, or weekend classes, RCTC uses several means of communicating to our campus community. The decision to suspend operations and/or cancel classroom instruction and activities is made as early in the day as possible.
Snow/Storm Closings
Weather reports are monitored 24/7 by College officials. The decision to cancel classes is made after an assessment involving the following criteria:
- Severity of the weather conditions
- Expected duration of the storm
- Vehicular travel conditions throughout the service area
- Ability to render campus and outreach center roadways, sidewalks, and parking lots safely usable
If a decision is made to suspend morning classes, notifications will be sent prior to 6am or as soon thereafter as possible. A decision regarding evening classes may be made by 3pm or as soon thereafter as possible.
When inclement weather strikes the area, students are advised to first consider the conditions in their immediate area relative to traveling safely. Conditions may vary significantly within the service area of the College and its outreach centers. Decisions regarding College operations are made on the general status of the overall service area.
Students are ultimately responsible for their own safety and travel decisions. Coursework is also the continuing responsibility of students. A decision to be absent from a class for any reason does not exonerate students from their full responsibility to complete all prescribed coursework. If you decide not to attend class, please notify your instructor(s).
In the event of a closure or other emergency, all RCTC students and employees will receive an email to their RCTC email address. Other platforms are available including phone call, text message, and alternate email. To sign up for RCTC Alert visit https://rctc.portal.finalsiteconnect.com/.
RCTC closings are also distributed to local television stations for broadcast including KTTC, KAAL, KIMT, and KXLT.
All closing information can also be found on RCTC’s website, as well as Facebook and Twitter.
STAY SAFE ON CAMPUS
As a student, you can maximize your safety on campus by:
- Trusting your instincts.
- Displaying an aware, confident attitude.
- Being alert to your surroundings and other people.
- Having direct eye contact with strangers approaching you.
- Taking your belongings with you wherever you go.
- Parking in a well-light area.
- Locking valuables in the trunk or glove compartment of your car.
If it’s dark, and you are unable to walk with others, call Campus Safety at 507-280-5050 to request an escort. There is no need to walk alone!
Please visit the Campus Safety website to learn more about staying safe on campus.