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Rochester Community and Technical College > News

Category: News

RCTC Receives Dewalt Grow The Trades Grant

2024-09-262024-09-26
RCTC named Dewalt Grant Recipient

Rochester Community and Technical College is honored to be recognized as a DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant recipient supporting its career and technical programs. RCTC was selected as one of 166 organizations that are providing greater accessibility and resources for Read More …

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Yellowjackets Earn Trophies in Drum Corps International Competition

2024-08-13

Rochester Community and Technical College is proud to announce that RCTC faculty, students, and alumni were a part of the group that won the Class A division of the inaugural All-Ages Competition associated with the Drum Corps International (DCI). The Read More …

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RCTC Instructor Receives Award from Greater Rochester Downtown Alliance

2024-08-06
RCTC English Instructor and Local Musician John Sievers receives the Sandy Keith Downtown Impact Award

​Text and photo courtesy of the PostBulletin. The award was created in 2017 to honor a person or group who has impacted the downtown Rochester community. Sievers was honored for his musical efforts in the area. The Sandy Keith Downtown Read More …

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RCTC Instructor Receives Award from Greater Rochester Rotary Clubs

2024-07-292024-07-29
RCTC Instructor Receives Award from Greater Rochester Rotary Clubs

Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) is proud to announce that Spanish Instructor Lillyam Arroyave has received the Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Greater Rochester Rotary Clubs. She was selected for this award for her work initiating and leading Read More …

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RCTC Launches Cybersecurity Degree

2024-03-262024-03-26

In response to the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks against individuals, businesses, even governments, Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) is excited to announce the launch of a new Cybersecurity Associate of Applied Science degree beginning this fall. A University of Read More …

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RCTC Foundation Receives $30,000 Gift

2024-03-212024-11-21
Funds for Excellence

Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and the RCTC Foundation are proud to announce alumnus John Haberman, Ph.D., has donated $30,000 to RCTC for STEM education programs and scholarships for the academic year 2024-2025. This generous gift includes $25,000 to Read More …

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Yellowjackets Take Home National Runner-Up Trophy

2024-03-182024-03-20

The RCTC Yellowjackets continued their string of outstanding NJCAA Tournaments with a Runner-Up finish in 2024. The Yellowjackets, who were the defending National Champions from 2023, and finished 3rd in 2022, fell 76-60 to MCAC foe Minnesota West in the Read More …

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RCTC Student Named 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar

2024-03-082024-03-08
RCTC Student Named 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar

Rochester Community and Technical College is proud to announce that student Nikolas Schaefer was recently selected as a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver, Read More …

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Mona Susan Power, Author to Speak Virtually at RCTC

2024-02-262024-03-06
Mona Susan Power, Author to Virtual Speak at RCTC

RCTC is proud to welcome Mona Susan Power to campus as a featured author in We are Meant To Rise, RCTC’s Common Read book on Wednesday, March 13, at 11am via Zoom and RCTC’s Hill Theater. Mona Susan Power is the author Read More …

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Important FAFSA and Financial Aid Delay Information

2024-02-232024-02-23

The Department of Education has announced that student FAFSA® (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) data will not be released to institutions of higher education until March. Once Rochester Community and Technical College receives your FAFSA® information, we will provide Read More …

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