RCTC Student Newspaper
By Ilhan Raage Editor-in-Chief A grant-signing ceremony took place at Crenlo’s Valleyhigh Drive plant in Rochester on Jan. 16, where RCTC’s Center for Business and Workforce Education, in collaboration with Crenlo Manufacturing, was awarded a Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant totaling $49,485. Currently, Rochester and Southeastern Minnesota are facing workforce challenges due to rapid growth … Read more
By Ilhan Raage Editor-in-Chief In fall 2018, RCTC expanded its system for recognizing students for their excellence in scholastic achievement. Student’s faculty, and the administration felt it was important to create additional recognition not only for traditional Dean’s List recipients, but also for those students who had exceptionally high performance in the classroom, said Dr. … Read more
By Breanna Shen Staff Writer RCTC formally announced its plans to defy gravity by adding a new two-year pilot training program, the Aviation Pilot Associate of Applied Science at a news conference on Jan. 24. To make this program possible, RCTC is partnering with the local aviation industry and educational community. The Great Planes Aviation … Read more
By Ilhan Raage Editor-in-Chief BLOOMINGTON – The Echo student newspaper won five awards in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest award ceremony on Jan. 24 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. The Echo finished first place in General Excellence, a significant achievement because it competes against student newspaper from four-year universities throughout Minnesota. It … Read more
Echo staff report Due to Plaza-Memorial Hall construction, Door 26 (Coffman/Endicott) that leads to the bus shelter and west parking lot will be taken out of service at the close of business on Dec. 21. Door 28, which is an exit only door from Endicott Hall toward the fire lane and maintenance garage, will also … Read more
By Nasro Araye Managing Editor Rochester STEM Academy is a public charter school located in Rochester. It is one of the very first STEM high schools in Minnesota. The mission of the school is to not only create a community that exposes students to STEM through mentorships, enrichment, specialized programming, internships, and field trips, but … Read more
Echo staff report President Jeffery Boyd officially affirmed the Charter for Compassion, making Rochester Community and Technical College a full educational partner in the Charter movement. Unveiled in 2009, The Charter for Compassion is an international network of organizations that believes compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate suffering of our fellow creatures and … Read more
Echo staff report AT&T is providing a $14,700 contribution to the Rochester Community and Technical College Foundation to support its scholarship programs for students. The AT&T contribution will support 14 scholarships at $1,000 each for RCTC students with financial need who are pursuing a degree in a STEM-related field (science, technology, engineering and math), a … Read more
Echo staff report In what was billed as an event 10 years in the making, Rochester Community and Technical College broke ground Nov. 2 on its new Memorial Hall building. The ceremony marks the beginning of a $23 million project funded by the passage of the 2018 bonding bill. The project consists of three phases: … Read more
Echo staff report Beginning this fall, Rochester Community and Technical College is offering an enhanced First-Year Experience (FYEX) course for new freshman students seeking an Associate of Arts degree. This move is an effort to foster additional student success in an environment where many of today’s students are lacking important skills. Along with a possible … Read more