The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today appointed Mary Davenport to serve as the interim president of Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC). The two-year appointment becomes effective July 1.

After three consecutive years of tuition freezes, tuition will decrease for the nearly 180,000 students at Minnesota state colleges for academic year 2016-2017, making tuition rates lower than the rates paid for the 2012-13 academic year. This decrease includes Riverland Community College. Meanwhile tuition rates at the seven state universities will remain frozen at the levels charged during the 2015-16 academic year.

Riverland Community College closes out its 2015-2016 theatre season with the hilarious Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan.

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system is getting a new name, or is it?

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has exceeded all five of the performance goals the legislature set during the 2015 session.

Riverland Community College Theatre department will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death by presenting one of his most beloved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing.

Riverland Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa, Zeta Et Chapter just returned from the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention, where we received several awards.

Minnesota High School Seniors and Recent GED Recipients May Save up to $13,290 in Tuition and Fees on 88 Career Program Options

Legislators are considering many important investments, among them funding for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, which of course includes our three Riverland campuses in Albert Lea, Austin and Owatonna. We need to urge our legislators to help all of us meet the challenge of educating all Minnesotans and fill the regional workforce gap by moving the funding allocation more toward 50/50 funding from the state. Riverland understands that a large part of the 50 percent non-state funding must be through tuition and public-private partnerships.

The Women of Beta Sigma Phi- Xi Kappa Chapter in Austin presents a check for $8,500 to Dr. Adenuga Atewologun, president of Riverland Community College and Steve Bowron, Riverland dean for institutional advancement, to begin their endowed scholarship to support Riverland non-traditional female students from Mower County.

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