Riverland Community College's first show of the 2022-2023 theatre season, The Addams Family, opens on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Riverland Community College President Adenuga Atewologun has announced to Minnesota State Chancellor Malhotra that he plans to retire at the end of this fiscal year, June 30, 2023. Dr. Atewologun has served as Riverland’s president since July 1, 2013, 10 years by the time he completes his tenure. He will also have more than 40 years of service in higher education.

Marc Serrett has been named Riverland Community College’s new Vice President of Employee Relations and Human Resources. He started his position Monday.

The Minnesota State Transportation Center of Excellence has named Riverland Community College Automotive Technology Instructor Olle Gladso, 2022 Outstanding Educator of the Year.

Riverland Community College recently secured a $348,486 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The NSF-ATE funding will be used to support the “Educating Autonomous Vehicle Technicians” project being launched by Riverland’s Automotive Service Technology program. Riverland instructor Olle Gladso will be the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project.

Minnesota State University, Mankato and Riverland Community College announced Monday they have collaborated on a partnership known as the Maverick (Nursing) Advance (Transfer) Plan, or “MAP,” between the Associate of Science in Nursing degree from Riverland and the 100 percent online Registered Nurse (RN) Baccalaureate Completion degree from Minnesota State Mankato.

Riverland Theatre’s final production of the 2021-2022 season will be an evening of one-act plays: The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang and The Audition by Matt Thompson.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) launched a new program that will enable Minnesotans to order free rapid COVID-19 tests online for delivery directly to their homes and campus mail. We want to make sure you can promote this free program so your students, staff, and faculty are able to take advantage of this program and get their free tests before the supply is exhausted.

Riverland Theatre continues its 2021-2022 season with the cult classic musical Little Shop of Horrors. 

The Riverland Community College Foundation will be hosting an Empty Bowls fundraiser to fight food insecurity for students on March 24, 2022 from 11:30 to 1 p.m.

The event is a partnership between Riverland’s ceramics students and the Riverland Foundation. The event will feature one-of-a-kind “empty bowls” created by Riverland’s ceramic students and faculty to build awareness about food insecurity issues.   Advance tickets are necessary and available for sale at www.riverland.edu/emptybowls.

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Nominations are open for the 2022 Riverland Community College Distinguished Alumni Award which recognizes contributions Riverland alumni make and increases the pride all alumni, students, staff and faculty have for Riverland.

Riverland’s team spirit and positive energy were on full display again while working on the “Books For Africa” service project this fall semester.  The project was initiated last spring when the bookstore needed to dispose of books to create more room—books that faculty were no longer using or older editions that could not be bought back.

Riverland Theatre continues its fall season with Anne of Green Gables, a one-act play adaptation of the classic novel by L.M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables will be performed Nov. 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. in the Frank W. Bridges Theatre on Riverland’s Austin Campus.

Riverland Community College has named Christy Tryhus as new academic dean of Business, Social Sciences, Public Safety, and Customized Training. She starts her new position Sept. 29.

After an eighteen-month pandemic hiatus, Riverland Community College Theatre is resuming in-person performances on the East Building of the Austin Campus at the Frank W. Bridges Theatre with The SpongeBob Musical.

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.