The Riverland Community College massage therapist program begins its sixth year of clinical massages. Students are scheduling appointments. This service is open to the public. The massage clinic, based at the Riverland Albert Lea Campus, will run from now until May 5, 2010. Clinic hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Riverland Community College Albert Lea Campus is located at 2200 Riverland Drive.

Riverland Community College is pleased to announce the students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2009 fall president’s and dean’s lists. Riverland congratulates these individuals for their outstanding academic accomplishments.

Riverland is especially proud of its commitment to preparing health and science professionals for their careers.

As we enter a new decade, we continue to seek new collaborations and to grow opportunities on our campuses, in our communities and online. In these ways, we are expanding our personalized education experiences to more learners.

Riverland continues to develop new career options in fields that offer opportunity for employment in our region. This column highlights only a few recent Riverland developments. We will continue to achieve excellence in teaching and learning as we move toward graduation at the end of this already promising new semester.

Rep. Walz recently announced that South Central College (SCC) will receive $4.5 million from a grant program authorized in the Recovery Act. This funding will be used to hire additional workers at SCC to train Southern Minnesotans for jobs in growing industries, like the health care sector and other emerging industries.