Riverland News
Riverland President's Column -- February 2011
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) recently released its "Top 10 Higher Education State Policy Issues for 2011." Here is Riverland's view of the top five issues.
Riverland offers farm transition workshop
The Riverland Community College Farm Business Management (FBM) program and the University of Minnesota Extension collaborate to present the workshop “Farm Transition & Estate Planning: Create Your Farm Legacy” Monday, February 28 at Riverland's Austin Campus' West Building, room A-237.
This full-day workshop stresses practical information and strategies to help farm families begin the process of transferring the farm business to the next generation.
Riverland signs 'Democracy's Challenge to Call to Action' committing to increase student completion rates by 50 percent by 2020.
Riverland Community College joined in an unprecedented and unified action, signing a statement of commitment to increase student completion rates by 50 percent over the next decade joining six national organizations representing America’s 1,200 community colleges, their governing boards, their faculty, and their 11.8 million students. Nationally, Riverland became the 34th college to sign.