Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois

Student Life

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Have fun. Try stuff. RVC gives you opportunities to get involved. There are lots of student activities to choose from. We offer more than 20 clubs and organizations. Try your hands at student government. Join the staff of our campus newspaper. What's it going to be?

» Campus Activities Board
» Clubs and Organizations
» Student Government
» Get Involved
» Black History & Culture Events
» Women's History Month Events

Women's History Month Check out the full list of Women's History Month events at RVC!

Academics

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Whether your plan is to take classes and transfer to a four-year university or enter one of our career programs designed to get you into the workforce right away, Rock Valley College has what you are looking for. Select from one of our more than 60 transfer areas or more than 20 career programs.

» Degree Programs
» Course Descriptions
» Faculty
» Course Schedules
» Course Catalog
» Study Abroad

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Admission

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At Rock Valley College, you're not just a number. Our highly respected faculty have master's degrees, doctorates and real-world experience. You won't be competing for attention in a huge lecture hall. Our average class size is 21, so you'll get a chance to interact, challenge and be challenged by your instructors.

» Registration
» Priority Registration
» Advising and Counseling
» Visit Campus
» Adult Students

Getting Started Get started at RVC in just a few easy steps.

Student Services

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Whether you are new to the college or know your way around, we have a variety of services designed to help you succeed. We're here for you every step of the way.

» Financial Aid
» Disability Support Services
» Career Services
» Advising/Counseling
» Tutoring Center
» Judicial Affairs

EPS Our Educational Planning Sessions will give you a head start on what to expect at RVC. 

Library

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The Estelle M. Black Library at Rock Valley College features nearly 75,000 volumes and more than 650 periodicals, and access to the interlibrary loan system. It also features spaces for individual and group study, and if you get thirsty, there's a coffee shop in the lobby!

» Library Home Page
» Library Catalog
» Library Databases
» Library FAQs
» Research Guides

Library Catalog Search our online catalog.

Athletics

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RVC competes in NJCAA Division III in men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, golf, baseball, softball, and men's and women's tennis. Not to brag, but we're pretty good at it. Our teams have won seven national championships and we have had more than 100 All-Americans.

» Athletics Home
» Athletics Staff
» Athletics News
» Schedules
» Baseball
» Softball
» Men's Tennis
» Fitness, Wellness, and Sport

Spring Time Spring is right around the corner! Check out the schedules for Baseball, Softball, and Men's Tennis....

Honors Program

Honors Program logoThe Honors Program at Rock Valley College is aimed at students who desire scholarly stimulation and invigorating study, who want to learn for the sake of learning, and who want a college degree that testifies to an exemplary course of studies in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences as well as in select vocational/technical/career areas.


Honors Program offerings are intended to foster discussion, a mastery of content, critical thinking, and analysis. The program is designed to help develop student initiative and leadership skills. Various academic/curricular options combine with co-curricular and extracurricular honors activities to enhance the program. The emphasis is always on close interaction among honors faculty, honors students, and others involved in the Honors Program striving together toward the goals of academic and personal excellence.


Honors students will be asked to show an in-depth, critical understanding of course material through intense class discussion, group work, individual initiative, peer as well as faculty review and evaluation, and both independent and collaborative research.


In essence, the Honors Program at Rock Valley College is designed to empower a community of students and faculty who value, above all, academic challenge and excellence.


When exceptional students and faculty are brought together from a broad variety of disciplines; when students and faculty challenge themselves with enriched, extraordinary, innovative courses, what will certainly follow is education in the truest sense of that word.