Andy Huffman, RCC graduate

Andy Huffman’s bet that earning a college degree would be important keeps paying off. “We took a big chance and took out a second mortgage on our home so I could finish college,” Huffman said.. “Getting my degree in Construction Industry Management was absolutely a good investment of time and money.” more...

“Coming to Rogue was the perfect choice for me.”
—Asia Kearney, dental assistant

These days, Asia Kearney works as a dental assistant, a calling she truly enjoys. But when Kearney first enrolled at RCC she wasn’t really sure what career she wanted to pursue. more...

Pam Ward draws on the training she received at Rogue Community College.

“There are times in my teaching when I flash on what I learned at RCC and think, ‘Ah-ha, so that’s what they meant. Now I know what to do!’ It’s like little voices in my head,” Ward said. more...

Flamur Vehapi received a letter from the former President Bill Clinton.

Vehapi, an RCC graduate now studying at Southern Oregon University, attended a political rally on the Redwood Campus at which Clinton stumped for his wife, then-Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Vehapi talked to the former president and personally thanked him for intervening in the ethnic violence that ravaged his Albanian homeland and drove his family into exile.  more...

When Brice Helm graduated from Grants Pass High School in 2008, he had already earned 19 credits through the Rogue Community College Early College Credit (2+2) program. With more than a term’s worth of courses completed, he enrolled last fall at RCC’s Redwood Campus to take business and general education classes while preparing for transfer to a four-year university “I wasn’t quite ready to leave home,” Helm said, “and Rogue is much more financially reasonable.” more...

Zac Bullard went from being home schooled in Josephine County to studying nanotechnology at Columbia University in New York City—with a stop along the way at Rogue Community College. Bullard enrolled at RCC when he was 17, completed an Associate of General Studies degree last June, and was accepted at Columbia University as a junior. more...

Roberts graduated with honors in June 2008 from the Rogue Community College Massage Therapy program, compiling a 3.7 GPA. Now she’s establishing her own practice, Afterglo Massage Therapeutics, and is enjoying every minute. “I love massage therapy. It’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever had,” Roberts said. “For the first time in my life, I have a job that lets me be my own boss, earn a good living, and help make people feel better.” more...

Monroe, who graduated from Rogue Community College in 2006, is a substance abuse counselor with Josephine County’s Alternative Sanctions Programs. “RCC’s Human Services program will always be the basic foundation of what I am doing,” he said. “Every day I rely on and use what I learned from instructors like Francine Gentile." more...

Jenny Jackson discovered a whole new world of education after she enrolled at Rogue Community College. She took a theater arts class, taught by Bobbi Kidder, and gained confidence in herself. Today Jackson is a faculty advisor to student government on RCC's Redwood Campus in Grants Pass, and she's teaching a yearlong leadership class. more...

When he was studying at Rogue Community College, Mike Wilson didn't realize just how useful the skills he was learning would prove. “Every day I have to write up contracts and estimates for pool and construction jobs,” said Wilson, a 2005 RCC graduate who works for a local pool company and owns and operates a construction company and a pool-cleaning business. more...

“I never thought I could be a paramedic because I had never seen a woman paramedic on television,” recalls Genee Bull. “But the first people I met at RCC were women instructors, and that made a big difference.”

Today Bull is a full-time paramedic, a field-training officer, and a fill-in supervisor with Mercy Flights. She is also a part-time lab instructor in RCC’s EMT and paramedic classes. more...

Dr. Adam Hendy holds positive memories of the year he studied at Rogue Community College. Hendy had just graduated from North Valley High School when, in 1999, he attended RCC for three terms. He not only completed a full year’s worth of prerequisites, he also met his future wife. more...

Reaching goals clearly matters to Gary Wallen. Tired of wearing a coat and tie after some 30-plus years in the corporate world, Wallen began running down some long-held dreams. more...