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Rich Mountain Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Rich Mountain Community College is located on the eastern edge of Mena-a town with a population of approximately 6,000 and is set in the Ouachita Mountain range on the west central border of Arkansas. The campus site was originally obtained by the citizens of the area for Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School, established in 1973 to serve Polk, Scott, and Montgomery Counties as a post secondary vocational-technical school under the Arkansas Department of Vocational Education. Vocational-Technical Division classes began in the new buildings in 1975, with Dr. Mary Louise Spencer as the first president of the school.
• As a comprehensive community college, we provide you with a broad range of programs, services, and learning opportunities. These programs and opportunities include: transfer and technical degrees and courses; professional, workforce, and personal development; Adult Basic Education; English as a Second Language; GED; student support and outreach programs; and financial aid including grants and scholarships (federal, state, and local).
• Community Services classes are those that are developed to personal and professional development. The college offers a variety of courses each semester. The offerings are included in the college printed course schedule.
• Profile last updated: 01/09/2010.

In the News:

• I-49 Coalition Ready To Roll On Aggressive Lobbying Effort (Times Record)
  posted on December 2, 2009 at 03:43:01 pm
  MENA — The I-49 International Coalition is ready to begin aggressively lobbying Congress for funding for proposed Interstate 49, the organization’s executive director said Tuesday.
• Mena to host I-49 meetings Tuesday (Texarkana Gazette)
  posted on November 29, 2009 at 01:59:01 pm
  Development plans for Interstate 49 will be addressed at two meetings Tuesday in Mena, Ark. The first will be a combined meeting of the state Joint Performance Review Committee and House Committee on Public Transportation.
• Tornado Damaged Schools Trying To Return To Normal (KTHV Little Rock)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:05:16 pm
  Mena school officials say things are "semi-normal" after a deadly tornado destroyed a middle school and extensively damaged a community college in April of this year.
• Tornado-damaged schools trying to return to normal (Texarkana Gazette)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 02:04:06 pm
  MENA, Ark.—Mena school officials say things are “semi-normal” after a deadly tornado destroyed a middle school and extensively damaged a community college.
• Mena Area Schools Still Recovering (Times Record)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 11:41:59 am
  Mena Public Schools officials still have big tornado-related rebuilding decisions to make, but school life is “semi-normal” now, Mena Superintendent Diann Gathright said Wednesday.

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