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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: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• College Funding, Sports Studied (Times Record)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 04:27:39 pm
  Finding a way to raise the minimum Arkansas per-student funding for two-year colleges would help start to address the funding inequities among those institutions, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board decided Friday.
• CASC Calls For Talented Students (Times Record)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 06:12:10 pm
  Carl Albert State College is seeking middle school and high school students for the Educational Talent Search program at its Poteau and Sallisaw campuses.
• Southern Arkansas University Names Dr. Jeffry Miller as Head of Agriculture (Arkansas Business)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 09:46:58 pm
  Southern Arkansas University has named Dr. Jeffry Miller of Mena as the new head of the department of agriculture. Miller has 25 years of experience in animal production and has worked in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.
• VC president's motto: 'It's the students first' (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
  posted on July 11, 2009 at 04:11:42 am
  He may be President of Vernon College now, but Dusty Johnston is still operating by a lesson he learned 27 years ago in his first job out of college at the Cal Farley Boys Ranch, near Amarillo.
• Companies Recognized For Offering Employees Work-Life Balance (Arkansas Business)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 04:41:37 pm
  Corporate-policy trends in Arkansas are tilting toward family-friendly activities and practices. Companies are discovering that offering positive work-life practices for their employees are paying long-term dividends in terms of employee satisfaction and retention.

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