Rappahannock Community College (RCC) is a public

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with two campuses in

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, one in Glenns (Gloucester County) and the other in Warsaw (Richmond County). There are three off-campus sites — one in

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, one in

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, one in New Kent County. The institution is one of the twenty-three colleges in the

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. It mostly serves students living on the

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and the

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, but it also has students from other parts of Virginia. RCC offers associate degrees, certificates, career studies certificates, dual enrollment credit, non-credit programs, lifelong learning credits, and programs for incarcerated students. Rappahannock Community College commencement 0O9A0055

Rappahannock Community College commencement 0O9A0055

Service region

RCC serves the following 12 counties in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula regions:

, Westmoreland,

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, King and Queen,

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, Mathews,

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, and New Kent. The service region of RCC is roughly the size of the State of

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Dual enrollment

RCC has Dual Enrollment agreements with most local high school systems to offer college-level courses that can be taken at the college or the high school location. Dual Enrollment courses enable students to take courses at RCC while enrolled in high school and provide college level educational opportunities.

Workforce programs

RCC's Workforce and Community Development Center offers cost-effective, flexible, comprehensive and responsive programs designed around business, industry and education needs. The RCC Workforce course offerings fall into these categories: * Agriculture, Food And Natural Resources * Architecture And Construction * 0O9A8905

Business & Professional Development * Communication And Information Technology * Health And Safety * Personal Enrichment * Transportation

Leadership

Dr. Shannon L. Kennedy became the fourth president of Rappahannock Community College on July 1, 2019, succeeding Dr. Elizabeth Hinton Crowther.

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