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Posted on: September 20, 2018
Hays and Betty Watkins have donated $1 million dollars to create an endowment to fund Promise scholarships at Richard Bland College. Mr. Watkins is the former chairman of CSX and previously served as Rector of the William & Mary Board of Visitors.
Posted on: July 24, 2018
Richard Bland College assistant professor of history David McCarthy brings the spying conducted on American citizens by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War to captivating heights in his newly published book, Selling the CIA: Public Relations and the Culture of Secrecy.
Posted on: July 23, 2018
Richard Bland College President Debbie L. Sydow has announced that Associate Professor of Mathematics Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D. and second-year student Kayla Hand, have been appointed as the Faculty Representative, and Student Representative to the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary for the 2018-19 academic year.
Posted on: July 23, 2018
Richard Bland College and Shenandoah University have signed an articulation agreement that allows five RBC students to transfer to Shenandoah’s four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) curriculum.
Posted on: June 6, 2018
Richard Bland College is pleased to announce an increase in students achieving a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 and above. The College saw a 13% rise in students achieving a 3.25 GPA for the 2018 spring semester as compared to the previous year.
Posted on: June 5, 2018
Two students from Petersburg High School recently graduated from Richard Bland College, earning both their High School Advanced Diploma and their two-year Associate of Science Degree. Through the “Middle College Program” partnership between Richard Bland College and Petersburg City Public Schools, Antonio Duperior-White and Amaya Comvalius graduated from both high school and college this spring.
Posted on: April 25, 2018
Sixteen students from Richard Bland College were recently inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for academic achievement, joining 28 RBC students in the organization. Students earning a 3.5 grade point average or higher during the academic year are eligible for membership into the Alpha Beta Omicron Chapter of PTK, which specifically honors Richard Bland students.
Posted on: April 18, 2018
Richard Bland College has received a donation of three pieces of art from the international traveling show Papercuts, a four-year, twelve venue tour that features exquisite hand cut paper works by an international roster of artists.
Posted on: March 15, 2018
Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia requires that 30 days prior to approval of each year’s tuition and mandatory fees the Boards of Visitors of Virginia’s higher education institutions announce the range of increase under consideration and the proposed use of any incremental revenue.
Posted on: January 22, 2018
Richard Bland College is pleased to announce a 13% increase in students achieving a grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 and above for the 2017 fall semester as compared to last year. The academic success of RBC students is attributed to the College’s commitment to advancing student success with its Exceptional Student Experience (ESE@RBC) program.
Posted on: December 15, 2017
A new scholarship established by William & Mary and Richard Bland College will ease transfer from Richard Bland while making entry to William & Mary more affordable for high-ability, low-income students.
Posted on: December 14, 2017
Richard Bland College has signed a five-year agreement with Virginia Wesleyan University to develop the skills needed to build upon an Associates of Science (A.S.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.S.) in Business with a Certificate in Supply Chain and Logistics Management. With this agreement, students may satisfy requirements for the degree and/or the certificate with approved courses from the other institution.
Posted on: December 1, 2017
Richard Bland College has earned the 2017 Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC) Digital Learning Innovation Faculty-led Team Award for advancing undergraduate student success through the adoption of digital courseware. Richard Bland was one of three institutions and ten faculty-led teams selected in year two of the Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC) DLIAward competition.
Posted on: October 26, 2017
The Richard Bland College Foundation has announced the 2017 Awards of Distinction’s honorees. Victor K. Branch ‘82 received the Distinguished Alumni Award; Kelly T. Gee ’08 was presented with the Young Alumni Award, and J. Peter Clements received the Richard Bland Award.
Posted on: October 13, 2017
Just in time for the Halloween season, Richard Bland College has transformed its iconic Barn Theater into the “Barn of Terror.”
Posted on: September 27, 2017
Richard Bland College announced its support of the newly-launched Growth4VA campaign, which will focus on promoting reform and reinvestment in Virginia’s top-ranked higher education system.
Posted on: September 6, 2017
Richard Bland College President Debbie L. Sydow has nominated Associate Professor of Mathematics Matthew J. Smith, Ph.D. as the RBC Faculty Representative, and Kayla Zanders as the RBC Student Representative to the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary for the 2017-18 academic year.
Posted on: August 1, 2017
Richard Bland College students, professors & staff recently explored aquatic life and ecosystems in streams and rivers in the 900,000+ acre Monongahela National Forest to build academic and life skills. This was part of a five-week project, Stream Ecosystem Assessment, headed by Dr. Eric Miller, RBC Assistant Professor of Biology.
