Posted on: February 21, 2024

For Immediate Release: February 21, 2024 Contact: Jesse Vaughan, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer/jvaughan@rbc.edu The Richard Bland College (RBC) Dual Enrollment student population grew to 1,950—a 22 percent uptick from […]

Posted on: February 7, 2024

For Immediate Release: February 7, 2024 Contact: Jesse Vaughan, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer/jvaughan@rbc.edu Dinwiddie County, in partnership with Richard Bland College and DroneUp, LLC, was among the 10 economic […]

Posted on: January 22, 2024

Richard Bland College is pleased to recognize the students who have earned distinction on the President’s and Dean’s List for the 2023 Fall semester. President’s List Cassidy Atchley – Prince […]

Posted on: October 18, 2023

Richard Bland College Contributes $46 Million to the Virginia Economy  A new report by the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC) calculates Richard Bland College’s (RBC) contributions to the state […]

Posted on: September 29, 2023

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Invests in Richard Bland College   The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $19.6M in emerging research institutions to grow their capacity to participate […]

Posted on: August 21, 2023

Richard Bland College is pleased to recognize the students who have earned distinction on the President’s and Dean’s List for the 2023 spring semester. President’s and Dean’s List for the […]

Posted on: June 21, 2023

South Prince George, VA (JUNE 21, 2023) – Richard Bland College  is one of 34 U.S. colleges and universities in 28 U.S. states to be awarded a grant from the U.S. […]

Posted on: April 12, 2023

  April 12, 2023 “Richard Bland College is absolutely honored to announce that this year’s commencement speaker will be Tom Walker,” says RBC President, Debbie L. Sydow, Ph.D. “Mr. Walker is Founder & […]

Posted on: April 5, 2023

South Prince George, VA (April 2023) – The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation, today announced the advancement of Richard Bland College (RBC) […]

Posted on: March 21, 2023

March 21, 2023 The William & Mary Board of Visitors, governing body of Richard Bland College (RBC), will host a public hearing April 19, 2023 on the proposed tuition and […]

Posted on: February 22, 2023

February 1, 2023 Richard Bland College is pleased to announce its status as an Affiliate of the Transfer Scholars Network (TSN), a program dedicated to expanding transfer from two-year colleges to […]

Posted on: January 23, 2023

When the novel coronavirus pandemic shut down education in March 2020, Tori McArtis could never have predicted just how off course she would get in her pursuit of a psychology […]

Posted on: December 5, 2022

Richard Bland College (RBC), Virginia’s selective, two-year, residential, liberal arts transfer institution, was born through innovation. In 1959, years before the Virginia Community College system was imagined, Frank Ernst – […]

Posted on: December 5, 2022

RBC Coaches Training National Champions By Abigail Holmes The college brought on a husband and wife coaching team, Stephanie Champine and Shaun Dryden, at the beginning of 2022 to build […]

Posted on: October 26, 2022

Richard Bland College’s Approach to Student Success Leads to Increased Enrollment During a time when year-over-year enrollment in higher education has declined, Richard Bland College (BRC) has bucked the trend […]

Posted on: October 14, 2022

        Richard Bland College is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a $300,000 Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grant […]

Posted on: August 24, 2022

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that DroneUp, LLC, a leading drone flight services innovator and aviation technology provider, will invest a total of $27.2 million to expand its headquarters in the City of Virginia Beach and establish a testing, training, and R&D center at Richard Bland College in Dinwiddie County. Virginia successfully competed with Arizona, New York, North Carolina, and Texas for the projects, which will create 655 total new jobs.

Posted on: August 15, 2022

With Virginia State University experiencing a residential housing crunch this Fall, nearby Richard Bland College has stepped up to provide living assistance for more than 95 Trojan students.