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Richard Bland College Hosts Virginia STEAM Academy

Richard Bland College, in collaboration with the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering and Applied Mathematics (STEAM) Academy and Petersburg Public Schools, recently hosted more than 30 middle school students who were…

Richard Bland College Students Return to a Safe & Secure Campus

To safeguard student and employee safety, Richard Bland College will be welcoming fewer students to campus for the start of the fall academic semester that begins Monday, August 24. Some…

Governor Northam Tours Future Site of Academic Innovation Center

Governor Ralph Northam recently toured Richard Bland College’s current library and future home of the Academic Innovation Center. The $15.7 million Center, which was included in the Governor’s and General…

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Richard Bland College Announces Civil Rights Historian as Commencement Speaker

Justin G. Reid, a cultural preservationist and civil rights public historian, will deliver the keynote address at Richard Bland College’s 56th Commencement Ceremony on May 11, 2019 at 4:00pm at…

Richard Bland College Earns National Digital Learning Innovation Award

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…

Professor David McCarthy Unveils Book on the CIA

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…

RBC Representatives Selected to the William & Mary Board of Visitors

Richard Bland College President Debbie L. Sydow has announced that Dr. Tiffany Birdsong, Assistant Professor of Psychology and second-year student Sarah Moncure, have been appointed by the William and Mary…

Richard Bland College Honors Student On Capitol Hill

Reeve Ashcraft, RBC Honors student and Prince George County School Board member, represented RBC at a roundtable on college affordability and student debt with Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner…

Meet Statesman Scholar Darianne Addington

Matoaca resident Darianne Addington worked tirelessly to become a Statesman Scholar at Richard Bland College. The second year Honor Student starts her day at the crack of dawn and doesn’t…

Chemistry Professor Works with Students on Dating Methods

…ceramics. Dr. Gurnick says projects like this are a good experience for STEM students, because it teaches them to solve problems, network with scientists and learn what’s involved in research….

RBC to Hold Virtual Commencement Ceremony

Commencement 2020 at Richard Bland College will be streamed virtually for graduates on May 13 at 6 pm. Victor K. Branch ’82, Richmond Market President for Bank of America and…

Meet RBC Honors Student & Golf Captain, Sam Smith

Sam is a freshman golfer from Matoaca, Virginia. He chose RBC because of the affordable tuition and the opportunity to play on the College’s new golf team. “You don’t get…

Richard Bland College Adds Golf Teams, Will Play at Petersburg Country Club

Richard Bland College Dean Named To National Digital Fellows Program

…focused on digital learning. About ACAO Chartered in 2013, the vision of the ACAO is to provide professional development and networking opportunities to all individuals who are responsible for the…

DroneUp Comes To RBC

…are proud to be a part of it.” “Through strategic linkages with partners like DroneUp, Richard Bland College (RBC) continues to assert itself as a new model for higher education…

Richard Bland College Announces Honor Society Inductees

Thirteen students from Richard Bland College were recently inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for academic achievement, joining 35 RBC students in the organization. Students who earned…

Richard Bland College Partners With Chesterfield Chamber for Leadership Chesterfield

Richard Bland College and the Chesterfield Chamber are partnering to present Leadership Chesterfield, a strategic program designed to educate rising business leaders on how to grow and strengthen business networking…