Announcements

2019 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) IRS-Certified volunteers provide FREE basic income tax return preparation to qualified individuals & families who earn $55,000 or less. Location: Rio Hondo College (RHC) Administration of Justice Bldg. 3600 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601 Room 322, Park in Lot 1 We speak: • ...
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The Rio Hondo College Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for this Spring 2019 semester through AccessRIO. Deadline is Thursday, March 14 @ 8:00 p.m. The application is available through the AccessRIO portal under Finances. Once the page is open, scroll down to the banner that reads “Apply Here for Scholarships” ...
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President's Message As many of you know, I announced during our bi-annual FLEX Day that I will retire from Rio Hondo College at the end of this academic year. I have been fortunate to be a part of this community on so many levels, from my first job ...
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► Financially strong and solvent as shown by our 2018-19 balanced budget adopted on September 12, 2018, by our Board of Trustees:

• Under the New Funding Formula, the College's State General Apportionment is $74 million in comparison to the previous funding formula of $69 million in 2017-18. Source: California ...
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WHITTIER – California state Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon congratulated graduates at Rio Hondo College’s 55th annual Commencement Ceremony on May 24 and urged them to “make a difference.” “We have to look out for each other,” Calderon said during the event’s keynote speech. “You’ve all killed it to get ...
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President's Message As our 2018 spring semester draws to a close, we find ourselves celebrating some of our notable accomplishments for the year while already exploring options to further strengthen the climate of student success. A highlight of these recent honors are the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stars ...
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President's Message February marked new milestones for Rio Hondo College, with a grand opening celebration for our beautiful new bookstore, honors for our fire academy, a new partnership that will allow our students to conduct research at UCLA and revisions in our math curriculum that will speed students ...
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President's Message As we celebrate the holidays, let me be the first to share my appreciation for the incredible team of educators and staff who create the core of our community at Rio Hondo College. These dedicated individuals commit their time and energy not only to the ongoing ...
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President's Message October marked a month of significant milestones and recognitions for Rio Hondo College, all carrying the same theme: service to students. Rio Hondo College was honored with a Diversity Champions Award in recognition for our extraordinary Pathway to Law School program, which guides students from community ...
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WHITTIER – Rio Hondo College educators have developed plans to offer a cybersecurity certificate and degree program in fall 2018 to help meet rapidly growing demand for technical experts capable of shielding sensitive electronic data. “This effort reflects the creative and innovative approach that is a hallmark of Rio Hondo ...
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President's Message The strengths of Rio Hondo College’s campus community were demonstrated during September, as we stood together to remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, expressed our unwavering support for students in the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, supported students who come from foster homes and ...
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WHAT: Rio Hondo College’s Pathway to Law School program will hold its first-ever mentorship mixer to connect students with 17 area judges and attorneys. The mentorship effort is offered through a partnership with legal education nonprofit Ferias Legales. It runs for one year and includes two job shadowing days as ...
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Dear Campus Community, In light of the White House announcement today to end DACA, we at Rio Hondo College reaffirm our unconditional commitment to immigrant, refugee, and undocumented community members, and those with DACA status. As we stated in our letter to the community on November 16, 2016, we stand ...
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President's Message Our campus was abuzz this summer as Rio Hondo College staged some of its most important programs of the year – a summer "camp for members of the local Boys & Girls Club, a CTE Academy for area seventh-graders and events designed to welcome and orient ...
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President's Message May at Rio Hondo College simply can’t be beat. Our campus echoes with the sounds of success every year at this time, when so many of our students are completing the first stage of their college careers or wrapping up the skills training needed to embark ...
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