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Graduate Highlight - Welding Program - Paige Kroschel
Graduate Highlight - Welding Program - Paige Kroschel

Have you ever been uncertain if a job was right for you? Many consider welding to be a male-oriented career, but there are plenty of opportunities for women to thrive in this trade. Fast growth in the trades has inspired women like Paige Kroschel to explore this career path. Ms. Kroschel graduated from Rockford Career College's welding program this month and is ready to begin her new dream job.
 

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Top ten reasons to earn your welding diploma from Rockford Career College

Top ten reasons to earn your welding diploma from Rockford Career College:

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Welding employers need you
Welding Employers Need You

United Alloy Employer talks about why you should pursue welding as a career.
Hi, my name is Ashton Brusco and I'm with United Alloy and we're partnering with Rockford Career College because we need you as a welder.  We are just not United Ally but we as a workforce need welders in this world.  It is a trade that is going nowhere and it will be here forever and there is a lot of money to be made out there in the trades.  So, we need people like you to graduate and come and work at United Alloy or just join the trades and don't give up on them at all.

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American Welding Society Recognizes RCC Welding Program
American Welding Society Recognizes RCC Welding Program

Thank you to the AWS(American Welding Society) for the plaque recognizing RCC as a Valued Patron of the AWS Blackhawk Section!
Stephen Tave, President/CEO of AHED said:  "Congratulations on the recognition--RCC has made great contributions to the community with the new trades division."

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Welding Students Create a Table from Scraps
Welding Students Create a Table from Scraps

Students in our welding program combined their welding skills with their creativityy to build a table from old farm equipment and scraps.  
This is just one of the ways you learn at RCC....by doing!  
Start now and explore your potential.
 
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The Welding Program at Rockford Career College Fuses Compassion and Skill while Warming Hearts
The Welding Program at Rockford Career College Fuses Compassion and Skill while Warming Hearts

It’s no secret that the Rockford-area has many homeless individuals out there on the streets. Anywhere you choose to travel downtown Rockford, you are guaranteed to see at least one, but more than likely multiple, people in a small radius. In fact, we have some homeless people living right outside of Rockford Community College’s walls. With a skate park nearby and many businesses surrounding the area, we are located in a spot where someone without shelter is able to be covered.

 
But it’s getting cold out.

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