Rasmussen College receives USA FUNDS 2010 Excellence in Debt Award of Merit for Loan Debt Management Efforts

Rasmussen College is pleased to announce it has received a 2010 Excellence in Debt Award of Merit by USA Funds, the nation’s leading education loan guarantor. The USA Funds Excellence in Debt Management awards are presented annually to highlight outstanding campus debt management programs and to encourage other postsecondary institutions to follow best practices in [...]

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Rasmussen College named one of the 100 Top Workplaces in the Twin Cities area

Rasmussen, Inc. was recently named one of the 100 Top Workplaces in the Twin Cities area by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in partnership with research firm WorkplaceDynamics. The top 100 companies in the Minneapolis/St Paul area were evaluated and chosen solely through responses to an employee survey completed by an impressive 33,193 professionals. Rasmussen is [...]

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Rasmussen College receives 10-year grant of accreditation, plans to expand Bachelor’s degrees

Rasmussen College is honored to announce that it has received a ten year grant of accreditation, the longest period of time for which an academic institution can receive approval without an interim visit, from its accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The HLC [...]

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Rasmussen College introduces PROVEN student value proposition

On May 27, Rasmussen College announced the new Student Value Proposition, PROVEN: P: Programs in high demand R: Results for our students O: Online education leaders V: Value in everything we do E: Excellence in academics N: No limits to what our students can achieve These six statements define what Rasmussen College stands for and [...]

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Rasmussen College hosts Technology and Design Week webinars June 7 – 11

Rasmussen College invites potential students and tech and design enthusiasts to explore the exciting and rapidly expanding industry June 7–11 through Technology and Design Week. Featuring daily webinars, Rasmussen College Technology and Design Week is designed to help attendees master basic skills and learn about the dynamic field while communicating with experienced faculty. WHAT: Rasmussen [...]

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Rasmussen College adjunct faculty member named Lee County School District Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year

Rasmussen College is proud to congratulate adjunct faculty member Matthew Miller for being named Lee County School District Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. Miller, who was nominated by his peers, district administrators, and faculty, was selected from hundreds of Lee County School District teachers for his outstanding performance as an educator at [...]

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Rasmussen College Dean of Faculty encourages online educators to use social media

Brooks Doherty, the Dean of Faculty at the Rasmussen College Brooklyn Park campus, was featured in Converge Magazine for covering social networking as a DIY study space. Doherty expresses the difficulty of teaching, retaining and graduating students in an increasingly online community. At the best, he says, students feel interconnected and continue until graduation. At [...]

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Rasmussen College kicks off yearlong celebration of its 110th anniversary as a school

Rasmussen College kicked off the yearlong celebration of its 110th anniversary with an open house event at all of its regional campuses in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin on Monday, February 22. Featuring a premier of the Rasmussen College history video, this milestone event also marked the start of the college’s 2010 scholarship [...]

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Rasmussen College holds campus-wide career fair

Thursday, Feb. 18, Rasmussen held its 2010 Winter Career Fair. The campuses had over 3,200 participants system-wide. The college saw increases across the board on students and employers attending the job fair. “I think the turnout was a really good sign for the economy,” Jamie Hintz, a career services advisor at the Rockford campus, said [...]

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Rasmussen announces $50,000 donation to Red Cross to aid Haiti relief efforts

Rasmussen College announces a cumulative donation of $50,000 from 17 campuses to aid relief efforts in Haiti. Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, company leaders declared an “Employee Jeans Day” for those who chose to make donations toward recovery efforts. Rasmussen, Inc. matched all donations generated from employees and added [...]

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