INA, IL (KFVS) - Rend Lake College is offering two upcoming classes for those interested in starting a career in real estate.

RLC will offer Broker Pre-License Topics and Broker Pre-License Applied Principles this spring on campus.

“With a career in real estate, your rewards are based directly on your effort and hard work,” said Lori Ragland, Dean of Community and Corporate Education at Rend Lake College. “If you are motivated and can work well with people, the potential is there to earn a high salary along with a flexible work schedule and a degree of autonomy.”

INA, IL (KFVS) - A tire company is offering job interviews for students who meet certain qualifications.

The interviews through Continental Tire are only for students who qualify through Rend Lake College’s new course, Manufacturing Employment Skills.

 “An opportunity like this doesn’t come along very often,” said Chris Nielsen, dean of the Applied Science and Technology Division at RLC. “If a student completes this course with a B, and they meet the employment requirements for Continental Tire, they will be given a job interview at CTA. It’s a great chance to join a terrific team. Continental’s the largest employer in our area and its commitment to this demonstrates their faith in RLC as a training partner. We are ready to deliver.”

MOUNT VERNON, IL (KFVS) - The Rend Lake College Foundation Presidential Award was presented to Jim Leuty during the RLCF Annual Dinner Meeting, Thursday night, at the Mount Vernon Holiday Inn.

Leuty, 49, of Mt. Vernon, is a CPA and partner at Krehbiel and Associates accounting firm. He is one of the newer members to the RLCF Board of Directors. However, his firm’s work on the Foundation’s audit in past years makes him very familiar with its functions and an ideal addition to the board.

With another firm conducting the most recent audits of the RLCF, Leuty found himself on the other side of the process. It was his work on this audit that made Leuty well-deserving of the RLCF Presidential Award.

Shawna Hall, CEO of the Foundation, said Leuty was active in a series of long meetings about the audit.