易胜博(易胜博) 是明尼苏达州最古老的两年制公立学院. 这所专科学校是由布朗博士提议创建的. 在1915年，查尔斯·梅奥在市中心的科夫曼大楼上课. 学院于1968年夏天迁至现址. 一年后，职业技术学院成立，提供15个课程. 易胜博成立于7月1日, 1996 when legislation required state community colleges and technical colleges co-located in the same city be merged into a consolidated college.
罗彻斯特社区与技术学院是美国易胜博协会的成员之一 明尼苏达州 系统, which comprises 30 two-year colleges and seven state universities serving the higher education needs of Minnesota and is governed by a 校董会. 明尼苏达州 (an agency of the state of Minnesota) is dedicated to providing students with a wide array of opportunities for lifelong education in both technical and academic fields, 从短期证书到博士学位. 明尼苏达州的 54岁的校园 in 47 communities throughout the state offer tremendous opportunities for students to achieve their goals.
位于明尼苏达州第三大和发展最快的城市, 易胜博’s 518-acre campus serves as a hub for the education and workforce development needs of the region. 我们的使命是 让学生在不断变化的环境中茁壮成长, 通过提供接受特殊教育的机会，实现社会多元化我们的愿景是 成为通往世界一流学习机会的通用门户.
该学院每年招收大约7000名学分制课程的学生. 另外3,000人在非信贷和基于信贷的劳动力计划中服务. 学院拥有包括教职员工在内的近600名全职和兼职员工, 工作人员, 和管理.
易胜博 offers 70 credit-based programs with more than 130 credential options in the areas of liberal arts, 盟军的健康, 业务, 服务, 以及技术职业道路. The College’s largest programs include liberal arts, nursing, 盟军的健康, and 业务. 各种教学方法被用来支持学生的学习. 包括面对面, 在线, 实习, 在职培训, 临床, 队列, 互动电视. 易胜博 is among 明尼苏达州的 largest generators of 在线 learning credits in the 系统 which now accounts for nearly 19 percent of credits sold. A variety of educational partnerships are also in place to provide learning opportunities for our students. These include diverse articulation agreements with other higher education providers and affiliate programs with the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. 除了, students wishing to finish a four-year degree can take their first two years at 易胜博-earning an associate degree-and then transfer to finish a bachelor’s degree. The College has teamed up with Winona State University Rochester to establish the “Path to Purple” program that allows students to complete their first two years at 易胜博 to earn an associate degree and then complete their last two years at WSU to attain a bachelor’s degree.
除了 to its educational programming, 易胜博 offers a comprehensive student life program. 这些机会包括社会活动, 演讲者, 大学生体育, 校内的运动, 荣誉的社会, 和音乐, 举几个例子.
罗切斯特社区和技术学院校园 (校园主楼)
Four buildings were ready for use when the college made its 1968 move to the forested hillside about a mile east of the city. The structures included 戈达德图书馆 and classroom buildings; Endicott Hall for technology and 业务 classes; the Charles Singley building, 容纳所有化学物质, 生物学, 还有物理实验室, as well as lecture halls; and the Administration building, 哪一个是当时的行政办公室和学院书店. 校园的下一个新增项目是Rockenbach, 体育馆/体育综合设施, 及西广场, 现在有教职员办公室吗, 许多教室, 学生报社, 还有一个200个座位的演讲厅.
The campus continued to grow with three more additions marking the next phase of construction. 行政办公室所在的学生服务大楼, 咨询中心, 首先是卫生服务区. 接下来是艺术大楼, representing one of the most outstanding studio facilities of its kind in the upper Midwest; an immense north window in the structure provides proper lighting to three floors of studios. 东广场大厦完成了这一部分的建设. 它提供了一个多功能的护理实验室和员工办公室. 接下来的两个主要项目是学院中心和剧院. As the student union, the Center is aptly named, since it is at the center of students’ lives here. 学院剧院是明尼苏达州东南部最好的剧院之一. 它可容纳350人，并拥有先进的电子和音响系统, 以及一个完整的场景制作车间和更衣室. 1987年，它被命名为希尔剧院，以纪念退休的RCC主席查尔斯. 希尔于1953年至1982年在该学院任职.
A classroom building opened on the campus in the fall of 1986 to initially house the Rochester Center of Winona State University at a cost of $2.900万年. 广场西大楼于1988年更名为纪念馆. 这座大楼里摆放着牌匾和肖像，以纪念前学院员工. The campus further evolved in late 1989 with the completion of a $16 million construction project. 该项目包括重建图书馆, 行政大楼, 以及戈达德大厦的下层, 商务办公室设在哪里, 书店, 学生支持服务计划, 还有复制服务区. New construction included a continuing education area featuring spacious conference rooms and state-of-the-art equipment, 还有一座单独的建筑作为托儿中心. 耗资1 700万美元的扩建设施于1993年完工, 哪里有学生服务区, 教室, 计算机和科学实验室, 以及一些互动电视教室. 随着新设施的建成, the University of Minnesota Rochester joined 易胜博 and WSU Rochester in a single physical location. The University of Minnesota later relocated to its own downtown facility in the fall of 2007. The Rochester Sports Center facility (a collaborative effort between 易胜博 and the City of Rochester) was opened in May of 2002, 技术中心的改造也于2002年完成. 2007年，前罗肯巴赫体育馆被改造成健康科学中心, 这是一个最先进的设施，为易胜博和WSU-R提供联合医疗项目. 最新的体育校园发展包括罗切斯特地区体育场, which includes an artificial turf winter domed facility making it available for use year-round. The Stadium originally opened in 2008 but was expanded in 2015 to include additional seating to accommodate up to 5,000名观众.
2018年5月, the Minnesota Legislature approved a bonding bill that included $23 million for the Plaza-Memorial Hall project. 这个项目将包括拆除旧广场和纪念堂, 在恩迪科特大厅和科夫曼中心附近建造一座新大楼, 并翻新了许多主校园空间. 该项目于2018年12月开始，并于2020年8月完成.
Fall 2021 brought a new partnership and 70 new high school students to the 易胜博 campus through the ptech - 535 协作. PTECH is an education to career pathway program for high school students focusing on in-demand fields. 参加ptech - 535课程的学生将获得高中和大学学分, and will graduate with a college degree in either Information 技术 or Practical Nursing. RPS/易胜博 PTECH学校是明尼苏达州的第一所PTECH学校.
海因茨中心 (西校区大楼)
位于海因茨中心的原始建筑于1969年完工. 1976年进行了补充, 1978, 和1979年, 让自助餐厅的面积翻了一倍, 增加了教室, 并为技术项目扩大了店铺. The Horticulture 技术 Center was added to the existing buildings in 2002 to provide academic and community resources in a horticulture facility. 校园间道路也于2002年完工, 连接易胜博东、西楼(海因茨中心), 包括明尼苏达州的第一个环形交叉路口. The former Minnesota Riverland 技术学院-Rochester Campus facility was dedicated as Heintz Center on May 9, 1997. 这座建筑是以Dr. Emil Heintz，罗切斯特地区职业技术学院的创始人和首任主任. Dr. Heintz从1966年到1973年担任董事. Dr. Heintz had served as Dean (CEO) of Brainerd Junior College from 1938 to 1944 and Dean of Rochester Junior College from 1944 until 1966. 海因茨中心位于1926大学观路. 最近, the Heintz Center underwent additional expansion with the Workforce Center/CareerForce addition which opened in the Fall of 2014, 以及CTECH/STEM村大楼, 也通过当地的销售税资助, 于2016年8月开业.
易胜博 Heintz中心位于1926 College View Road.
多年来，名字一直在变化
社区学院:
- 大学部(1915年)
- 罗切斯特专科学校(1917年)
- 罗切斯特州立大专(1964年)
- 罗切斯特社区学院(1973年)
技术学院:
- 罗切斯特地区职业学院(1969年)
- 罗切斯特地区职业技术学院(1974年)
- 罗切斯特技术学院(1997)
- 罗切斯特技术学院(1989)
- 明尼苏达河地技术学院(1991)
合并社区技术学院:
- 易胜博(1996)