“A college can best be defined by the success of our alumni where our 7,700 alumni have graduated from the college,” said Dr Debbie L. Sydow, president of Richard Bland College (RBC) (Many more have attended, but moved to other schools to complete their higher education). Dr. Sydow, president of RBC last month spoke to Chesterfield’s Board of Supervisors thanking them in a summation of what the county has done for the school.
“We have RBC alumni, in essence, operating in every industry and throughout the larger community.”
7,700
students have graduated from RBC
1,500
students enrolled Fall ‘12
320
enrolled from Chesterfield
$7,500
contributed to RBC from Chesterfield County
14
Chesterfield students awarded Presidential Merit Scholarships
195
RBC students reside in Chesterfield, get $600,000 in grants