ERPS, Redlands Receive Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award

ACADEMICS

Few colleges the size of Redlands have such a wide range of academic programs — not to mention the levels of excellence. Redlands houses a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the largest Honors Society for two-year colleges.

Undergraduates at Redlands get to be involved in conducting research. Plus, all classes are taught by the full professor: there are no graduate-student teachers.

ADMISSIONS

We want you to have a positive and productive college experience right from the start! You can use our convenient online scheduler to arrange a campus tour.

Redlands welcomes many students who are the first in their family to pursue college, as well as students from around the world. Our staff is ready to help you throughout the process, sorting out any confusion about the process and any specific needs a student has.

ABOUT

Redlands is a unique place. Maybe that's why students feel so comfortable being themselves as students here: comfortable and confident pursuing their unique interests.

Redlands students feel like they are on familiar footing — with the opportunity to go anywhere! With programs from nursing to agricultural studies to the arts and sciences, Redlands students have gone on to excel across Oklahoma and beyond.

Life at Redlands

College is a big step: take it any direction you want to go at Redlands! From offering high quality on-campus housing in our modern apartments to providing game-day excitement with our men's and women's teams, this is no ordinary two-year school.

Our campus and our classes are sized right: you won't just be a face in the crowd at Redlands. Come and have the full college experience!

Paying for Redlands

A college education at Redlands costs less than the Oklahoma state average for public institutions (based on cost per credit hour). For students planning to attain a four-year degree, completing the first two at Redlands can save you thousands.

Figuring out the process of paying for college can be intimidating, especially in households where parents haven't gone themselves. We make it easy.

For many years, El Reno Public Schools and Redlands Community College have implemented and expanded numerous partnership activities to better serve the students of both institutions. And recently this successful partnership was recognized with the 2020 Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award.

“It is a privilege to work with Superintendent McVay and his innovative faculty and staff to provide exciting learning opportunities and experiences for all of our students,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant. “We are always looking for ways to connect with our community to enhance or expand our services and programs, and we appreciate working with El Reno to make some many projects a reality.”

To better meet the needs of the community, Redlands and ERPS have been able to utilize shared faculty positions for STEM science classes, developed a pre-college Algebra course and created the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center. BlueSTEM currently partners with three area high schools to provide advanced experiential STEM research classes where students attain high school and concurrent college credit at Redlands.

Additionally, through use of INBRE funding, Redlands has provided much needed classroom learning tools to assist in science instruction in middle schools, and ERPS has allowed Redlands students to work with its reading development program as part of the college’s service learning classroom program.

“Redlands and El Reno Public Schools have an exciting working relationship that allows us to offer a variety of programs that benefit all of our students,” said Craig McVay, superintendent of El Reno Public Schools. “It is wonderful to have a community partner that is like minded and dedicated to creating and expanding programs that give our students a jumpstart on their future.”