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Raleigh Neighborhood College

Updated: Aug 6, 2026

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Benefits Register Congratulations to our Spring 2026 Graduates!
Raleigh Neighborhood College Spring 2026 Cohort

Graduating class of Raleigh Neighborhood College Spring 2026

Applications for the Fall 2026 cohort are now closed.

Raleigh Neighborhood College just reaffirmed that everybody's opinion matters. We should take an active role in how the City is shaped and making it a city that is comfortable as well as prosperous now and in the future. We each have a hand in that.

Charles Haywood, Employee of the N.C. Justice Department

Benefits

Raleigh Neighborhood College (RNC) offers participants the tools to become actively involved in neighborhood and community organizations. Many graduates serve as a resource for their neighbors or go on to become leaders in local neighborhood organizations.

Students meet Raleigh and Wake County staffers who provide an inside look at the services and programs offered by the City of Raleigh and Wake County.

Requirements

  • attendance and participation
  • attend an in-person or virtual board, commission or committee meeting and provide a video, audio or written report
  • complete a community project proposal 

NOTE:  Childcare provided through PRCR if requested. Course participants must be at least 17 years-old/high school junior.

It connected me personally more to the City. I feel that I not only know more about the workings of the City but I feel more a part of it because of the experience.

Clodah Bastian, Executive Director of International Focus

Register

Fall 2026 applications are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied!

Classes are offered in the spring and fall. Please check back soon for information on our next cohort!

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 Graduates!

 

  • Abby Daniels 
  • Christian Lockamy 
  • Clark Rinehart 
  • Courtney McCurdy 
  • Isabella Stubbs 
  • Jacqueline Klimek 
  • Jennifer Miller 
  • Jevon Smith 
  • Joe Trostel 
  • Johan Pennerat  
  • John Cozens 
  • Keerthana Kasetty 
  • Kevin Gilleland 
  • Lesley Peace 
  • Lexie Sylvester 
  • Margaret Griffin 
  • Richard L. Johnson 
  • Rukiyah Singletary 
  • Tammie Morrison 
  • Thea Cox 
  • Theo Jass 
  • Tom Daniels 
  • Victoria Blackwell 
  • Waleed Jarrad 
  • William Casola 

As a new resident, it was a great program to immerse myself in the City and really learn the basic nuts-and-bolts things that you would pick up in a lifetime of living somewhere. It helped me cement a permanent connection.

Jeff Murison, Executive Director of the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corp

Resources

 

RNC Program Application

Citizens Leadership Academy

Contact

 

Joy Mikhail
Community Partnerships Supervisor
joy.mikhail@raleighnc.gov

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