The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees saw a change Tuesday night at their monthly board meeting with an eight-year veteran stepping down and a familiar face returning to the board. Board Chair Bryan Drew, a Benton attorney, stepped down, citing family and work obligations. Drew was presented with a plaque in honor of his years of service on the RLC Board. The Class of 1995 grad was elected to the RLC Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1994-95 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Runner-Up Men’s Golf Team. Drew’s replacement on the board is returning veteran Randall Crocker of Sesser, who previously served on the board from 1997 to 2009. Crocker is a long-time member and chair of the Franklin County Board, and owns and operates Crocker Insurance Agency in Sesser with his son Brett. Crocker will fill the seat until the next Rend Lake College Board of Trustees election, which will be held in 2015. With Drew leaving the board, board member Eric Black was appointed the new chair. In other business, the board granted in-district resident status for tuition purposes to those students using Post – 9-11 Veterans Educational Assistance beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year. They also accepted the Fiscal Year 2013 audit as presented. They also learned that Title III work began with three new positions being created and bids going out for a new lab. The board authorized actions related to the Title III Pathways to Success in Health Careers grant, including the creation of new positions and the authorization to proceed with lab renovations. They granted permission to create, advertise and fill the positions as well as, approving the accompanying job descriptions. The positions sought are Coordinator of Title III Health Studies Support, Title III Activity Director – Curriculum Specialist and Title III Project Assistant. The Coordinator and Activity Director positions will have start dates in January 2014. The project assistant position will be hired and ratified at the December 10th board meeting. The board also granted permission to advertise for bids for a new Anatomy – Physiology – Cadaver lab to be constructed inside the existing Science Building. The new lab will better serve the needs of students and will help alleviate the current overcrowding of the existing labs in the building. It will also help meet the demands of pre-Allied Health students, and will meet objectives contained in the Title III grant. The estimated budget is $246,891.98 and will be paid with Title III grant funds. The Title III Pathways to Success in Health Careers Grant is worth up to $2.25 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education over a five-year period. By the end of the grant, RLC expects to see an increase in the number of Health Studies degrees and certificates awarded, as well as an increase in overall enrollment and enrollment-based revenue.