FRCC program helps train the next generation of workers for local companies. Industrial construction company Tanco Engineering, Inc. is donating $20,000 to Front Range Community College Foundation for scholarships that will go to students in the college’s welding program. The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative will match Tanco’s gift for an additional $20,000. Students receiving these […]
2019 Brings FREE Full-Day Kindergarten to Colorado
What would you do with an extra $500 a month? At the start of a new school year, many Colorado parents of kindergartners are happily asking themselves this question. That’s because, for the first time, parents of kindergartners do not have to pay for their children to attend school for the whole day. Child Care […]
Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) and Its Relevance Today
Xicana/o, Latina/o, Afro-Latina/o, Asian-Latina/o and Indigenous. Are all of these identities adequately recognized by Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) in September? Does it exclude the many Mestizos living in the diaspora for two or three generations, who no longer speak their native tongues? Does the term need to be updated to Latinx Heritage Month to include […]
What Can You Do with an Optics Technology Certificate?
As you’ve probably heard us mention before, Colorado’s manufacturing industry is booming unlike ever before. To respond to the needs of industry—and help our students train for these good jobs—FRCC opened the Center for Integrated Manufacturing in Longmont, which greatly expands local training options in manufacturing. There are four programs within the center, one of […]
With $4 Million Grant, CSU & Front Range Community College Team Up for STEM Students
New grant aims to help underserved students succeed in college and careers. Front Range Community College (FRCC) and Colorado State University (CSU) have secured a major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a new program to help students successfully transfer from FRCC to CSU to earn bachelor’s degrees. The $4.28 million grant will […]
New Belgium and FRCC Upskill Employees through Training Grant
Fort Collins, Colo. – More than 180 employees at New Belgium Brewing gained new skills this year thanks to a major grant from the state of Colorado. Front Range Community College’s Corporate Solutions division helped New Belgium acquire the necessary grant funding to “upskill” the company’s employees in key areas of business training. The courses […]
Success Tips for First-Generation College Students
If you’re the first person in your family to go to college, congratulations! It takes perseverance and bravery to blaze your own trail and pursue this dream. You’ve worked hard to get here, so make sure you give college your all. Here are six tips for success as a first-gen college student: Build a support […]
FRCC Hires First Director for New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Nursing
Fort Collins, Colo. – Edith Matesic, DNP, is the first director of Front Range Community College’s new RN-to-BSN program—one of the college’s first four-year degrees. Classes in the program begin this fall. Colorado is currently experiencing an annual shortage of at least 500 nurses with four-year BSN degrees—and this figure is expected to grow to […]