When someone calls 911, the call is answered by a public safety dispatcher who immediately becomes a lifeline to the caller who may be experiencing the worst day of his or her life. It takes a special person with special skills to be a public safety dispatcher. If you are that person, emergency services agencies […]
A new certificate program that trains people to become public safety dispatchers has opened at the Westminster Campus. The state Department of Labor and Employment forecasts 209 job openings per year in Colorado for the next eight years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics sees an 8 percent annual increase in job openings nationally over […]
I went to the Fort Collins Archives, housed at the Museum of Discovery, to research some history of the Larimer Campus and discovered some of my own past. Front Range Community College is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. No, I wasn’t part of the FRCC family 50 years ago. Nor was I part of […]
Front Range Community College is a participant in a newly awarded $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to Community College of Aurora (CCA) to increase participation of underrepresented students in STEM careers. The Louis Stokes B2B Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant will support a project, under the direction of CCA, to establish the Metro Denver STEM […]
At Front Range Community College and many other colleges, some courses are for credit and some are non-credit. What’s the difference? Credit Classes When you see “credit,” think academics. At FRCC and elsewhere, most credit courses are applicable to a degree or certificate. Most, but not all. Classes below the 100 level may say they […]
The history of FRCC’s Boulder County Campus is a story of many locations and enrollment growth. The campus, now located at 2190 Miller Drive in Longmont, had its start with night classes in public schools in Longmont and Boulder beginning in 1982. In 1990, FRCC opened the Boulder Valmont Campus on Wilderness Place. As student […]
It’s no secret that the economy has changed. The mantra “go to college to get a good job” has been hammered in all of us. There’s truth in that advice. The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University has become one of my go-to places for details. The center reports in a recent […]
Teri Sanchez approached a barracks-like building and wondered where the college was. Mark Boyko recalls a student protest when parking went from a quarter to 30 cents. Tom Gonzalez remembers what John Swenson said upon seeing what would become a site for Front Range Community College – there were cattle grazing. Phyllis Abt says she […]
