More than a hundred Front Range Community College students and staff in the first two weeks of the fall semester have joined a statewide movement to improve their health. The program is called Weigh and Win, a free Kaiser Permanente program that encourages healthy choices in activities and eating. Participants sign up for free at […]
After 25 years in northern Colorado as a graphic artist, copywriter, and greeting card designer, Cydney Springer put down the computer mouse and took up an artist’s paintbrush. With two years of study under other artists and a lifetime of interest in painting, she set out to capture the beauty and awe of Colorado landscapes. […]
The Larimer Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provided more than 1,300 hours of free confidential consulting for clients in the first half of 2014, a 62 percent increase over first half 2013 and a reflection of the dynamic small-business environment locally. “We’ve done a lot of work over the past year to reach out to […]
New degree concentrations in Wildlife Technology and Forestry Technology in the Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Program at Front Range Community College align the program with accrediting agencies. The Wildlife Technology concentration was developed in response to FRCC’s recent attainment of a one-year conditional accreditation by the North American Wildlife Technology Association (NAWTA). The concentration […]
Tizita Tadesse’s journey starts in Ethiopia, where she was born. Her family – her parents and two older siblings – moved to a refugee camp in Kenya. Then the family moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., thanks to the sponsorship of the First Presbyterian Church. After Kenya, South Dakota All this in Tizita’s first two years […]
Josh Heuerman, welding technology faculty at Front Range Community College, has been selected to attend the American Welding Society (AWS) Instructors Institute in Miami, Fla. He is one of 22 welding instructors in the country to be selected, with travel and lodging expenses provided by AWS. At the institute, Heuerman will have an opportunity to […]
Apples don’t fall far from their tree. Back in the 1960s, John Hill’s parents were involved in community theater in Fort Collins. His mother was president of the Fort Collins Children’s Theatre and designed costumes for local theater and opera companies. As a youngster, John participated in a summer theater production of “The Music Man” […]
You might think Front Range Community College is an unlikely starting point to reach Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Just don’t say that to Matthew Mahaffey. This former Front Range student is an undergraduate researcher this summer at MIT. College at The Right Time Matthew grew up in Georgia and had an offer of a basketball […]
