Bicycles, beer, and coffee. Sounds like a slam-dunk concept for business success, especially in a bike-friendly, beer-brewing, coffee-drinking city like Fort Collins. But for Evan Rau and Susan Dalke, Cranknstein, their business on North College Avenue, success is a journey two years after opening. Coffee + Bicycles = Community. Evan started thinking about a bike-and-coffee […]
Aaron Prestwich is the new dean of student services at the Westminster Campus of Front Range Community College. The dean oversees such services as admissions and records, advising, counseling and career services, academic support services, and student life. Prestwich was senior director of student affairs at Chadron State College in Chadron, Neb. He also has […]
The popular Public Broadcasting System series “Craft in America” will have a Colorado and Front Range Community College connection in December. Ceramicists Susan Garson and Tom Pakele will be featured on the “Holiday” episode of the Peabody Award-winning series. For Colorado viewers, the show is scheduled at 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, on Rocky Mountain […]
Robert Olson, a GED graduate of the Center for Adult Learning (CAL) at Front Range Community College, is the Adult Learner of the Year for the Colorado Adult Education Professional Organization (CAEPA). CAEPA members represent adult education and family literacy programs throughout Colorado, including community and faith-based organizations, community colleges, school districts, corrections facilities, workforce […]
Operating or thinking of starting a business? You need a couple of partners on your side. The Larimer County Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Larimer County Workforce Center (LCWC) have formalized a partnership to collaborate strategically to help start-up ventures, small businesses, independent contractors, freelancers, and job seekers. Specifically, the SBDC will provide […]
Lindy Gates was 8 years old when she decided she wanted to be a zookeeper. At age 13, she started volunteering at the Farm at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins, and she enjoyed the experience so much that she decided to apply to the Denver Zoo’s summer teen volunteer program, Zoo Crew. She started […]
The Amgen Foundation and Front Range Community College have renewed their efforts to continue the Amgen Biotech Experience, an innovative science education program that has been used in more than 25 schools in northern Colorado. This program provides a real-world biotech lab experience to middle and high schools in Amgen’s U.S. and United Kingdom (U.K.) […]
Taryn Flack, a Front Range Community College student, has been elected the Legislative Liaison for the State Student Advisory Board (SSAC). This position represents all 135,000 community college students at the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Flack will work with Dr. Nancy McCallin, Colorado Community College president, and CCCS college presidents to advocate for students […]
