Michelle Medeiros, English and literature faculty at Front Range Community College’s Westminster Campus, is the college’s faculty of the year. She was honored at a meeting of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education. Teachers are learners themselves, and Medeiros is no exception. Medeiros, who has been at FRCC seven years, teaches composition, […]
Deborah Craven, faculty and chair at the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College for 13 years, has been named a dean of instruction. Craven, who teaches digital media technology, recently served as chair of the Business, Information Technology, and Education Department. She has been involved in many campus-based and college-wide projects. Most recently, […]
Shawn Simmerman, a veteran and student at Front Range Community College-Westminster Campus, received a $1,500 Purple Heart Community College Scholarship for his spring semester studies. Simmerman, who lives in Johnstown, also has taken classes at the Larimer Campus. He is completing core courses with an emphasis in biology. He plans to transfer to the University […]
Elena Sandoval-Lucero, vice president of the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, is the current recipient of the Community Colleges Research and Scholarship Award from Student Affairs in Higher Education (NASPA). The award is presented to an individual who or team that has demonstrated a commitment to advancing research and scholarship on the […]
Robert “Rip” Engler is the new director of the Front Range Community College-Brighton Center. Engler joins the Brighton Center from Hinds Community College, the largest community college in Mississippi, where he was an assistant campus dean. During nine years at Hinds, Engler also worked as an administrator in both career/technical and academic higher education, admissions, […]
Of course we’ll cheer for the home team at the Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but maybe we’d also give an extra cheer for the closer-to-home team. Here’s some information about Olympians who call Colorado home. Which Olympian has a super-high GPA in college? Who’s a cancer survivor? Who’s a wounded warrior? […]
After much planning and collaboration, Front Range Community College will open a Law Enforcement Academy in January. This academy gives northern Colorado law-enforcement agencies and individuals wanting a law-enforcement career an option for Colorado POST training. POST stands for Peace Officer Standards Training, the gateway to employment as a peace officer in Colorado. You can’t […]
For some Front Range Community College students, the answer to the “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” question would be, “I was involved in research, and it was fun!” Not only fun, but eye-opening to the research and careers that could be ahead of them. Undergraduate Research Experiences The students took part in a number […]
