If college is the first time you’ve ever had to be financially independent, do yourself a favor: Establish a budget. It may not sound fun at first—but you’ll be really glad you did it. Budgeting is worth your time for a lot of reasons: It prevents you from overspending. (This also help you to avoid […]
Fort Collins, Colo. – As Front Range Community College’s new Health Care Careers Center (HCCC) begins to take shape this summer, community members are encouraged to come see the progress—and add their name to the project. FRCC has undertaken a major construction project—building a two-story, 61,000 square-foot Health Care Careers Center to address key healthcare […]
In the coming months, we’ll be spotlighting each of the programs housed within the brand-new Center for Integrated Manufacturing. Check out our June blog on Automation & Engineering Technology. If you’ve been paying attention to the Colorado job market, you know already that the manufacturing industry is booming in Colorado. In fact, more than 5,000 […]
At Front Range Community College, we pay a lot of attention to reducing costs—and our students know that we have low tuition and high-quality courses. We recently started paying more attention to another type of cost that is very real for you: your time. Time—Your Scarcest Resource Since we teach economics, we know all about […]
Fort Collins, Colo. – Kathleen Mitchell, Ph.D., is the new director of the Front Range Community College (FRCC) Law Enforcement Academy. Mitchell served with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for more than 20 years in many roles, including Special Agent, Supervisory Special Agent, and as an Executive Manager in the FBI’s Training and Development […]
You know earning a college degree is worthwhile, but do you need a bachelor’s degree right now? Obviously, more education is valuable in a number of career paths—but there are also situations in which it makes good sense to earn an associate degree. Here are a few things to consider, and reasons you might choose […]
Longmont, Colo. – On August 1, Front Range Community College (FRCC) will open its new training center for careers in high-tech manufacturing. Colorado expects to have 5,000 new jobs in manufacturing by 2026. As the only college facility in the state with four advanced manufacturing programs under one roof, the Center for Integrated Manufacturing will […]
Whether you’re graduating from college soon or want to nab the perfect internship, it’s always a good idea to have a solid résumé tuned up and ready to go when opportunity strikes! But where do you start? First and foremost, pay the career center at your college a visit. Here at FRCC, our career services […]
