The Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College received a Healthy Community Award from Boulder County Public Health for embodying the spirit of public service through reducing exposure to secondhand smoke. The Boulder County Campus implemented a tobacco-free policy that protects the health of more than 3,000 students, staff, and visitors. In 2014, a […]
The North Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC), housed and sponsored by Front Range Community College, is the SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award winner for a six-state region. The award recognizes the center’s efforts to assist small-business owners and the center’s innovative approach to serving small manufacturers throughout Colorado. Glenn Plagens, who has been […]
Audy Leggere-Hickey, a student at Front Range Community College, is one of 20 two-year college students in the nation named to the All-USA Community College Academic Team. Leggere-Hickey and the other team members will receive medallions and $5,000 scholarships at Phi Theta Kappa’s Presidents Breakfast during the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) convention April […]
Gateway to College at Front Range Community College has received a Program Excellence Award from the Gateway to College National Network. Gateway to College enables high school students who have dropped out or at risk of dropping out to earn a high school diploma by taking college classes. The program provides intensive support for students […]
Six Front Range Community College students are members of the All-Colorado Academic Team. They received medallions and other awards at a State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education meeting. The team recognizes high-achieving students who demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual rigor, combined with leadership and service that extends their education beyond the classroom to […]
If you want to find Jim Vernon outside class at Front Range Community College’s Boulder County Campus, check the Student Commons. “That’s where the students are,” says Vernon, a member of the business faculty. So that’s where he is. The Student Commons is Vernon’s second office. He spends an hour a day there. This commitment […]
Two students in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Program at Front Range Community College have won scholarships from a national foundation. The Rees Scholarship Foundation awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Josh Chinn of Fort Collins and a $1,000 scholarship to Scott Johnson of Severance. Both work full time while also being students […]
The NoCo Manufacturing Partnership has three new board members. Stacy Johnson, director of economic development for the town of Windsor; Heidi Hostetter, vice president for Faustson Tool, Arvada, and industry chair, Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies, Colorado School of Mines (ADAPT); and Mina Cox, chief operating officer of Specialty Products, Longmont, were […]
