Collin Portlock, a 2016 graduate of Poudre High School, will enter the Precision Machining Program at Front Range Community College in the fall with financial support from the Northern Colorado (NoCo) Manufacturing Partnership. At the July meeting of the partnership, Portlock received a $2,000 scholarship toward a career in manufacturing. The funds are directed through […]
Dr. Darcy Litzerman is a new dean of instruction at Front Range Community College. She will oversee the Larimer Campus academic departments of Business; Creative Arts, Design, and Humanities; Rhetoric, Languages, and Philosophy; and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Most recently, Litzerman was a faculty member for the Presidents Leadership Program at the University of Colorado […]
Dr. Gillian McKnight-Tutein has joined Front Range Community College as vice president of academic and student affairs. She will serve as FRCC’s chief academic/student services officer, lead the college’s online learning and workforce development departments, and oversee key academic and student support functions, including instructor credentialing, registrar’s office, and catalog and schedule production. McKnight-Tutein has […]
The Machining Program at Front Range Community College has been added to The Manufacturing Institute’s “M-List,” a national recognition that FRCC teaches to industry standards. “The M-List is an acknowledgement of FRCC’s outstanding machining technology courses,” The Manufacturing Institute stated in notifying FRCC. Specifically, FRCC offers students the opportunity to earn National Association of Manufacturers-endorsed […]
Students who graduate from the Machining Program at Front Range Community College can now show employers that their skills meet or exceed national metalworking standards. That’s because the program has earned accreditation from the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS). George Newman, program director, explains what accreditation means to students and employers: Instructors have earned […]
The North Metro Denver Small Business Development Center has partnered with the Adams County Board of Commissioners, Adams County Economic Development (ACED), and Colorado Enterprise Fund (CEF) to create the Adams County Microloan Fund with $1 million in starting capital. The fund gives small businesses in Adams County access to capital when they have difficulty […]
Employees tell Paul Meese, executive director of human resources at Front Range Community College, that “they came for the students and stay for the people. It is a pleasure that we all work toward a common goal of student success.” So there’s little wonder that FRCC is one of nine institutions named as a 2016 […]
Audy Leggere-Hickey, a student at Front Range Community College, has been selected to be a delegate to College Debate 2016, a national effort to make issues important to students a focus in the upcoming presidential debates and increase student participation in the political process. Leggere-Hickey will join 125 delegates from colleges and universities across the […]
