The Sunlight Peak science building at Front Range Community College has received LEED Gold Certification. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an internationally recognized mark of excellence that measures green-building design, construction, operations, and maintenance. Sunlight Peak opened in 2010 on the Larimer Campus in Fort Collins. At almost 32,000 square feet, […]
Dr. Monica Ramirez is a new dean of instruction at Front Range Community College’s Westminster Campus. With three other deans of instruction, she will lead and oversee 30 fields of study and 25 career/technical programs. For the past six years, Ramirez has been dean of academic affairs at the North Campus of the 65,000-student Fort […]
Mike O’Connell, a former owner of a small business and executive for a multinational company, has been named director of the Small Business Development Center in Larimer County. O’Connell was co-owner of Mountain Woods Furniture in Fort Collins, a national designer/manufacturer of rustic hand-crafted furniture, from 2001 until 2011. Mountain Woods products were sold through […]
Nancy West, director of advising at the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, is the winner of a President’s Award for Outstanding Service to FRCC. Her award was given at the campus’s annual awards event. Other award winners: Ronda Mitchell and Mary Torbett, Classified Staff of the Year Peggy Copeland, Administrator of the […]
Nowell Vincent and Dr. Erik Arthun are the master teachers of 2013 at the Larimer Campus of Front Range Community College. Vincent is director of the Interior Design Program. She has undergraduate degrees in theater and interior design and a master’s degree in interior design from Colorado State University. Vincent started her career as a […]
Front Range Community College President Andrew Dorsey has received a Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community colleges. The award recognizes outstanding efforts given toward promoting the goals of Phi Theta Kappa. FRCC has Phi Theta Kappa chapters at its Boulder County, Larimer, and Westminster campuses. […]
Two Front Range Community College employees were honored this week for their outstanding job performances. Mike Hogan from the Westminster Campus is FRCC’s Classified employee of the year, and Rebecca Chavez from the Boulder County Campus is FRCC’s administrator of the year. They were recognized at a State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education […]
Five Front Range Community College students have been named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team. The scholars were honored Wednesday, March 13, in Denver. They were nominated based on their academic achievement, leadership, and community service. As part of the state team, they also have been nominated for membership consideration on the All-USA […]
