Glenn Plagens, senior director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Front Range Community College, is the winner of the State Star Award from America’s Small Business Development Center organization. He was recognized for increasing consulting hours by 400 percent over three years. Mike O’Connell, director of the Larimer County SBDC, is the state […]
More than a hundred Front Range Community College students and staff in the first two weeks of the fall semester have joined a statewide movement to improve their health. The program is called Weigh and Win, a free Kaiser Permanente program that encourages healthy choices in activities and eating. Participants sign up for free at […]
The Larimer Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provided more than 1,300 hours of free confidential consulting for clients in the first half of 2014, a 62 percent increase over first half 2013 and a reflection of the dynamic small-business environment locally. “We’ve done a lot of work over the past year to reach out to […]
New degree concentrations in Wildlife Technology and Forestry Technology in the Forestry, Wildlife, and Natural Resources Program at Front Range Community College align the program with accrediting agencies. The Wildlife Technology concentration was developed in response to FRCC’s recent attainment of a one-year conditional accreditation by the North American Wildlife Technology Association (NAWTA). The concentration […]
Josh Heuerman, welding technology faculty at Front Range Community College, has been selected to attend the American Welding Society (AWS) Instructors Institute in Miami, Fla. He is one of 22 welding instructors in the country to be selected, with travel and lodging expenses provided by AWS. At the institute, Heuerman will have an opportunity to […]
For 227 former Front Range Community College students, a college degree is within reach, thanks to the implementation this week of a new “reverse transfer” program in Colorado. The 227 students earned at least 15 college-transfer credits at FRCC before transferring to a participating four-year college in Colorado, where they have continued to earn at […]
Annie Seipel of Longmont, a student at the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, is Colorado’s New Century Scholar for 2014, having earned the highest All-USA Community College Academic Team application score in the state. The award was given at the All-Colorado Academic Team luncheon in Denver. The award includes a $2,000 scholarship. […]
Sam Lawrence and Maryann Lasco, students at Front Range Community College’s Larimer Campus in Fort Collins, have been named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team. The scholars were honored in Denver. They are among 24 students from 12 community colleges in Colorado named to the team. They were nominated based on their academic […]
