The escape room comes to the classroom. That is a teaching concept developed by colleagues and adapted by Marcus Fowler that earned him the eLearning Educator of the Year Award from the eLearning Consortium of Colorado. Emphasis on Information and Technology Literacy Marcus teaches humanities at the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College. […]
Grant Supports High School Equivalency Class in Community Setting
A $5,000 grant from the Pharos Fund will help pay for books, supplies, and other support for the Center for Adult Learning’s High School Equivalency class at the Community Life Center (CLC) at Fullana Learning Center. The class includes care and activities for the children of the students while they attend class. The CLC, 220 […]
Solar Array at Harmony Library: A Win-Win-Win-Win-Win Project
The new solar array visitors see outside Harmony Library has a dual purpose. One is to reduce greenhouse gases, of course. The other, now that the array is installed and operational, is less noticeable. The installation gave students in the Manufacturing and Energy Technology Program at Front Range Community College a service-learning and active-learning project […]
Chavez Selected for National Organization’s Leadership Fellowship Program
Rebecca Chavez, director of admissions and outreach at the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, has been accepted into the National Community College Hispanic Council’s Leadership Fellowship Program. Established more than 30 years ago, the council’s mission includes preparation and support of Hispanic leaders in America’s community colleges, to the ultimate benefit of […]
Concurrent Enrollment Prepares Student for Next Step
Jack Roper is a textbook example of the benefits of concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment is the increasingly popular way high school students can enroll in college classes. To recap, concurrent enrollment meets four criteria: a specific structure for providing college courses to high school students; Colorado Opportunity Fund eligibility; tuition paid for, in most cases, up […]
Your Primer to the Colorado Primaries
This year’s party primaries in Colorado, scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, will be historic. Why? To understand, here’s a quick primary primer. The purpose of a party primary is to pick, from a passel of potential politicos (er, candidates—sorry, I got carried away with the alliteration), the one candidate to run as the party’s candidate […]
FRCC Celebrates 50 Years of Successful Lives, Strong Futures
When Front Range Community College first opened its doors to students in the fall of 1968, it was as the first campus of the new Community College of Denver—eventually called the “North Campus” of CCD. More than 1,800 students crowded into two metal buildings with a very small faculty, and just a handful of program […]
Gateway to College Student Earns Scholarship for Study-Abroad Summer
Tava Harper, a Gateway to College student at Front Range Community College, has been awarded a full scholarship with Where There Be Dragons to be part of an immersive summer study-abroad experience in Peru. Part of the funding for the scholarship comes from a donor to the Front Range Community College Foundation. Gateway to College, […]