A clump of honeybees clouds the small hole in the side of the Sunlight Peak classroom building at Front Range Community College’s Larimer Campus in Fort Collins. While the bees tirelessly make foraging trips and return to an observation hive for biology students, Evelyn Freytag takes a well-earned break from digging in the sticky clay […]
The Amazing Race: Colorado Community Colleges Visit China
Well not THE Amazing Race, but it sure felt like it. If you’ve never seen it, the Amazing Race is a fast-moving competitive reality show where teams race around the world to accomplish assigned tasks. The race has several legs where the teams must navigate the locals, customs, and language, and get to the goal site […]
Sandoval-Lucero Named Vice President of FRCC’s Boulder County Campus
Elena Sandoval-Lucero is the new vice president of the Boulder County Campus. She joins Front Range Community College from the Community College of Aurora, where she was vice president of student affairs. She succeeds Linda Curran, who retired after eight years as campus vice president. As vice president, Sandoval-Lucero is the chief executive officer of […]
Hands-On Forest and Wildlife Management on MacGregor Ranch
We were just leaving Estes Park when I asked my van full of students, “So how was it? What did you get out of today?” One of my more thoughtful students, sitting in the passenger’s seat next to me, replied “Do you remember telling us at the beginning of the year that by the end […]
FRCC Opens Medical Assisting Certificate Programs at Westminster, Larimer Campuses
With more than 500 job openings per year in Colorado for medical assistants, Front Range Community College brings its Medical Assistant certificate program to campuses in Westminster and Fort Collins. “Community colleges start or expand programs to meet the needs of industry and the workforce demands of their communities” said Gillian McKnight-Tutein, chief academic officer […]
Tips for Tourists To Become Travelers
Every summer my family trades our condominium through an international home exchange club. We have lived in strangers’ houses, driven their automobiles, walked their pets, and talked to their families. This past summer, we traveled to Hawaii’s big island for three weeks. We lived aloha, from our morning glass of POG, to pau hana happy […]
Medical Assistants Demand Rises; FRCC Expands Program
As the health-care landscape changes, the role of medical assistants is becoming more visible and more important. One of the biggest providers in Colorado – UCHealth – for example, is changing the model of care in its clinics. As outlined in a report to the community we found in The Coloradoan in January, this new […]
$1.2 Million Federal Grant Supports FRCC in Assisting Westminster High School Students
A $1.2 million federal grant to Front Range Community College will assist Westminster High School students in their college-entrance preparation. FRCC staff will serve 60 WHS students annually under the five-year TRIO Upward Bound (UB) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Upward Bound serves high school students who have a desire to pursue postsecondary […]