The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative has approved an allocation that will provide about $238,000 in scholarships for qualified Larimer County residents to attend Front Range Community College or Aims Community College. The FRCC Foundation is the manager of the $237,495 grant from the initiative. Allocation is divided with about $178,000 for the FRCC Foundation and […]
I was just 17 years old when I started my first semester at Front Range Community College. Starting college that soon was not in my life plan, but neither was becoming a mother at such an early age. I had just finished my junior year of high school when I found out I was going […]
A total of 59 Estes Valley businesses have received more than $2.1 million in disaster recovery grants through the efforts of the Larimer Small Business Development Center (SBDC), working in conjunction with the Estes Park Economic Development Corporation (Estes Park EDC). The grants awarded to Larimer County businesses represent more than 60 percent of the […]
Over the course of the semester, my classmates and I have been studying hunger, and I, like many students, have been misinformed of the cruel reality of hunger. Here’s what a majority of us have thought: Hunger exists in developing countries, and, in the United States, only the homeless are hungry. Though that may be […]
Two women at Front Range Community College have been named to the American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) 40 Under 40 list. The honorees are Gwen Garrison, conference services coordinator at the Larimer Campus, and Christy Gomez, chair of the Mathematics Department at the Boulder County Campus. Garrison is president-elect of AAWCC’s Rocky […]
A new grant-supported program could help Colorado manufacturers with fewer than 20 employees grow their businesses in state, national, or export markets. Called Small Manufacturer’s AdvantEDGE, the program leverages state and federal funding, along with a contribution from the manufacturer, to provide industry experts for coaching, consultation, and/or training based on the challenges each company […]
A group of students eager to learn media production has turned into a professional production team – Storage Room Productions – with sights set on exceeding the successes of the students that came before us. Previous students in FRCC Multimedia Graphic Design Program created two documentaries, one of which received a Student Achievement Award and […]
Eric Sheley, a student at Front Range Community College, is one of two community college students in the nation to be awarded a 2016 Darrel Hess Community College Geography Scholarship from the American Association of Geographers. The scholarship provides students with $1,000 for educational expenses. This summer, Sheley will complete an internship with UNAVCO, the […]
