If you’ve been encouraged to look for an internship before your college career is over, take it as smart advice. An internship is one of the best ways to gain real-world experience. Not only will this help you strengthen your résumé and build professional skills, but an internship also has numerous other benefits: You can […]
Alvina Vasquez, communications director for the Colorado office of Strategies 360 (S360) and an alumna of Front Range Community College, has joined the FRCC Foundation board of directors. She brings to the board more than 20 years of experience in communications and messaging strategies for organizations and businesses. S360 helps organizations with integrated, successful approaches […]
Dave and Cindy Batka, owners of Wheels Manufacturing Inc., want to build a pipeline for Colorado’s manufacturing industry by graduating skilled workers from Front Range Community College today and tomorrow. Half of their recent $20,000 donation to the FRCC Foundation will fund scholarships encouraging students to obtain one of the many manufacturing degrees and certificates […]
A new building at the Westminster Campus has students asking a question that gets to the root of the horticulture programs at FRCC: “When do we get to go into the greenhouse?” The 2,000-square-foot greenhouse had its maiden voyage during the middle portion of the fall 2015 semester. Now, with thoughts on spring and the […]
If you find yourself strapped for time to fit in all of your studies and homework, one way to gain back some time is to limit distractions like social media and other time-sucking websites. Here are seven great tools to help you minimize those time-wasters and get more done: RescueTime: It’s easy to think that a […]
February is Heart Month, but you should take care of your heart year-round. These are my top three ways to stay heart-healthy. Anything I share with students or write about is truly self-advice and self-reflection. I hope some of these thoughts may resonate with you. Be Present. Be present in your choices and reactions. Be present […]
Niroj Bhattarai, chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Front Range Community College’s Larimer Campus, is the 2016 Jerome Wartgow Teaching with Technology Award winner in all of the Colorado Community Colleges System. In addition to his chair duties, Bhattarai teaches economics in classroom and online settings, and it is in the classroom that Bhattarai […]
Tom Cassady and Terry Dye have been elected to the board of directors of the Front Range Community College Foundation. Cassady retired from Broomfield-based Ball Corporation in 2015 after 27 years with the company. He held various finance and accounting positions before being named the director of accounting systems. Before joining Ball, Cassady was the […]
