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 […]
Dan McGillicuddy is the Classified Staffer of the Year at Front Range Community College. McGillicuddy, who has been at FRCC for 6½ years, is an IT Technician II at the Westminster Campus. He works desktop support, deploys new computers, and images existing computers as semesters change. He also is responsible for Macintosh computers in Digital […]
The voting is underway! Since my last blog post, Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton won the Iowa caucuses, and Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary. We might be in store for a real donnybrook. Nevada Democrats went for Clinton and South Carolina Republicans voted for Trump, with Nevada Republicans and South […]
FRCC was recognized and thanked for its ongoing support of the NoCO Manufacturing Partnership on at NoCO’s bi-annual meeting, held at the New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins. Paul Harter, president of Auqa-Hot Heating Systems Inc. and president of the partnership’s board of directors, presented thank-you letters and plaques to FRCC President Andy Dorsey; […]
