Whether you are a new student or returning to FRCC this fall, now is a great time to lay the groundwork for a successful school year. One of the best ways to do so is to take advantage of the many resources and tools available to you. These resources will help you make the most […]
U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez recently called community colleges the “secret sauce” of economic and workforce development. In his talk at the National Governors Association summer conference in West Virginia, he used Front Range Community College as his example of “the secret sauce.” Filling the Pipeline with Skilled Manufacturing Workers To flesh out Secretary […]
The Front Range Community College Foundation has received a $20,000 donation for scholarships for precision machining students from the Gene Haas Foundation of Virginia. FRCC’s Precision Machining Program is housed in the Advanced Technology Center at the Boulder County Campus in Longmont. The program has more than a hundred students in its daytime for-credit program […]
Wynnston Corona is a high school graduate with two certificates in Precision Machining and a job as a machinist. Oh, and he’s 17 years old. How does that happen? “I’ve got a lot of determination,” he says. “In middle school I knew I wanted to graduate early. I wanted to start work as soon as […]
Kay Howarth, Nishta Oberai, and Nash Seufer, students at Front Range Community College, have earned National Engaged Leader awards from the National Society of Leadership and Success. The trio were honored at the Boulder County induction ceremony for 44 new society members. The National Society of Leadership and Success has chapters at more than 475 […]
Mary Ann Grim, history faculty member at Front Range Community College’s Boulder County Campus, has been accepted into the Museum Teacher Fellowship Program of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The program enables talented teachers to become leaders in Holocaust education, bringing the history and lessons of the Holocaust to new places and new audiences. […]
More than once in a while, a web alert tells me about a former student who has moved on and is doing well. I should share these stories more often. Class ferments brewery For example, you never know when what is learned at FRCC will blossom. Matt Cutter took an entrepreneurship class at FRCC in […]
Jeff Brewer, a student at Front Range Community College’s Boulder County Campus, is a national Silver Tier Scholar on Coca-Cola’s 2015 Community College Academic Team. Five other FRCC students join Brewer on the All-Colorado Academic Team. The national and state teams recognize high-achieving students who demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual rigor, combined with leadership and […]
