Front Range Community College graduates may transfer credits and coursework toward a bachelor’s degree to Antioch University Connected (AU Connected), thanks to a new agreement between Antioch and the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). Transfer for four-year degrees is one of the most-stated reasons students disclose when they enroll at FRCC. With good reason. FRCC […]
A corporate attorney and an attorney in private practice have joined the Front Range Community College Foundation board of directors: Jan Rodriguez is assistant general counsel and assistant corporate secretary at Ball Corporation, headquartered in Broomfield. Rick Samson is founder of Samson Law Firm in Longmont. “Jan and Rick not only bring financial and legal […]
Front Range Community College is offering $1,000 rewards for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the recent bomb threats to the college’s Larimer and Boulder County campuses. The threats took place Sept. 21 at the Larimer Campus in Fort Collins and Sept. 23 at the Boulder County Campus […]
Front Range Community College students who are federal Pell Grant-eligible have an opportunity to bring high-speed Internet service into their residences through a pilot program with Comcast. The program is called Internet Essentials from Comcast, which provides high-speed Internet service for $9.95 a month plus tax. The offer includes a free Wi-Fi router, the option […]
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 […]
