FRCC One of Six Colleges Nationwide Helping Improve Community College Bachelor’s Degrees
Front Range Community College is helping shape the national standard for community college baccalaureate education.
Meet FRCC’s First Bachelor’s Degree Graduate
This Nursing Alumna Can Do Anything When Amy Larabee was six years old, her dad had surgery. That’s when she decided to be a nurse. “I just knew,” she recalls. She remembers that she loved being in the hospital—the smells, the people, the uniforms—everything about it. She looked at the nurses and thought, “I want […]
Health Care Careers Center Gets Half-Million Dollar Donation from Noel Barrett Shuler Foundation
Investment will fund simulation suite where students can practice their skills on high-tech training mannequins. The Noel Barrett Shuler Foundation has pledged $500,000 to help Front Range Community College build its new Health Care Careers Center in Fort Collins. This is the largest donation to date for FRCC’s new facility, which is set to open […]
FRCC Hires First Director for New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Nursing
Fort Collins, Colo. – Edith Matesic, DNP, is the first director of Front Range Community College’s new RN-to-BSN program—one of the college’s first four-year degrees. Classes in the program begin this fall. Colorado is currently experiencing an annual shortage of at least 500 nurses with four-year BSN degrees—and this figure is expected to grow to […]