When Carolyn Pitcher started studying at FRCC, she thought she wanted to be a nurse. She’d been working as a certified nurse aid—but wanted something more from her career. She knew she wanted to work in health care, but quickly discovered nursing wasn’t the right fit for her. Then a conversation with the college’s Health […]
By now you may have heard about the new Center for Integrated Manufacturing that Front Range Community College is opening in Longmont later this year. What you may not know is that Colorado has a serious shortage of skilled workers for advanced manufacturing jobs. So this new facility won’t just help our students get good […]
Front Range Community College is hosting an art exhibition featuring the work of our multimedia graphic design (MGD) students. The show is entitled Synergy, and will run from April 22 through May 9 in the Visual Arts Gallery at FRCC’s Westminster Campus. It features pieces created by FRCC’s MGD students from the college’s Boulder County […]
Angela Raveczky, administrative assistant for the allied health programs at Front Range Community College’s Westminster Campus, is the college’s classified employee of the year. She was honored at a meeting of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education this month. Raveczky came to FRCC as a student (and work-study) in 1996. After finishing […]
You’ve probably heard before that getting an internship during college is a fantastic way to strengthen your résumé, test out an industry or job (before you take the full plunge after college), and get a foot in the door at a great company. All true! An internship will expose you to a professional situation, allowing […]
In recent years, higher education has undergone a significant transformation. A large number of small liberal arts colleges have closed. Undergraduate majors have become more STEM-focused and aimed toward employment. The popular myth of the liberal arts, especially in the humanities and art, is one of an elitist and impractical pursuit that creates unemployable young […]
Shannon Lance (MA), psychology instructor at Front Range Community College’s Westminster campus, is the college’s instructor of the year. She was honored at a meeting of the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education this month. Lance has been teaching at FRCC—both on campus and online—since 2012. She enjoys teaching her psychology students, but […]
Supporting Survivors, Spreading the Word April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. While it can seem almost futile simply to dedicate a page on the calendar to such a serious issue, designating a month to a social problem like this does increase its public profile and raise awareness. When people are informed about how prevalent sexual […]
