Cinco de Mayo is coming up, a holiday mostly known in the United States as a colorful, festive celebration that involves lively music, margaritas, and delicious Mexican fare. What is this holiday really all about? Here are six things you might not have known about Cinco de Mayo and its origins: It’s NOT the Mexican […]
I am one of the blessed people who has not experience hunger. I never knew it was so close by. I did not know it was that real. I do now. Over the course of the semester, our class has been studying issues of food and hunger. Hunger in colleges. Throughout the semester, we read, […]
The North Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC), housed and sponsored by Front Range Community College, is the SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award winner for a six-state region. The award recognizes the center’s efforts to assist small-business owners and the center’s innovative approach to serving small manufacturers throughout Colorado. Glenn Plagens, who has been […]
April is Stress Awareness Month, which is a good time for college students to take a deep breath and remind themselves that everyone encounters challenging times in life—it’s all how you react and manage them. This national effort to inform people about the dangers of stress, successful coping strategies, and harmful misconceptions about stress is […]
Audy Leggere-Hickey, a student at Front Range Community College, is one of 20 two-year college students in the nation named to the All-USA Community College Academic Team. Leggere-Hickey and the other team members will receive medallions and $5,000 scholarships at Phi Theta Kappa’s Presidents Breakfast during the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) convention April […]
Gateway to College at Front Range Community College has received a Program Excellence Award from the Gateway to College National Network. Gateway to College enables high school students who have dropped out or at risk of dropping out to earn a high school diploma by taking college classes. The program provides intensive support for students […]
Six Front Range Community College students are members of the All-Colorado Academic Team. They received medallions and other awards at a State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education meeting. The team recognizes high-achieving students who demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual rigor, combined with leadership and service that extends their education beyond the classroom to […]
If you want to find Jim Vernon outside class at Front Range Community College’s Boulder County Campus, check the Student Commons. “That’s where the students are,” says Vernon, a member of the business faculty. So that’s where he is. The Student Commons is Vernon’s second office. He spends an hour a day there. This commitment […]
