Students, faculty, and instructor volunteers at Front Range Community College-Westminster Campus assisted low- and moderate-income taxpayers in filing tax returns to claim more than $1.4 million in refunds to the taxpayers in 2015. FRCC partnered with Denver-based Piton Foundation in Tax Help Colorado. At the Westminster Campus’s free tax site, IRS-certified students filed 735 returns, […]
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 […]
The brand spanking new High Plains Fitness Center at the Westminster Campus is the best fitness deal in town for FRCC students. Membership is free. And what do you get for free in the 12,902-square-foot facility? Access to a weight room, a cardio room, a yoga and dance studio, a gymnasium floor, even basketball and […]
In response to requests from industry, Front Range Community College will offer a Logistics Certificate at the Westminster Campus beginning with the spring semester in January 2015. Registration is underway now. To register, go to www.frontrange.edu/getstarted. Skills and training The Logistics Certificate will give students the technical skills, proficiencies, and competencies to work in transportation, […]
Ten years ago, Sammy Ihunwaeze was a student at the College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, in his native Nigeria when his name came up in the lottery for a U.S. visa. He uprooted his life and moved to Colorado, where he has extended family. After establishing residency, Sammy enrolled in FRCC’s nationally accredited […]
Another acronym, right? Yes—but we’re going to break it down so you know what it means to you! It is one of four degree types offered at a community college – and one of the most popular. It stands for an Associate of Applied Science degree. Now let’s break it down. Associate: 2-year degree An […]
You might think Front Range Community College is an unlikely starting point to reach Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Just don’t say that to Matthew Mahaffey. This former Front Range student is an undergraduate researcher this summer at MIT. College at The Right Time Matthew grew up in Georgia and had an offer of a basketball […]
Gerry Cordutsky was in his early 40s when he was laid off from his job as an electrical engineer. “There were not a whole lot of opportunities in my niche area,” he says. “I needed to reinvent myself. I wanted something I would be interested in and that there was a market for.” Pharmacology fit […]
