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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Foundation, Pinnacol Assurance Continue Successful Workforce Scholars Program

A longstanding partnership between the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges and Pinnacol Assurance is getting another $50,000 boost to support workforce development across the state. For the...

President White is energized, optimistic about Northeastern Junior College’s future

Original article published in the Sterling Journal-Advocate on July 19, 2023. A year and a half into his role as president of Northeastern Junior College, Mike...

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Launches Free Training for In-Demand Jobs

July 18, 2023 (Denver) – Today, the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ announced the launch of Career Advance Colorado, a workforce development initiative that provides free training...
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Plan to Keep Graduates in Trinidad Emerges from Wake of Low-Opportunity Exodus

Original article published in the Trinidad Chronicle-News on June 29, 2023. Trinidad educators have seen student after student leave the town after graduation with a feeling...

Otero College Earns Healthy Minds and Hunger Free Campus Designations

When she first arrived at Otero College in rural La Junta, Colorado, Chelsea Herasingh, Ph.D., knew staff had a long way to go in addressing student...
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Hundreds Attend Chancellor’s Summit on Adult Education

For ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½) chancellor Joe Garcia, supporting adult learners is not just an important institutional mission—it’s a personal one.   “My mom, like so...
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Community College Foundation Board Members Gather for First-Ever Convening 

The Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges brought together dozens of community college foundation board members for the first time in Denver last week, providing opportunities for...
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President Michele Haney Announces Retirement from Red Rocks Community College

May 22, 2023 (Lakewood, CO) – Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) president Dr. Michele Haney announced she will retire in January 2024, culminating a 15-year tenure...
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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½â€™ Michael Schulman Honored by Western Governors University 

Photo: Michael Schulman, Director of Student Affairs for the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ (right), accepts the Elevate Award from Western Governors University.   Michael Schulman, Ed.D., the...
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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, CSU Forge New Civil Engineering Pathway

Associate of Engineering Science pathway streamlines transfer process from community college to CSU May 16, 2023 (Fort Collins, CO) – Today the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½...
Amy Parsons, President of Colorado State University, and Joe Garcia, Chancellor of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, sign an articulation agreement between the Community College System and CSU's Civil Engineering Department at an event hosted by Ditesco, a Fort Collins engineering company. May 16, 2023