CCCS Takes Center Stage at Clean Energy Summit

The Colorado Community College System took center stage at a national summit bringing together federal, state, and higher education leaders to discuss strategies to rapidly train...
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‘What I’m Meant to Be Doing’: Kimberly Jellison Ready for Nursing Career

For Kimberly Jellison, becoming a nurse is not just a dream come true—it’s a promise kept to her late husband, Eric. “That’s why I want to...
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State Board Welcomes Dr. Landon Mascareñaz as New Chair

For someone who’s worked mostly in the K-12 sector, Dr. Landon Mascareñaz has a surprising number of connections to community colleges. His father attended one, and...
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CCCS 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...

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 Colorado Community College System (CCCS) 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...
Chancellor Joe Garcia speaks to Foundation college presidents.

CCCS’ Michael Schulman Honored by Western Governors University 

Photo: Michael Schulman, Director of Student Affairs for the Colorado Community College System (right), accepts the Elevate Award from Western Governors University.   Michael Schulman, Ed.D., the...
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CCCS, 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 Colorado Community College System...
Amy Parsons, President of Colorado State University, and Joe Garcia, Chancellor of the Colorado Community College System, 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

Red Rocks Community College Graduate Mark Irby-Gill Inspires Others to Dream Big 

Photo: Mark Irby-Gill accepts his Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team award from Colorado Community College System chancellor Joe Garcia and Red Rocks Community College president...
Mark Irby-Gill, center, accepts his Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team award from Colorado Community College System chancellor Joe Garcia and Red Rocks Community College president Michele Haney.

ACC Graduate Ryan Wade Ready to Turn the Page

Photo: Ryan Wade, an automotive technology graduate at Arapahoe Community College, accepts the Phi Theta Kappa All-Colorado Academic Team award from Joe Garcia, chancellor of the...

Delta Dental Awards $4 Million to Expand Dental Hygiene Programs at CCCS Colleges  

Building on their partnership with the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation has awarded three community colleges about $4 million in...
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Lauren Jones Recognized for Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education

Lauren Jones, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Director for Special Populations, Counseling and Equity for the Colorado Community College System, received a state award...

Dr. Linda Lujan Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award 

  Dr. Linda Lujan, former president of Lamar Community College (LCC), recently earned the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society...
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CCA Student Begins Healthcare Career ‘Step by Step’ with Care Forward Colorado 

As a working mother of four, Zahara Mohamed learned to take her education journey one day at a time. “When I was doing my clinicals and...

CTE Students Show Off Skills at Pueblo Community College 

Hundreds of high school and college students showed off their skills in the trades during the annual Colorado SkillsUSA conference, hosted at Pueblo Community College (PCC)...
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Community College Students Celebrate at Annual Awards Ceremony 

Over 100 honorees received personalized award packages with the help of the Credit Union of Colorado. April 12, 2023 (Arvada, CO) – Today, more than 100...
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CCCS Chief Communications Officer Fiona Lytle Named “National Communicator of the Year”  

Fiona Lytle, Chief Communications Officer and Legislative Liaison for the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), received the prestigious Communicator of the Year award from the National...
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