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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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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...

Dr. Kimberly Zant Named President of Otero College

May 8, 2023 (Denver) — Joe Garcia, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), announced Dr. Kimberly Zant as the sixth president of Otero College...
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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...
People Stand in Front of the Camera CCCS and Delta Dental

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...
Photo graphic of Linda Lujan smiling with the text that reads Dr. Linda Lujan honored with Lifetime Achievement Award.

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...