Today’s sampling of the latest news about, and issues affecting, the colleges and career and technical education operations associated with the Colorado Community College System follows:
COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM RELATED
‘Manufacturing Day Oct. 2 at FRCC Focuses on Need for Skilled Workers
Front Range Community College Blog
Lamar Community College President Updates Prowers County Commissioners
Lamar Ledger
PCC student nurses take on bulls, ‘The View’
Pueblo Chieftain
Press Conference Video: Community College Students in Colorado Can Now Access Affordable Internet with Internet Essentials
Community Colleges of Colorado Updates & News (CCCS & CCD related)
The Western Union Foundation Teams Up with the CCD Foundation to Provide Scholarship Funding For Graduates Of Denver Public Schools
Denver Post Your Hub
PCC takes refreshing
Pueblo Chieftain
This West Colfax Coffee Cart Is Strong, Smart and Bold
Westword (CCD related)
Mountain bike trail building
Pueblo Chieftain (PCC Fremont Campus related)
Permit for 11th Annual Cajun Boil Approved
Sterling Journal Advocate (to support NJC athletics)
Logan County asked to contribute to Rural Philanthropy Days
Sterling Journal Advocate (NJC related)
Community news briefs: MCC CACE to host U.S. Air Force Academy band
Fort Morgan Times
Downtown Colorado visits to kick off LJ project
La Junta Tribune Democrat (OJC related)
Jimenez awarded Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
La Junta Tribune Democrat (served on OJC Advisory Council)
Famed mountaineers to speak to Loveland Mountain Club
Loveland Reporter-Herald (FRCC related)
Free tax help available for LCC kids
Lamar Ledger
Front Range prof to speak about ISIS at Longmont Library
Longmont Times-Call
NJC volleyball offering free admission for first responders Thursday
Journal Advocate
Elks honor LCC students
Lamar Ledger
Free tax help available for LCC kids Lamar Ledger
Happy Birthday Northside Park
Lamar Ledger (civic participation of LCC basketball players
NOT A LINK: “Starting at 1:00pm today, the Cosmetology Salon is back open! Stop in for a haircut and style, a mani/pedi or one of the many other offerings”
Tweet from @Lamar Community College
FRCC Opens Two Observatories to View Supermoon Eclipse
Front Range Community College Blog
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
STEM help through Mentor-Connect
Community College Daily
SPORTS
OJC rodeo back in the saddle
Ag Journal
Pedal The Plains provides economic benefits and fun
Holyoke Enterprise (FFA related)
HIGHER EDUCATION RELATED
Backers ki off campaign for Denver college affordability sales tax
Denver Post
Gaps in success for Pell Grant students
Inside Higher Ed
Working Paper: Noncredit Education in Community College: Students, Course Enrollments, and Academic Outcomes
Community College Research Center
Mapping the Market for Higher Education
Brookings Institution
Can Ivy Tech Attain 800% Improvement?
Muncie Star Press (Indiana)
The Latest Workplace Perk? Student Loan Relief
TIME
Reverse Transfer Agreement: An Innovative Approach to College Completion
The EvoLLLution (Illinois)’
Hamner: TABOR is slowing Colorado’s economy down (column)
Summit Daily News