Front Range COMMUNITY COLLEGE
"I very earnestly believe that the science classes I took at Front Range were on par with classes I took at Cornell University, and more than adequately prepared me for the MCAT."Erin Hefley
BEFORE SHE STARTED MED SCHOOL... FRCC
There's no question that attending a prestigious university like Cornell helped Erin get into medical school. But it's gratifying to know that FRCC played such an important role in helping her succeed on her Medical College Admission Test. Erin did so well on the test that she had her choice of four medical schools. This fall, she'll begin classes at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. We have no doubt she will continue to be successful.
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"I fell in love with horticulture. I needed to learn more about it."Mike Bone
BEFORE CREATING LIVING ART AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS... FRCC
There's a big gap between working with steel as a millwright and working with plants as a horticulturalist. And we're proud to say FRCC helped Mike bridge that gap. During an economic downturn, Mike took a job as a landscaper and immediately knew creating living art was his true passion. So he juggled work and horticulture classes at FRCC, and a year after graduation, was recruited by the Denver Botanic Garden. Today, Mike's a Senior Horticulturalist with the Garden and serves on the board of Colorado Nursery and Research Education Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships for future horticulturists at colleges like FRCC.
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"I like to talk to the students in the English as a Second Language Program. I know how they feel having to communicate in a different language."Mahsa Azabadi
BEFORE HER ENGINEERING DEGREE AT SCHOOL OF MINES... FRCC
A lot of people wonder if college is right for them. Mahsa didn't have to wonder. She had an entire country decide that she couldn't go. So she and her mother fled Iran and settled in Thornton, Colorado when Mahsa was a senior in high school. After graduation, she enrolled in FRCC. If you think engineering is hard, imagine trying to learn it in your second language. Yet that's exactly what Mahsa did. And quite well, too. Today she's a transfer student at the Colorado School of Mines. She gives a lot of credit to her teachers. Speaking at our annual scholarship luncheon, she said, "Thank God to all of you for making a difference in my life."
Learn more about FRCC's Transfer Agreement with the Colorado School of Mines