colorado community college system
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Colorado Community College System honors sponsors of free college program
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The Colorado Community College System honored four state legislators as “legislators of the year” for sponsoring a bill to create a free college program for high-demand careers. House Speaker Julie McCluskie, Rep. Rose Pugliese, Sen. Janet Buckner and Sen. Perry Will were recognized during the CCCS’s state board meeting on Wednesday. The annual award celebrates legislators…
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Many Colorado public universities to require COVID-19 vaccines for students, staff
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Many major universities in Colorado announced Wednesday that they have joined the push to require all students and employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before coming back to school for the fall semester. That includes the University of Colorado system, which operates campuses in Boulder, Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs; the Colorado State University system,…
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COPO PODCAST | ‘I am going to miss it’: Denver Councilwoman Susman reflects on 2 terms in office
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Mary Beth Susman’s first visit to Denver came in 1960 when her dad drove his three kids on a road trip from Omaha to Colorado in a pink 1957 Chevrolet Station Wagon. Susman remembers how they rode along Colfax Avenue that day until checking into one of the many tourist motels that lined the road…
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Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia expected to lead state community colleges
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Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia didn’t stay out of Colorado politics long. He is the sole finalist to become the next president of the Colorado Community College System. The system said Garcia was picked after “a rigorous nationwide search process that began last fall.” Under state law, there is a two-week waiting period before finalists…
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Hickenlooper lets nursing-degree bill become law without his signature
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DENVER – A measure allowing Colorado’s community colleges to offer a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) is becoming law – but not because Colorado’s governor signed it. House Bill 1086 is aimed at helping to alleviate the state’s acute shortage of nurses at a time when the population is growing, as are demands on Colorado’s medical…
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Community colleges one signature away from offering four-year nursing degrees
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A bill that will allow Pikes Peak Community College and other community colleges to offer a four-year bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degrees won final approval Tuesday in the state House. The measure, House Bill 1086, now heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper for signature. House Bill 1086 would grant community colleges authority to offer…
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Plastics and career development entrepreneur Noel Ginsburg, a Democratic candidate for governor, has a dream
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When Noel Ginsburg was 5 years old, he began spending time working the manufacturing line at his father’s pickle business in Arvada and says he fell in love with it. By the time he was in college at the University of Denver in the late 1970s, his father had sold the business he’d thought might…
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House’s Jessie Danielson makes community colleges’ honor roll
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Here’s someone who gets high marks from the state’s community colleges without even being enrolled: state Rep. Jessie Danielson. The Wheat Ridge Democrat was honored Monday by the Colorado Community College System as its Legislator of the Year. A press statement from the House Democrats says Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the community college system, lauded Danielson’s…
