Tag: Community College Of Aurora
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Community College of Aurora awarded $10k to support student emergency aid
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eligible students at the Community College of Aurora (CCA) who encounter unexpected financial challenges will soon have a new resource to assist with emergency expenses. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) has named the college as a recipient of a $10,000 grant to…
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Commerce City partners with Community College of Aurora to give residents free education
Commerce City and the Community College of Aurora announced a partnership this week to engage city residents in free education in a variety of fields to help bolster the city’s workforce and help its residents advance their careers. The program, called Commerce City Promise, provides free short-term credentialed programs in high-demand industries, including information technology,…
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Community College of Aurora pauses citizenship classes after DHS terminates grant
Community College of Aurora has paused citizenship classes after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated a grant it received from Lutheran Social Services of Colorado. “Effective immediately, CCA will conclude all programming related to our citizenship class offerings,” said CCA President Mordecai Brownlee in a statement Thursday. “While this change is beyond our control, it…
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Community College of Aurora on lockdown as police search for armed suspect
Campus receives all clear to resume operations at 11 a.m.
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Aurora Community College starts new program to educate, employ law enforcement cadets
The Community College of Aurora, in partnership with the Aurora Police Department, will begin a program this fall to connect students interested in law enforcement with education and career resources and the opportunity to get their education costs covered. Students in the Cadet Pilot Program can earn an associate degree from Community College of Aurora…
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Aurora leaders point to mental health resources following Club Q mass shooting
Leadership within the City of Aurora reacted with heartbreak following this weekend’s mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs and pointed community members to mental health resources as they process the tragedy. Five people died and 18 more were injured after a gunman entered Club Q in Colorado Springs shortly before midnight on…
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$10.9 million grant to support underrepresented Denver-metro engineering students
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In an effort to boost opportunity for underrepresented populations who wish to enter scientific fields, the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Naval Research has granted $10.9 million to five Denver-metro community college and two universities. The grant, led by the University of Colorado Boulder, is intended to increase the number of engineering students from…
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Casa Bonita employees improving skills, despite closed restaurant
The new owners of Lakewood’s famed Casa Bonita restaurant are not only investing millions into the iconic building on West Colfax, they’re investing in their employees too. Last week, 29 longtime Casa Bonita employees graduated from a free 26-week language class that taught Spanish speakers more English and the English speakers more Spanish. The employees…
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Community College of Aurora names new president
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dr. Mordecai Brownlee has been named the new president of the Community College of Aurora, a community college that oversees over 12,000 students. Dr. Brownlee will assume his new position beginning July 15, and succeeds…
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Aurora shooting leaves 1 wounded, 1 in custody
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A Tuesday night shooting in Aurora left a man hospitalized and a woman jailed, police said. Police said the shooting happened just before 11 p.m. at a home in the 1100 block of Clinton Street, next to the Community College of Aurora Lowry Campus. The victim was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. He…