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Red Rocks Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The Lakewood campus is the largest community college campus in Colorado. Red Rocks also has a campus in Arvada. Courses are delivered in formats from traditional classroom to online to self-paced and weekend classes.
• Since 1969, Red Rocks Community College has delivered a quality education to an eclectic mix of students of all ages, incomes and backgrounds. For many of our 14,000 annual students, Red Rocks is the convenient community college just down the street. For others, a Red Rocks program or course is worth traveling halfway around the world.
• Red Rocks serves more than 14,000 students annually, meeting the diverse educational needs of the residents of Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties and other areas by providing access to excellent higher education. Incorporating both the stability of American academic tradition and the flexibility to be responsive to community needs, the college emphasizes innovation, leadership, quality and service.
• As the continuing education department of Red Rocks Community College our mission is not just OSHA training. RMEC offers training in OSHA Training, Online OSHA Training, Asbestos Training, Computer Training, Online Computer Training, Environmental and Cross-Connection Training, Casino Gaming Certifications, Training Certificate Programs, Motorcycle Safety Training and On-site/Customized Training.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Moore: Openstage to go nomad for year of Lincoln Center renovations (Denver Post)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:04:27 am
  The Lincoln Center in Fort Collins will close at the end of May for a $6 million renovation, which will leave one of the state's biggest and oldest theater companies homeless for a season. Also: View a trailer for this week's screening of Listen Productions' "DNC Mediamockracy."
• Interview: A mother and daughter try to make things "Well" (Denver Post)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 08:04:17 am
  A lot of fancy jargon has been tossed around to describe "Well," playwright Lisa Kron's unusual stage memoir: Meta-theatrical. Pirandellian. Deconstructionist. The director and star of a new staging by the Denver Center Theatre Company say: Don't forget "fun."
• Moore: New Visions theater company to carry on Nickelson's mission (Denver Post)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 08:21:06 am
  A new theater and dance company is being launched to continue the mission of Shadow Theatre founder Jeffrey Nickelson, who died Sept. 5 at age 53.
• PHAMALy's comic revue pops a wheelie (Denver Post)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:35:22 am
  Edith Weiss worked with 10 members of the Denver handicapped theater company known as PHAMALy to create a night of collaborative comedy sketches about living with disabilities — written and performed by people who do.
• Review: Calamity Jane outshoots, outrides, and tells taller tales than any man! (Denver Post)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 08:19:50 am
  So you think you want to meet Calamity Jane, do you? Well, partner, you can, because just before All Hallows Eve she arose from the cemetery in Deadwood, S.D., where she was buried next to one of her husbands, Wild Bill Hickok, and brought her famous stage show to Boulder. Rating: ***

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