Columbine commits $150K to new health careers center

FORT COLLINS — Columbine Health Systems has pledged $150,000 to help Front Range Community College fund its new Health Care Careers Center in Fort Collins. The new facility opened in August. 

The facility will help educate nurses and health-care professionals for Northern Colorado. The two-story, 62,500 square-foot building is a centralized, technology-rich learning environment for all of the college’s health-related and nursing programs. Beginning this semester, the building — called Grays Peak — is the main training center for more than 900 students studying health-related fields at the college.

“As Columbine celebrates its 50th anniversary, supporting the new center at FRCC was an obvious choice. The graduates are exceptional. Many work for us,” Bob Wilson, owner and CEO of Columbine Health Systems, said in a written statement. “We are also a bit selfish. We will continue to need certified nursing assistants and nurses going forward. This new state-of-the art education center is a gem for our community.”

“Columbine Health has always been community minded — and a strong supporter of our health care programs over the past decade,” said FRCC President Andy Dorsey. FRCC will name the common area on the second floor the “Columbine Health Lobby.” The space will include practice rooms where individual students or small groups can work on their skills.

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