Front Range Community College to benefit from federal optics grant

WESTMINSTER — As part of a $34 million grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, Front Range Community College will receive funding for its optics technology program, the school said Wednesday in a news release.

The school’s Longmont campus features Colorado’s only optics technology training program at its Center for Integrated Manufacturing. 

“The optics industry — both locally and nationally — is in desperate need of skilled workers,” said Amanda Meier, director and lead faculty member of FRCC’s optics program, in a prepared statement. “Right now, we have more employers coming to the program looking for employees than we have students graduating.”

The exact amount of grant funding FRCC will receive has yet to be determined, but the grant is expected to fund a teaching technology laboratory and instructor training. 

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