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…