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Aims is one of 11 schools offering the Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative. Based at Aims’ Windsor campus, program gives students a faster path from the classroom to the workforce for on-the-job training.
Alquist, a pioneer in 3D construction printing, today announced the expansion of its national education and workforce development initiative. These partnerships build on Alquist's ongoing workforce investments in Colorado, including its presence at the Aims Community College Workforce Innovation Center.
Aims Community College has announced that a study indicates the school generated $395 million in economic impact across Weld and Larimer counties during the 2023-24 academic year, supporting 5,645 jobs and accounting for approximately 1% of the region’s gross regional product.
Aims will now offer the Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative, also known as E-CTI. The E-CTI is a part of the Air Traffic-Collegiate Initiative Program between selected colleges and universities in the U.S. and the Federal Aviation Administration.
The new program will allow students to skip the FAA academy and go directly to on-site training once passing their courses.
Aims Community College students will be among the first in the state to have access to a new Enhanced Air Control training and certification program. It allows students who pass to apply for a fast-track program to become air traffic controllers.
The FAA announced that Aims Community College in Greeley will be the first in Colorado to join the air traffic controller fast-track program.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy announced the Federal Aviation Administration has greenlit Aims in Colorado as the next school to implement the Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative. Aims is the 11th institution to join the program and the 1st in Colorado.
Kristie Skala, Aims Community College’s professor of Emergency Medical and Paramedic Services, was honored as the 2025 EMS Instructor of the Year by the Northeast Colorado Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council.
Comedian Mimi Hayes will perform at Aims on March 4. The event is free and open to the public. Aims Student Accessibility Services is hosting the show to raise awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Disability activist and comedian Mimi Hayes will help Aims Community College put a spotlight on traumatic brain injury with a live performance in March. 4. Hayes, a Colorado native and a traumatic brain injury survivor herself, said her comedy is rooted in a life-changing medical crisis
