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Aims Community College students can now apply for a new aircraft maintenance training center program, which will begin in January next to the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
The new AMT program offers a hands-on pathway for students to specialize in every critical facet of the industry. Aims Community College celebrated National Aviation Day, August 19, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Aircraft Maintenance Training Center.
With an eye towards filling new aviation industry jobs, Aims Community College launched its new, state-of-the-art Aircraft Maintenance Training Center Aug. 19.
The Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance keeps pace with the tech expectations of 'digital natives.' “HETMA is one of the big reasons I am still in the higher education vertical,” said Brittney Grant, HETMA member and audiovisual specialist at Colorado's Aims Community College.
The Collision Repair Education Foundation has awarded over $275,000 through its annual Student Scholarship program. Aims students who received scholarships: Tristen Jeffrey, Mason Hershman, Michael Salvatore, Jesse Biederman and Cloud Kline.
Aims Community College in Northern Colorado is being recognized as a leader when it comes to incorporating artificial intelligence into its workforce studies programs. Aims, which predominantly serves students in and around Weld County, hosted Congressman Gabe Evans and Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling for a tour.
Colorado U.S. Congressman Gabe Evans toured Aims Community College in Fort Lupton, alongside the U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling. The tour heard from students and faculty about the role of technology in helping prepare students for the jobs of tomorrow.
Two students from the Custer County School District attended a four-day Fire Fighting Skill Camp at Aims Community College in Windsor this month.
Career and college readiness efforts include advanced classes, concurrent enrollment through postsecondary partners (like Aims Community College), internship and apprenticeship opportunities, workforce readiness conferences and more. According to a District 6 2025 report to the community, 3,720 students are enrolled in a career pathway program.
By the end of the two-year welding program, which is about 70 percent skill-based learning, students complete the Aims Community College Welding Technician Certificate and receive 45 concurrent enrollment credits, Schilling said. A certificate upon graduation gives them a “leg up” in an industry that always needs workers, according to Joshua Lanning, the CTE welding instructor.
Aims Community College launches a new aircraft maintenance technician program to meet the urgent demand for certified aviation mechanics. Prospective students can now apply to the program to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Aircraft Maintenance Technician degree in two years, over six semesters. The college will add certificate options as the program evolves.
