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Vertebrate paleontologist and adjunct faculty of geology John “Colt” Johnson led the National Fossil Day event at Aims. “Fossils are the scrapbook of our existence on this planet,” Johnson said. “When we find a fossil, we’re actually finding a memory. We’re finding a picture from the ancient past of where our ancestors came from.”
The AI Engaged Campus Designation gives a nod to schools that are getting out ahead of the brave new AI world on how to use it ethically. Six schools have earned the designation. Aims is the only community college in the inaugural cohort.
Guest column from Aims Board of Trustees member Rhonda Solis on Hispanic Heritage Month and student opportunity at Aims.
While most people are eligible to donate blood, very few actually do. Aims Community College hosted a blood drive in September and will hold another on November 30.
Aims Community College celebrated the opening of its Student Health and Wellness Center with Sunrise Community Health on September 25 on the Greeley Campus.
Aims students and their immediate family can now receive medical, dental and other healthcare services on the community college’s Greeley campus. The Aims Student Health and Wellness Center opened in August, and the community college held a ribbon-cutting and open house on September 25.
Andrea DeCosmo has been named vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Aims Community College. DeCosmo, who joined Aims in 2022, brings more than 25 years of higher-education experience.
Aims air traffic controller Professor Patti Phillips spent 30 years as an FAA air traffic controller. She began her shift at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont not long after the first plane hit in New York. When the second plane hit the other tower, Phillips and her co-workers knew the situation was serious.
If you’d like to know how music icon Dolly Parton touched families in Weld County’s farms and oil fields, you can ask Aims Community College English professor Megan Friesen. When Colorado partnered with Dolly’s Imagination Library in 2020, Friesen wanted to see whether Weld County had a program. It did not. So, she stepped up.
Aims Community College CEO and President picked up an award in August, recognizing the school’s efforts to provide health care to its students. Dr. Leah Bornstein received the 2026 Community Health Champions award from Sunrise Community Health
Leah Bornstein, CEO and president of Aims, will be one of 13 women from Northern Colorado to be recognized with this year’s Women of Distinction awards, a program to acknowledge the contributions of female leaders in the region. Selected in the Education category, Bornstein is the sixth person to take the helm at Aims.
Throughout his high school career, Andrew Schmunk worked toward a Career Academy program, an initiative through the local community college designed to bridge the gap between high school academics and trade-focused careers. By his senior year, Schmunk’s commitment led to his enrollment in the intensive Automotive Technology pathway at Aims Community College.
