Red Rocks Community College

05/28/2026

Great news for Red Rocks students!

The RRCC Student Food Pantry – Arvada Campus has been selected again as a beneficiary of the King Soopers Fight Hunger bag program — and you can help just by doing your regular shopping.

Here's how it works: through June and July 2026, every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger bag sold at the King Soopers below sends $1 directly to our pantry to help feed RRCC students.

📍 9731 W 58th Ave, Arvada, CO
🗓️ June 1 – July 31, 2026

Grab a bag (or a few!) on your next trip. Every bag helps a student focus on their classes instead of worrying about their next meal.

05/25/2026

At Red Rocks, we are proud to learn and work alongside veterans and military families every day. On Memorial Day, we pause to honor those who gave their lives in service to this country — and to hold their families in our thoughts. The foothills of Colorado are full of stories worth honoring. Today we pause for the ones that made all the others possible.

05/19/2026

Saturday wasn’t our only celebration, at RRCC the entire week was about celebrating our students and specifically about the people who run toward danger so the rest of us don't have to. 🚒🚔🚑

Red Rocks Community College marked graduation week with three first responder ceremonies — Fire Science, Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services.

The EMS ceremony featured RRCC alumna and keynote speaker Dr. Angela Wright, MD, FAEMS, Medical Director of the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

These graduates didn't just complete a program. They earned it.

"40 of you started. 36 of you are here. That matters." — Fire Science graduation

"The weight of the badge now rests with you." — Law Enforcement Academy

"We began with the common goal of getting better to save lives." — Fire Science class leaders Ellie Brickley and Brian Hagerman

To every graduate who showed up every day, pushed through the hard moments and crossed that stage this week — this community is safer because of you.

Named for an Icon. Built for You.

05/19/2026

Partnership Spotlight: We Don't Waste

Food security is one of the biggest barriers to student success — and we're tackling it head-on thanks to an incredible community partner.

Since August 2025, Red Rocks Community College has partnered with Don't Waste to keep our Student Food Pantry stocked with the kinds of items that are hardest to source consistently: fresh produce and protein.

The impact, by the numbers:

✓ 5 food pickups completed
✓ 2,792 pounds of high-quality food recovered
✓ ~1 month of pantry inventory provided to RRCC students

That's nutritious food going directly to students — and out of the waste stream.

To the We Don't Waste team and volunteers: thank you for making nutritious, fresh food accessible to our students. This partnership is exactly what community-centered higher education looks like.

05/18/2026

Due to an electrical outage, the Red Rocks Community College Lakewood Campus is closed today. All appointments are canceled and employees are encouraged to work remotely. We will share updates as they become available.

05/07/2026

Student art. Mother's Day weekend. And all proceeds go directly back to the students who made it. 🎨

There's still time to get your Mother's Day gift. The RRCC Mother's Day Art Sale is open until 3 p.m. today. Stop by, find something beautiful and support student artists at the same time. One-of-a-kind pieces made right here on campus by our talented visual arts students.

05/06/2026

Due to inclement weather, Red Rocks Community College is closed today. With much of our community also impacted, please stay safe and warm. We'll see you soon. ❄️

04/30/2026

80% of childcare centers in our region are facing staffing shortages. Red Rocks Community College is doing something about it.

As President Landon Pirius told : "The whole metro area has a childcare access challenge, due largely to staffing. We like to think we're helping — not just our students get the education, but in our own way, making it possible for families in the community to work and have adequate, fair-priced childcare."

With a 98% employment rate for ECE graduates and a full-circle model that trains professionals and supports student-parents under one roof, Red Rocks is building the workforce behind the workforce.

Just one more way Red Rocks is Named for an Icon. Built for You. 💙

Read the full story: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4tHAjps

A weekly dispatch from FutureRise covering postsecondary education and workforce development in Colorado.

04/30/2026

80% of childcare centers in our region are facing staffing shortages. Red Rocks Community College is doing something about it.

As President Landon Pirius told : "The whole metro area has a childcare access challenge, due largely to staffing. We like to think we're helping — not just our students get the education, but in our own way, making it possible for families in the community to work and have adequate, fair-priced childcare."

With a 98% employment rate for ECE graduates and a full-circle model that trains professionals and supports student-parents under one roof, Red Rocks is building the workforce behind the workforce.
Just one more way Red Rocks is Named for an Icon. Built for You. 💙

Read the full story. 👉 https://bit.ly/4tHAjps

A weekly dispatch from FutureRise covering postsecondary education and workforce development in Colorado.

04/29/2026

Did you know Red Rocks has an art gallery open to the public? 🎨 Last night we opened our favorite exhibit of the year — the Student Art Show. Talented doesn't begin to cover it. Come see for yourself through July 10.

Check out RRCC’s arts programs and offerings here: https://bit.ly/4cTct2X