University of Northern Colorado (UNC)

Established in 1889, UNC sits on a 240 acre campus and combines the atmosphere and activities available at large public universities with the personal attention usually found only at much smaller colleges. UNC’s Monfort School of Business, School of Education and School of Music rank among the nation’s best. With broad curriculum, UNC now offers about 2,700 academic courses to over 10,000 students in its Graduate School and five colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Health & Human Sciences, and Performance & Visual Arts.

Aims Community College (Aims)

Aims Community College is one of the fastest growing and most affordable colleges in the state, now serving over 14,000 students in 1,500 highly diverse day and evening courses. Aims is dedicated to providing an educated workforce for business and industry. Through its regularly scheduled certificate and degree programs and through the Continuing Education office, which can customize programs to meet specific needs, Aims is capable of providing a trained workforce. Several initiatives have been undertaken by Aims to assure a continued supply of high quality workers, including:

Work Keys: Job Profiling, Skills Assessment:  Aims administers the national Work Keys testing program developed by ACT for employers. Through the ACT program, Aims has the ability to profile a specific job at the work site and then develop a customized training program for that job. The Work Keys program can also be used for pre-testing potential employees in eight key areas: reading, writing, math, listening, teamwork, observation, applied technology, and locating information. Basic training programs in these areas are available to develop skills prior to hiring.

 Specialized Training Facilities: To meet the emerging educational needs of business and industry, Aims has established training facilities dedicated to their needs. These include a computer facility, electronic assembly lab and a welding facility. Other facilities can be added as needed.

 Customized Training: Aims Community College works closely with local employers to customize programs to meet their specific needs. A guarantee is provided by Aims that states: "If our services fail to meet your requirements as contractually agreed upon, we will provide the service again at no charge."  Aims also provides the administration for the Colorado FIRST Customized Job Training program.

Located in Fort Collins next to the front range Rockies, Colorado State University is one of our nation's leading research universities and leads the world in such areas as infectious disease research, atmospheric science and environmental science.

Founded in 1876 in Boulder at the base of the Rocky Mountains, the University of Colorado at Boulder offers a rich tradition of excellence, nationally recognized academics, outstanding faculty, and a multitude of unique learning opportunities.

Greeley-Evans

Weld County School District 6

Employment Services of Weld County (ESWC)

Employment Services of Weld County is a department of the Weld County Division of Human Resources and is funded by the Department of Labor and other federal programs. The program provides employee placement services at no cost to either the employer or employee. ESWC offers the ability to search for and select qualified job applicants to meet specific personnel needs, and can provide assistance in advertising for employees at no cost and testing/screening applicants. In addition, there are federal tax credits available for hiring a variety of special category job applicants. ESWC can determine if applicants meet any of the Federal program guidelines and assist in program administration.