Aims Community College
| Type | Two-year, community college |
|---|---|
| Established | January 24, 1967 |
| President | Dr. Leah L. Bornstein |
| Students | 7000 |
| Location | Greeley, Colorado, United States |
| Campus | Greeley, Windsor, Loveland, Fort Lupton and Online |
| Website | www.aims.edu |
| Enrollment figures are as of 2014-15 | |
Aims Community College is a two-year college serving northern Colorado with four locations in Greeley, Windsor, Fort Lupton and Loveland. Aims offers more than 160 degree and certificate programs and provides many diverse programs as both day and night classes. Aims was founded in 1967 and the first class graduated in 1969. Aims started with one campus in Greeley and later expanded in 1984 to have another campus in Fort Lupton, and in 1987 the Aims Loveland campus was established. The Aims Automotive and Technology Center, located near I-25 and US-34, opened in January 2010.
In 1965 Kirby Hart of Greeley suggested that a two-year college should be considered for northern Colorado. January 24, 1967: The voters in 11 of Weld County’s 12 public school districts approved creation of the Community College District and on September 27 the first day of classes began there were 949 students enrolled. In May 1968 the first class graduated and three students received degrees. In 1969 a permanent 175-acre (0.71 km2) site for the college was purchased on the western edge of Greeley. In 1975 Dr. Ed Beaty died, he was the first president of Aims. In 1984 The South Campus opened west of Fort Lupton. In 1987 Aims opened a campus in downtown Loveland. On April 1992 Aims celebrated its 25th anniversary. August 31, 2004, was the first day of the semester system, replacing the quarter system. In 2005 Aims was named one of the top 10 Digital Community Colleges for digital education.
January 2017 will mark Aims' 50th Anniversary! Aims Community College is a public, fully accredited, two-year college with multiple campuses in northern Colorado, including the 175-acre campus centered in Greeley.
Aims currently has four physical campuses as well as an online campus.
The campus in west Greeley with 11 buildings overlooks 100 miles of Rocky Mountain grandeur. Students can apply, register for classes, meet with advisors, and get information on financial aid in our One-Stop Shop in the College Center. Of the 7,000 students who attend Aims annually, 70 percent take classes at the Greeley campus.
The Aims Fort Lupton campus is located one and one-half miles east of downtown Fort Lupton.
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