CASTLE ROCK, Colo.,
March 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- Arapahoe Community College (ACC) has received a gift of up
to $10 million from the Sturm Family
Foundation, the largest in the history of the 13-institution
Colorado Community College System.
A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY
With an over
$5 million match opportunity,
bringing the full potential of the gift in excess of $15 million, the funding will be used in its
entirety for ACC's new Sturm Collaboration Campus at Castle Rock. The Campus will bring together
education, industry and the community to create a unique resource
for delivering seamless education and work-based learning to
Castle Rock and greater
Douglas County.
The alliance among ACC, Colorado State
University (CSU), the
Douglas County School District
(DCSD) and the Town of Castle Rock
to create the Sturm Collaboration Campus will provide diverse and
unique programming that creates a critical link between K-12
education, college and the workforce.
"Our participation with Arapahoe Community
College was created intentionally to support a new model of
industry-aligned higher education that provides students clear on
and off ramps while embarking on a path of lifelong learning and
workforce success," shares Donald
Sturm, chairman and founder of the Sturm Family Foundation,
owner of ANB Bank and developer of The Meadows in Castle Rock, where the campus is located.
"Through the matching gift opportunity, we wanted to provide a
vehicle to enhance the coalition of partners who will leverage our
investment to its full potential for the Sturm Collaboration
Campus."
AN INNOVATIVE NEW MODEL
The campus creates a
one of a kind model that will align applied learning and workforce
training with educational offerings in areas such as Cyber
Security, Secure Software Development, Business, Accounting,
Entrepreneurship and Health Care. The unique model will pair
educational and industry partners to provide students the
opportunity to learn in a tech-forward environment with a flexible
pathway-based schedule designed to make it easier to work while
they attend college.
"We are sincerely grateful for the investment and confidence the
Sturm Family Foundation is placing in ACC and the innovative model
of the Sturm Collaboration Campus," said ACC President Dr.
Diana Doyle. "This partnership will
help us achieve our bold campus vision to serve students, industry,
and community members in a more seamless manner. We hope future
donors will follow the Sturm Family Foundation's lead and invest in
the matching opportunities to maximize the full potential of this
generous gift."
Approximately half of the Sturm's gift of up to $10 million will be immediately invested in
several areas, including program and staffing start-up and
state-of-the-art equipment and technology. Matching dollars raised
by the ACC Foundation will augment a unique program innovation
fund, an endowed scholarship fund, and an investment in the future
Phase II of the campus.
To view the full ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus news
release and design renderings click here.
Media Contacts:
Courtney
Loehfelm
303-797-5914
courtney.loehfelm@arapahoe.edu
Sheryl Machado
303-598-2422
sherylmachado@gbsm.com
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