Between 2015 and 2020, seven people died attempting to ascend peaks in the Crestone Group, a dramatic and notorious cluster of five 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo mountains. […]
Soup, scholarships and scrubs
How Emily Griffith is continuing a legacy of above-and-beyond student support into its 106th year On Sept. 9, 1916, educational pioneer Emily Griffith opened the Opportunity School, a place where […]
Re-engineering a career by helping students start theirs
For Juan Fernando Pineda, a trained engineer turned life coach turned admissions counselor, the path to Emily Griffith seems oddly inevitable. Born in Colombia, Juan grew up in the Miami […]
Born for This
Emily staff member is a natural at helping students craft their paths How many undergraduates make a hobby out of curating their friends’ class schedules, so they graduate efficiently with […]
Building a Career in Construction
A new journeyman finds construction to be rewarding and a rush When Adrian Quinonez graduated from Northglenn High School, he wanted to be an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. […]
The Electrician’s Apprentice
After 10 years working in Texas oil fields, Cory Oakes was done. Tired of the boom-bust cycle of oil-industry employment and looking to spend more time in the mountains, Cory […]
Emily Griffith has helped this upcoming grad accelerate her career
Amanda Bassot-Lee is already working in her chosen career—and she doesn’t graduate until July 1. The Emily Griffith Automotive Service student works full-time at Stevenson Toyota West as an express […]
Beyond the Classroom: Hannah Wilkinson
Like every administrator at Emily Griffith last March, CRESL Program Administrator Hannah Wilkinson’s team faced the daunting prospect of transitioning the refugees and asylees in the Career Readiness ESL program […]
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Lulu Lantzy, her role and connection to Emily’s mission Lulu started at Emily Griffith at the beginning of the pandemic, a fact that has contributed to her vision for her […]
Technical Schools Fill, Coloradans Rejoin Workforce
Emily Griffith Technical College was highlighted on CBS 4 Denver! Check out the full article here. Over the last year, thousands of Coloradans found themselves applying for unemployment for the […]
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