Frank S. Hoag Statue Dedication at Pueblo Community College

On Wednesday, December 16, the Pueblo Community College Foundation joined with the Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation and the LeVert W. Hoag Foundation to give Pueblo Community College a life-sized gift.  A 6’3″ statue of PCC’s Founding Father – Frank S. Hoag, Jr. – the man responsible for founding higher education in Pueblo and the establishment of the Orman Avenue Campus was formally dedicated in Pueblo, CO.

Recap Story from BlacktieColorado.com

Back in 1933, classes at Southern Colorado Junior College cost $12 and the graduating class in 1935 consisted of 17 proud students.

Founding father Frank S Hoag Jr. saw a need in the community for an affordable but high quality educational institution, and that’s exactly what he worked in the community to achieve.

82 years later, what is now Pueblo Community College is still an affordable but high quality educational institution–so much so that PCC was recently ranked 4th in the nation (among 2 and 4 year colleges) as a good place to achieve long term career goals and overall success.

Community members, sponsors, staff, students and supporters gathered on a brisk Wednesday afternoon for the unveiling of the Frank S Hoag Jr commemorative statue on the PCC campus. As President Patty Erjavec stated, it will be a symbol for the dedication and perseverance of students and the commitment to fulfill PCC’s decades-long mission to provide the best quality education possible.

The statue project is a collaboration of the efforts of the Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation (Bob Rawlings, who was on hand), the LeVert W Hoag Foundation (Bob Wertz, Dave Shaw and Jim Munch), the PCC Foundation (Joe Welte) and sculptor Sutton Betti.

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CLICK HERE To preview photos from the dedication ceremony (courtesy of BlacktieColorado.com).

CLICK HERE to preview a video recap of the December 16 ceremony.