Photo of CMC Bachelor of science business administration graduates, from left, Elizabeth Raymond, Kevin Nakagawa and Kayli Danyell Pace have a laugh after Nakagawa rips his tassel completely from his mortar board at the ceremonial turning of the tassels portion of the bachelor’s commencement ceremony on May 6 at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Spring Valley.

1000 Words: Graduation, Spring 2016

Colorado Mountain College hosted an unprecedented 14 graduations during May 2016. Students graduated from multiple ceremonies at Spring Valley, Aspen, Rifle, the Vail Valley, Steamboat Springs, Summit County, and Leadville. Photographers Ed Kosmicki, Charles Engelbert, Steve Sunday, Dominique Taylor, Arthur Balluff, Julie Albrecht and David Watson caught some of the moments as hundreds of new graduates achieved one of life’s significant milestones. Congratulations.