Author: clclick
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Colorado Mountain College student interns her way into a great job
CMC business graduate Patricia Comcowich’s internship at a top Breckenridge vacation ownership developer leads to a full-time position
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Excellence in the air for middle schoolers
At CMC’s Reach Your Peak camp, middle schoolers learn about aerial firefighting and emergency work at Rifle Garfield County Airport
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Bennett Bramson named CMC Aspen’s adjunct Faculty of the Year
‘Take a class from Bennett and hang on – it’s a magical ride’
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CMC awards Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic scholarship to three Vail Valley students
Graduates from Battle Mountain, Eagle Valley, Red Canyon high schools will attend Colorado Mountain College this fall By Carrie Click EDWARDS – Three local high school students might not have been able to go to college if not for a financial boost from Alpine Bank. With that help, all three are college-bound. Now in its…
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CMC collegewide full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year named
Rifle, Edwards educators recognized for teaching excellence By Carrie Click Dr. Jennifer Wing was doing what all educators know is an integral part of their profession when a gymnasium full of people heard she received Colorado Mountain College’s collegewide full-time Faculty of the Year award – and she was not present. Wing, who is a…
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Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge graduates 16 nurses
Combined, Breckenridge and Spring Valley graduate nearly 50 nursing students with associate or bachelor’s degrees By Carrie Click A dozen Colorado Mountain College students graduated with their Associate of Applied Science degrees in nursing from the college’s campus in Breckenridge May 6. And the next day, another four Breckenridge students were awarded Bachelor of Science in…
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Sustainability studies to sustainable jobs
Students in CMC’s sustainability program graduate to successful careers By Carrie Click Nikki Maline arrived in Eagle County from Nebraska in 1997 with an Associate of Arts degree from Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte. Since then, she’d gone into real estate. She received her real estate broker associate license with the state of Colorado…
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Mother and daughter walk together at graduation
By Carrie Click. Rosa Meraz, Daniela Santana earn side-by-side associate degrees at Spring Valley When Rosa Meraz arrived in Colorado from Mexico 20 years ago, she couldn’t speak English. Not a word. “I couldn’t even say ‘hi’ or ‘bye,’” she said, laughing, with just the slightest accent. “I remember wanting to cry. I couldn’t understand…
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Fire and flight: Chris and Hannah Sutton – and their dogs – are all about serving others
By Carrie Click Chris Sutton was lying flat on his back, apparently in a lot of pain. Hannah Gould was carefully assessing his injuries, as ski patrollers are trained to do. But Sutton wasn’t really in pain, and he wasn’t skiing. That was 2001. Sutton was helping teach an outdoor emergency care class at Colorado…
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Heading up and out to college with Upward Bound
Colorado Mountain College reaches out to west Garfield County high school students. By Carrie Click “I have friends who have no clue about college,” said Coal Ridge High School senior Sierra Jackson. “They have no idea about what to expect or where to go for information. They don’t know about money for college or scholarships.…