Author: clclick
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Grooming around the world
Ski area operations alum Karen Gilliot runs snowcats in both hemispheres. By Carrie Click. While Karen Bruce Gilliot was growing up in Belle Vernon, a little borough outside Pittsburgh, she skied at Seven Springs. It’s a Pennsylvania ski area that tops out at just less than 3,000 feet, and is about an hour drive from…
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Paying it forward, thanks to education
Jennifer Penn endured hardships, now learning to help others overcome theirs By Carrie Click LEADVILLE – Jennifer Penn is a Denver native, but a couple of years ago she wanted to be anywhere but her hometown. “I needed to reinvent myself,” said the 42-year-old, who was ending an unsuccessful 17-year marriage and living in a…
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March for Meals ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser returns
CMC ceramics, culinary students provide bowls, soup to benefit Meals on Wheels RIFLE – As a kickoff to this year’s 40th anniversary of Grand River Meals on Wheels, two entities in the Rifle community are preparing to raise funds while providing students opportunities to use their artistic and culinary skills for a worthy cause. Organizers…
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‘Dr. G’ takes innovative approach to teaching
Colorado Mountain College biology instructor travels to Germany to film lectures Since 2009, when Dr. George Cornwall began to teach at Colorado Mountain College, she has been incorporating technology into her approach to learning – and she’s good at it. In 2013, she received Colorado Mountain College’s Adjunct Faculty of the Year award for the…
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‘A Thousand Smiles: Images from Kenya’ coming to Colorado Mountain College in Aspen
For Kate Lapides, not all that occurs in Africa is about poverty and despair. On a trip last fall with fellow members of For the Good Period, a local humanitarian organization, she captured with her camera faces filled with hope, beauty and happiness. Those photos are the focus of a photography exhibit, “A Thousand Smiles: Images from…
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Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College presents ‘Anton in Show Business’
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly CMC Theatre, is presenting the comedy, “Anton in Show Business,” written by Jane Martin. This play-within-a-play, which pokes fun at theatrical life, focuses on a Texas drama company attempting to produce “The Three Sisters” by 19th century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Casey, played by Cassidy Willey, is auditioning for one of…
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At the Wheeler: Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College presents ‘The Miracle Worker’
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as CMC Theatre, will present two encore performances of William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker” at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House Feb. 5-6. This follows the play’s successful seven-show run at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus in October. During the renowned play’s performances on Broadway it snagged several Tony awards, including…
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Sparks fly at Colorado Mountain College’s high school welding class
CMC-Lake County High School partnership provides instruction, college credit – and a start on potential welding careers. By Carrie Click. Isaac Dorsey wore a welding helmet embellished with an ominous skeleton skull as he used a plasma cutter on a metal box, sparks flying up toward the student’s shielded face. In early December, Dorsey and…
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Lisa Ellena to exhibit ceramic work at CMC ArtShare Gallery
To begin the new year, ceramist Lisa Ellena will fill the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs with her functional and sometimes surreal ceramic and encaustic work. An opening reception will be held for the artist on Jan. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ellena, who teaches ceramics at the Colorado Mountain College campus…
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Harding, Donovan named full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year for online learning
By Carrie Click. Educators Dr. Kimberly Harding and Erin Donovan have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s online learning department. Harding, who also teaches science at the college’s residential campus at Spring Valley, was noted for developing and delivering an outstanding online version of the Human…