Author: cmcgenesis
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Colorado Mountain College welcomes new vice president
Taylor brings deep, broad experience to CMC in Leadville, Buena Vista A new campus vice president will soon head up Colorado Mountain College in Leadville and Buena Vista, a leader whose experience encompasses administrative leadership and teaching environmental and earth sciences at the college level in the West and Midwest, but also much more. “James…
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Lindsey Thomson earns collegewide recognition
Edwards adjunct Faculty of Year named awardee for all CMC campuses On a recent Wednesday night, Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, along with several faculty and staff, burst into adjunct instructor Lindsey Thomson’s classroom in Edwards to surprise her with an announcement: She has been honored as adjunct Faculty of the Year…
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CMC Theatre’s ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ pulls out all stops
Raucous musical comedy combines vaudeville antics with Broadway song, dance Colorado Mountain College Theatre’s production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” capitalizes on all of vaudeville’s most beloved gags: zany one-liners, bad puns, physical humor and slapstick comedy. The result is an extravaganza of hilarity that makes fun of one…
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‘Big Water, Little Boats’ author Tom Martin coming to Colorado Mountain College
CMC in Carbondale and Breckenridge to host free talks Tom Martin, author of “Big Water, Little Boats,” a history of river-running on the Colorado River from the 1940s and ’50s, will speak at two April appearances at Colorado Mountain College. The free, 45-minute program features original photographs from various Grand Canyon river trips over several…
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Colorado Mountain College Named as One of Top 150 in the Country
Aspen Institute includes CMC in Recognition of Excellence contest Washington, DC – Highlighting the critical importance of improving student success in America’s community colleges, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has named Colorado Mountain College as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College…
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The Aspen Institute and the Isaacson School for New Media Deepen Collaboration
Grant from Walter Isaacson benefits CMC New Media students Thanks to a donation from Walter Isaacson, students at the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College will have free access to the world-class Aspen Institute events all year-round in Aspen, CO. “This collaboration is an opportunity to expose students to the incredible resources…
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Colorado Mountain College to host collaborative planning process for new Breckenridge Community Greenhouse
First meeting March 14 Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in Breckenridge has partnered with local nonprofit High Country Conservation Center (HC3) to host a series of public forums and workshops to collaboratively plan, design and build the new Breckenridge Community Greenhouse. The greenhouse will be constructed this summer on the south side of the existing Breckenridge…
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Top instructor impresses students, colleagues
Conniff named Colorado Mountain College adjunct Faculty of Year for campus Colorado Mountain College instructor Michael Conniff sees his students in the Isaacson School for New Media as full partners in their own education, and his classes are designed to help them make substantive changes in their lives. Conniff’s hands-on, real-world approach paid off with…
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Von Achen, Kocman earn teaching accolades
CMC Rifle campus names full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year Bob Von Achen, instructor of English and literature at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, went into teaching because he knew he would enjoy the analytical components – reading papers, employing his editing skills and offering textual insights. But within two weeks of classroom teaching, he…
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Ketzenbarger, Halliwell earn teaching honors
CMC names Roaring Fork campus full-time, adjunct Faculty of Year When Gary Ketzenbarger’s Theatre Script Analysis class was interrupted recently, students thought the intruders might be part of a performance-art flash mob. A closer look revealed an enthusiastic group of administrators, instructors and staff members, some wearing masks made from a photo of Ketzenbarger’s face,…