Author: cmcgenesis

  • CMC holds free fitness open house Jan. 14 in Glenwood Springs

    Colorado Mountain College is now offering individuals an opportunity to sample Glenwood Springs fitness classes during a fitness open house on Jan. 14. The open house is free of charge and will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the CMC Glenwood Center located at 1402 Blake Ave. Fitness instructors will lead a 25-minute…

  • Get your 2012 “Honoring Educators” calendar

    CMC’s Sara Smith is October feature in new Alpine Bank calendar Alpine Bank has recently released its 2012 calendar, and Dr. Sara Smith, professor of Spanish at the Roaring Fork Campus, is the featured educator for the month of October. Every year, the bank produces a themed calendar. “This year, we are honoring educators,” explains…

  • Book buyback at campuses from Rifle to Aspen has started!

    Winter Book Buyback is scheduled for all campuses between Rifle and Aspen this week.  Get in the action!  This is a great opportunity for students to put some cash in their pockets for the Holiday Break. •Aspen:  Dec. 14th, 2 – 7 pm •Breckenridge:  Dec. 14th, 9 am – Noon and Dec. 15th, 4 –…

  • They can hear us hootin’ and hollerin’ from Wyoming

    Spring Valley students earn Most Spirited Small School award at regional residence hall conference Nine students from Colorado Mountain College-Spring Valley recently attended the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (IACURH) conference at the University of Wyoming and walked away with the Most Spirited Small School award. IACURH is part of the larger…

  • CMC Foundation head named ‘Outstanding Professional’

    Association of Fundraising Professionals in Colorado honors Matt Spencer The Colorado Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has named Matt Spencer, chief executive officer of the Colorado Mountain Colorado Foundation, as the chapter’s Outstanding Professional for 2011. Each year the state AFP chapter honors outstanding fundraising members who practice their profession in an exemplary…

  • Colorado Mountain College asking residents to help plan future

    Survey asks public about strategic plan for CMC The president of Colorado Mountain College is asking constituents in the nine counties CMC serves to submit their ideas about future college priorities in an online survey available through Oct. 14. “We would like to involve people living in our communities in our long-term planning process by…

  • CMC’s Board of Trustees election news

    Four seats will be contested on November ballot GLENWOOD SPRINGS – On November’s ballot voters will be able to choose representatives for Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees. The four districts with seats up for election are District 2 (East Garfield County: Roaring Fork School District RE-1 Director Districts B, C, D and E), District…

  • English, Spanish speakers share languages, cultures

    Colorado Mountain College Intercambio class fosters real-life conversational skills By Beth Zukowski Learning a language might bring to mind images of sitting in a classroom, conjugating verbs: I love, you love, he loves, we love, they love. That’s not the way Karen Birach wanted to learn Spanish. “When I hear words like ‘nouns,’ ‘prepositions’ and…

  • CMC is one college under many roofs

    This CMC Corner column was written by Joe Maestas. CMC is one college with many roofs. You can find us in 11 physical locations across north-central Colorado, as well as online. In your daily commute, you might pass by four or five of our buildings or campuses. Our students likewise intersect multiple communities, and many…

  • Fossil find mini-series set in Snowmass Village

    “Paleoenvironments”  presentation kicks off series tonight Colorado Mountain College instructors will present a weekly mini-series of presentations, “A Walk Back in (Ice Age) Time,” on topics related to the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site in Snowmass Village. The sessions are free and open to the public. Each will be held on a Friday from Aug. 5…