Author: cmcgenesis
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Leach Named Adjunct Faculty of Year for All of CMC
Roaring Fork Campus’s Ron Leach earns collegewide adjunct faculty of the year honors; Sara Smith is campus full-time faculty of the year By Mike McKibbin & Beth Zukowski Ron Leach doesn’t like surprises, according to his wife. You might think he’s gotten used to them, since as Carbondale’s fire chief he’s responded to two decades’…
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Ashton Taufer Teaches Bass Line Grooves at CMC
Experienced bass player displays skills during beginner’s class Local musician and Berklee College of Music graduate Ashton Taufer will teach beginners to play electric bass at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs starting Feb. 23. The college also plans to host a more advanced class with Taufer beginning this summer. Ever since his middle school…
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CMC’s Sandy Jackson Tapped for Snowmass Village Ice Age Discovery Committee
On Jan. 18, Colorado Mountain College anthropology instructor Sandy Jackson was appointed by the Snowmass Village town council to the Ice Age Discovery Committee. The new team is charged with advising the town on how to best promote its new attraction, the recent discovery of mammoth, mastodon and other Ice Age mammal fossils. Dr. Kirk…
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Jim, James and John
Roaring Fork Cultural Council hosts a dialogue with the Calaway boys Jan. 29 The Roaring Fork Cultural Council, in partnership with Colorado Mountain College and the Thunder River Theatre, is pleased to host a dialogue with Jim, James and John Calaway on Sat. Jan. 29 in Carbondale. Jim Calaway is well known as a generous…
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Landing a Job in a Complex World
An abridged version of this full-length article appeared in the Jan. 17 edition of the Post Independent. By Adrian Fielder What good are the humanities? Why read literature, discuss ideas or write anything? What return do you get by spending time and money on classes about these things? As a naïve lad trying to find…
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Celestial News: Jimmy’s Top Ten Cosmic Events for 2011
This article, written by Jimmy Westlake, was also selected by High Country News as well as being featured on the front page of the Steamboat Pilot: NASA has declared 2011 to be the Year of the Solar System (YSS) because of an unprecedented number of space missions to planets, moons, comets, and asteroids that will…
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CMC Carbondale offers new LEED course
Taught by nationally-recognized green building expert Colorado Mountain College now offers a 10-week “Green Building Through the LEED Rating System” course. The course gives a broad and technical foundation in green building through the lens of the LEED for New Construction Rating System and is a great first step in pursuing or updating LEED professional…
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Celestial News: Monday’s Total Lunar Eclipse
Our final full moon of autumn occurs just before dawn on Tuesday December 21, 2010. This full moon traditionally is called the Long Night’s Full Moon because it falls close to the time of the winter solstice when the days are short and the nights are, indeed, very long. Our winter solstice — the moment…
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Trio supports one another at CMC
Young women from Leadville encourage each other toward goals By Lori Meurs College is a big step, but with the support of your friends college can be a fun, friendly and relaxed place while you’re learning and evolving. Jackie Radilla, Chelsey Shoup and Mariel Ritacco are close friends and all three are attending Colorado Mountain…
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Dennis Mayer: CMC mourns loss of a leader
Fifth President of Colorado Mountain College remembered as kind-hearted and effective Former President of Colorado Mountain College, Dr. Dennis M. Mayer, died Dec. 2, 2010, at his home in Grand Junction. Dr. Mayer was the college’s fifth president, serving from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Mayer, known by most as “Denny,” is remembered as kind-hearted and…