Author: cmcgenesis

  • Experience Grand Gulch with CMC

    For most people, the name Grand Gulch won’t ring a bell. However, its Four Corners neighbor 80 miles to the east, Mesa Verde, probably will. The two areas are alike in many ways. Grand Gulch contains petroglyphs and hundreds of archaeological sites, including cliff dwellings similar to those popularized by Mesa Verde and built by…

  • CMC Alert system begins testing

    Colorado Mountain College will soon test and deploy CMC Alert, the notification system designed to notify students and employees about emergencies or weather closures.

  • Celestial News: Jupiter and Uranus Reach Opposition

    After the lovely “evening star” Venus follows the Sun down to the western horizon on cool September evenings, another dazzling planet rises in the east to take her place.  It is the giant planet Jupiter, largest of the planets in our solar system and second only to Venus in dazzling brightness.  Jupiter will dominate our…

  • Terence Sinclair-Wood: From Associate to Doctorate

    By Ali Werden, Marketing Intern Broke, bored, and struggling to find happiness, Terence Sinclair-Wood knew being a travel agent for the rest of his life just wasn’t going to cut it. Terence hated forcing a smile every day while suggesting all the well-known tourist destinations to over-eager travelers.  He disliked the repetitiveness. He despised his…

  • New video encourages Latinos to pursue college

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgRe6gZyBQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] By John Stroud (reprinted from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent) For the Silva family, it used to be the expectation after their children graduated high school was that they would go to work and help support the family. So, when Eduardo and Maria Isabel Silva’s daughter, Yesenia (now Arreola), graduated from Carbondale’s Roaring Fork…

  • College kicks off district-wide energy-efficiency upgrades

    CMC also opens bids for three solar farms in Rifle, Leadville and Breckenridge Newly arriving students at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley may have been wondering about seeing large piles of dirt on campus. The earth-moving is because construction started recently on new geoexchange heating and cooling systems for the library and residence…

  • Celebrate ten years with CARE

    The Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) of Glenwood Springs will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary on September 25. Located on Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley Campus, this non-profit shelter prides itself on teaching Veterinary Technology students how to provide abandoned animals the best care they can possibly offer.

  • Mobile Colorado Mountain College

    Got a web-enabled handheld device? Check out our new mobile website! Now you have anywhere access to calendars, staff & faculty directory, news, blogs, maps and more!

  • Short story on prestigious short list

    Steamboat writer credits CMC classes By Mike McKibbin STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Making a living as a professional writer “wouldn’t be a bad life,” said Sara Patton.

  • Leadership Summit celebrates

    Locals learning how to help area communities and businesses Leadership Summit, Summit County’s community leadership program offered this year in partnership with Colorado Mountain College and The Keystone Center, celebrated 15 graduates from the nine-month program at a reception held at The Keystone Center in late July.