Author: cmcgenesis
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Colorado Mountain College 4-Year Degrees Approved by House
RIFLE – During today’s meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, the trustees and college administrators learned that the Colorado House of Representatives voted 55-9 (with one absence) to pass Senate Bill 10-101. The bill would permit the comprehensive community college to offer up to five bachelor’s degrees.
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Celestial News: An Easter Conjunction
By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus After Monday’s full Paschal Moon, the stage is set for Easter Sunday on April 4. According to ancient tradition, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the Paschal Moon, so the date of Easter can come as early as March 22 or as late as April…
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Former instructor sells rare prints to cover medical costs
A fundraiser begins tonight for William Meriwether, a former Colorado Mountain College photography instructor whose museum-quality platinum prints richly document the natural and human history of the American West. William has been battling cancer for several years, incurring large medical expenses.
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Celestial News: Planets of Other Suns
By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus While the debate rages on about what is and what isn’t a planet in our solar system, astronomers continue to discover planets orbiting other stars. As of March 20, the official count of extrasolar planets stood at 443. When you stop to consider that only fifteen…
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Colorado House’s education committee passes CMC baccalaureate bill
Following a unanimous vote, the education committee of Colorado’s House of Representatives voted today in support of SB 101, which would allow Colorado Mountain College to offer up to five bachelor’s degrees. The next step is for the bill to continue on for consideration in the full House. A date has not yet been set…
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I-70 through Glenwood Canyon is now open
From the Colorado Dept. of Transportation: Open: I-70 1 lane each direction, 14-foot width restriction, Glenwood Canyon, call 511 or go to cotrip.org
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Glenwood Canyon closed – major rock slide
From the Denver Post: A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 has been closed in western Colorado after a rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on the highway.
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Celestial News: Welcome back, evening star
By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus It’s been nearly a year since the planet Venus graced our evening sky. Venus spent last spring, summer, and fall, as our morning star, rising in the east an hour or two before the sun. Then, on January 11, Venus passed behind the sun as…
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CMC Students Demong & Spillane win gold & silver
The following is reprinted from the Steamboat Pilot: Whistler, British Columbia — The sun peeked through the clouds Thursday just in time to see the best Nordic combined skiers in the world take their place on the podium in Whistler, British Columbia. Two of those skiers were Americans.
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Flexibility allows athletes to train and study
Nine current Olympians have ties to Colorado Mountain College By Suzie Romig Although U.S. snowboarding team member Zack Black may travel across the world to compete, that doesn’t mean the 19-year-old missed out on starting college.