Author: coloradomountaincollege
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College students can get free shipping for textbooks
Colorado Mountain College students can save a little extra money by ordering their textbooks between Aug. 4 and Aug. 17 on CMC’s virtual bookstore website. The college’s bookstore partner, Follett, is offering free ground shipping on all textbook orders placed through www.coloradomtn.bkstr.com during that timeframe. Textbooks for the fall semester are now available. The virtual…
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Red Canyon Fire flares near Glenwood Springs
Colorado Mountain College staff are monitoring the Red Canyon Fire just south of Glenwood Springs. Twitter updates: @Carbondalefire . Or follow #redcanyonfire. GarCo Sheriff Communications website: Garfield County – Red Canyon Fire http://garfield-county.com/news/sheriff-red-canyon-fire.aspx
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1000 Words
Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs biography, spoke about the future of media and CMC’s Isaacson School of New Media last Friday at a CMC Foundation event in Aspen. Learn more about the Isaacson School at isaacsonschool.org. There’s still time to register for fall 2013 classes.
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Vet tech faculty, graduate help people, animals in need
Vet Tech staff assist the Navajo Nation’s Veterinary Mobile Unit By Beth Zukowski Dr. Jeff Myers completed a marathon of sorts this summer, beating his own personal best for the number of spay and neuter surgeries he could perform: that’s 42 in the span of just two days. The professor of veterinary technology at Colorado…
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CMC instructional designer honored with MERLOT peer reviewer award
Loretta Driskel, an instructional designer in the integrated energy program at Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus, was honored with the MERLOT “peer reviewer extraordinaire” award for her work on peer reviewing educational online materials. MERLOT stands for multimedia educational resources for learning and online teaching. It is an international initiative that enables faculty to integrate technology…
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Biodiesel conference grows and returns to Colorado
Collective Biodiesel Conference comes to CMC-Breckenridge Aug. 15-18 By Stefanie Kilts [BRECKENRIDGE] – The Collective Biodiesel Conference, which is returning to Colorado this year, will attract some of the nation’s leading experts, researchers and innovators in the biodiesel industry. But the conference that was first held in 2006 at the Colorado School of Mines in…
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CMC seeks to fill board seats
Completed petitions due Aug. 30 The Colorado Mountain Junior College District is seeking outstanding candidates to run for positions on its elected board of trustees. Each term is for four years. Each potential candidate must be an eligible elector, as defined by state statute, and reside within the boundaries of the district in which they…
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CMC professor awarded prestigious honor
Terry Hunter receives award from national hotel and lodging association The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AH&LEI) recently honored a Colorado Mountain College resort management professor as a leader in hospitality training and education. Terry Hunter, CMC professor and director of the resort management program, is the 2013 recipient of the Anthony Marshall Award,…
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Colorado Mountain College rolls out new mobile energy learning lab
Hybrid energy courses to make classes more accessible to students in Colorado By Stefanie Kilts [RIFLE] – The wheels on Colorado Mountain College’s mobile solar and instrumentation learning lab will soon be rolling as part of the college’s latest hybrid courses in integrated energy. To celebrate the launch of the mobile lab, college faculty, staff…
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Colorado Mountain College hosts Veterans in Higher Education Summit
CMC finds creative ways to support veterans, military By Stefanie Kilts [LEADVILLE] – Educational professionals and student veterans will travel to Colorado Mountain College in Leadville on Aug. 2 to attend the Colorado Veterans in Higher Education Summit, an annual conference. The attendees will discuss strategies and best practices for creating veteran-friendly college campuses, said…