Author: coloradomountaincollege
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CMC’s first bachelor’s graduates prepare for journey ahead
Business degrees pair real-world experience with leadership, management skills [GLENWOOD SPRINGS] – When Alesha Frederick walks to the podium at graduation May 4, it will mark a special milestone for the already-well-educated graduate – and she’ll be among the historic first class of Colorado Mountain College students earning a bachelor’s degree. “I knew it would…
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CMC survey seeks community input
Colorado Mountain College values your opinion! CMC is developing a strategic plan that will guide the college over the next seven years, including the selection of a new president. Please go to www.coloradomtn.edu and click on the “survey” link to share your thoughts on the future direction of your community college.
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CMC Sustainability Students Visit National Ice Core Lab
When Sustainability Studies adjunct Jessica Burley starts off her “Thinking in Systems” class at Colorado Mountain College, she likes to ask her students the following question: “What can our history teach us about a sustainable future?” It’s a question Burley poses to her students without any expectation of what the response might be, but rather…
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Thrilling Met production of ‘Giulio Cesare’ simulcast
Simulcast ends season at CMC-Breckenridge A live simulcast of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s “Giulio Cesare” starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Finkel Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge. Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” is the season’s final simulcast of “The Met: Live in HD” – and the last chance to see a…
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Professional Photography Portfolio Review
The work of CMC’s Professional Photography Program students has been recognized by the Colorado Press Association and the prestigious College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) competitions this year. You can see their powerful photographs, and meet the students in person, at CMC Spring Valley today, April 25th, from 4:30-6:30 pm in the photography studio at…
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Four Year Stories Project, Colorado Mountain College
The “Four Year Stories Project” was created to illuminate the stories of Colorado Mountain College’s first class of graduating bachelor’s degree students, and share the value they found in their journey through CMC. Some of these students have been accepted to prestigious graduate schools; others have already turned their new knowledge into new careers. You…
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Colorado Mountain College earns “Top Brass” award
Colorado Mountain College recently won a “Top Brass” award at the Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association’s 2013 Gala and Awards Banquet. The award was bestowed on the college in recognition of its Top 20 rating for student success among over 800 community colleges nationwide. Senior Vice President Dr. Jill Boyle, pictured below, accepted the award…
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CMC students tackle coaching roles at Lake County High School
By Kristin Carlson “It can be a struggle in certain sports to find coaches,” said Mike Vagher, athletic director and assistant principal of Lake County High School. He certainly didn’t expect to find two college-age candidates while working out at his local gym. But that’s just what happened. “I was lifting weights,” recounted Vagher, “and…
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Free screening of ‘Vanishing of the Bees’ documentary tonight
Earth Day events at CMC-Edwards Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Edwards is hosting the Eagle Valley Earth Day Celebration with a free movie screening of “Vanishing of the Bees” and other Earth Day events on April 22. The documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees – and the greater meaning this holds about the relationship…
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Colorado Mountain College forest expo sheds light on sustainable wood products
This article was first published in the Steamboat Pilot. By Nicole Inglis. Steamboat Springs — The 42 concentric rings in the core of a lodgepole pine being passed around Room 213 of Colorado Mountain College’s academic center show much more than the tree’s year-by-year history. There’s a story between the rings, where a spiral flush…