Author: coloradomountaincollege
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Regional colleges team up to help students in northwest Colorado
El Pomar Foundation helps fund ‘pipeline’ program Keeping young people in northwest Colorado has long been a focus of El Pomar Foundation’s Northwest Regional Council (NWRC).Now with a new collaboration between Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, Western Colorado Community College and Colorado Mesa University facilitated by the Council, more students will have the…
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Professional Photography Job Prospects Offer Varied Experiences
Around 300 million digital photos are uploaded onto Facebook every day. That adds up to 2.1 billion pics per week, and 109.5 billion pictures a year. For those of you doing the math, that’s about 16 photos for every person on earth. Even as everybody is snapping pictures these days, the job prospects for professional…
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Bleacher Bums’ production steps up to the plate
CMC Theatre comedy about rabid Cubs fans brings home big laughs This article was first published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Kristen Carlson. CMC Theatre comedy about rabid Cubs fans brings home big laughs just in time for baseball season, the Chicago Cubs fans-inspired comedy “Bleacher Bums” opens on April 12 at Colorado…
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Fourth annual fundraiser for the Rifle Animal Shelter is the Cat’s Meow
CMC in Rifle hosts annual Cat’s Meow fundraiser tonight Pianist Linda Jenks of Rifle has been an animal lover as long as she can remember. “My next-to-earliest memory of my life is of me hugging my mother and crying because a rescued baby bird died in the shoebox I provided for it,” she said. “I…
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CMC grant writer attends National Library of Medicine meeting
Marnie Carroll, Colorado Mountain College’s grants writer and coordinator, represented the college at the National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health Information Partnership (EnHIP) meeting March 11 and 12. CMC was asked to present community college concerns regarding student retention and graduation in science, technology, engineering and math at the annual meeting at Morgan State University…
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CMC Theatre Interviews: Graeme Duke
CMC student Eldomir Vasquez is a second-year student at Colorado Mountain College. A writer and poet, Eldomir also works backstage in CMC Theatre productions. He recently interviewed several CMC Theatre students to offer an insider’s view of the program. The first of his interviews, published below, first appeared in Eldomir’s blog, Elevate and Grow. CMC…
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CMC faculty Diane DeFord honored with humanitarian award
Garfield County Humanitarian Awards honor outstanding volunteers Three Colorado Mountain College employees were recently nominated for Garfield County’s Humanitarian Service Awards. Diane Deford and Jill Ziemann, both full-time CMC employees, were nominated in the Staff Humanitarian category and Debbie Martin, an adjunct faculty member, was nominated in the Volunteer Humanitarian category. DeFord, a long-time CMC…
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Colorado Health Foundation awards CMC $559,276 grant
Grant to support potential bachelor’s in nursing The Colorado Health Foundation has awarded Colorado Mountain College a two-year grant of $559,276 to seed the proposed new Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. “We are thrilled, excited and grateful to have the opportunity to advance the educational opportunity for practicing RNs, CMC nursing students and graduates,…
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Combine Passion With Your Knowledge as an Outdoor Educator
Outdoor educators plant the seeds of knowledge in the hearts and minds of students, teachers, and nature lovers. Those with outdoor education jobs impart respect and understanding of the natural environment through a wide array of learning projects. And outdoor educators combine their love of wilderness with knowledge of sciences including ecology, botany, biology, and…