Author: coloradomountaincollege
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CMC board appoints Charles Cunniffe as interim Pitkin County trustee
In a special meeting on March 5, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Charles Cunniffe as interim trustee for Board Member District 1 in the college’s six-county district. Cunniffe’s appointment continues until the next regular election of the board, in November 2013. He will be sworn in and participate in…
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Dassance leads Colorado Mountain College in meeting students’, communities’ needs
Former Florida college president started as interim CMC president Feb. 18 In his first two weeks as interim president of Colorado Mountain College, Dr. Charles “Chick” Dassance has hit the ground at a gallop. He is learning quickly about the college, its students and employees, and the communities it serves. He’s been meeting with as…
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Rail Jam 2013
CMC Leadville’s Rail Jam is just around the corner! The 9th annual CMC Leadville Cloud City Rail Jam is slated to take place on March 23, 2013. The entire event is put on by Colorado Mountain College’s Ski Area Operations program students, 95 percent of whom land jobs at ski areas after graduation. Students in…
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Met production of ‘Parsifal’ simulcast at CMC
Production on big screen in Breckenridge A live, high-definition simulcast of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Parsifal” starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Finkel Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge. “Parsifal,” Wagner’s telling of the quest for the Holy Grail, in this more contemporary stage setting, stars Jonas Kaufmann…
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Reshaping the Way the World Treats Food
Everyone needs to eat but the modern food production system is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. While the system produces food that is cheap and abundant, it creates major air and water pollution and global warming gases. This explains the trend towards sustainable cuisine.
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Do You Want to Be a Master of the New Universe?
The online world is a chaotic collision of computer science, arts, entertainment, politics, and current events. New media studies is a rapidly evolving discipline that focuses on this kaleidoscope digital world. New media studies melds the traditional fields of journalism, communications, and performing arts with the booming world of Web design, computer programming, video production,…
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100th Steamboat Winter Carnival
CMC Steamboat Springs student Ben Saheb has been busy with his video camera this past month. Here’s his take on the town’s 100th annual Winter Carnival, a beloved Steamboat event. Catch more of his work at cmcben.wordpress.com. The Winter Carnival is a hallmark Steamboat event that is more than twice the age of the ski…
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Rocky Mountain Reflections
Colorado Mountain College’s literary journal seeking submissions Rocky Mountain Reflections, the art and literary journal of Colorado Mountain College, is currently seeking submissions for the upcoming Summer 2013 issue. The journal was created as a forum for the CMC community “to share fresh ideas, extraordinary stories, and unique visions,” and welcomes all types of creative…
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Spring Isaacson School Workshops kick off Friday, March 1
The first in a dynamic series of workshops sponsored by the Isaacson School for New Media takes place this week at CMC in Aspen. The Isaacson School’s Digital Black Diamond Workshops, designed to get both beginners and mid-career professionals up to speed in new media, start Friday March 1, 2013 with Social Media I: The…
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Study Abroad – in Peru!
Machu Picchu. The Pisac Market. The Andes. Colorado Mountain College’s Peru Spanish Immersion program offers participants a chance to immerse themselves in Peruvian culture and Spanish language for four exciting weeks this summer. The program includes four hours of daily Spanish culture and language classes, a homestay with a Peruvian family, day trips to the…