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Rocky Mountain Reflections Seeking Submissions
Rocky Mountain Reflections, Colorado Mountain College’s art and creative writing journal, is accepting submissions for the Summer 2013 issue. The magazine welcomes all forms of creative writing and visual art. $100 cash prizes will be awarded for the best work in four categories: Poetry, Photography, Prose, and Painting/Drawing/ 3-D Arts. The submission deadline is March…
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CMC Culinary Institute students pair with Keystone Resort chefs to create celebrated ice carvings
Each year, Kevin Clarke, director of the Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute in Breckenridge, works with the talented team of chefs from the Keystone Conference Center and CMC students to create beautiful holiday ice sculptures for Keystone Ski Resort. Students from the Culinary Institute’s ice carving class take part on the third day of the…
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Colorado Mountain College seeks new leadership
CMC Trustee President Glen Davis contemplates splitting the job in two By Carrie Click. Aspen Business Journal. GLENWOOD SPRINGS—Will Colorado Mountain College’s next president be a visionary, a leader, or an administrator? “Given that all three of the above almost never come in a single package,” wrote Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Trustee President Glenn Davis…
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RSVP program looking for a few good volunteers
High Country RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteers Program), a sponsored program of Colorado Mountain College, has been offering tax assistance to seniors and low to moderate income individuals in Garfield County at no charge for seven years. The organization is looking for volunteers to help with this year’s program. RSVP offers training, utilizing IRS materials, to…
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Colorado singer and songwriter weaves music, stories multimedia
Littlebird performs at CMC in Glenwood and Rifle Jan. 17, 18 Colorado singer and songwriter Leon Joseph Littlebird will weave tales of old and new – of Colorado life and Native American ancestry, as told through stunning visuals, flute and guitar –into two mesmerizing performances at Colorado Mountain College in January. Littlebird said the concerts…
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CMC Leadville to host World Book Night 2013
Colorado Mountain College Leadville’s library will be a regional host for the second “World Book Night U.S.” scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. On World Book Night, book givers distribute free books to members of their communities. During last year’s campaign, 25,000 volunteer book givers went out in 5,800 towns and cities…
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Colorado Mountain College students summit Mt. Kilimanjaro
A group of students taking part in Colorado Mountain College’s East Africa Study Abroad program just returned from a successful summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. “Everyone made it to at least 15,000 feet,” the group reported in a Facebook post from Moshe, Tanzania. “The entire group is doing wonderfully and we leave on our Serengeti safari…
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Semester At Snow
Breckenridge program aims to mentor aspiring professional snowboarders on the hill and off it This article first appeared in ESPN’s digital Action Sports. By Devon O’Neil. From the why-didn’t-someone-think-of-this-sooner department, longtime Colorado-based pro snowboarder Jeff Meyer is debuting a new kind of coaching program this winter, called Semester at Snow. Through the program, Meyer will…
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Photography, graphic design join Isaacson School for New Media
Inclusion of long-standing CMC programs reflect new media trends By Stefanie Kilts The Isaacson School for New Media has joined forces with Colorado Mountain College’s renowned professional photography and graphic design programs to meet the needs of students. “From the beginning, photography and design were central to the evolution of our new media program, so…
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Backcountry Film Festival at CMC in Breckenridge
Film event raises funds for avalanche education Love great film? Passionate about human-powered winter backcountry experiences? The Winter Wildlands Alliance is teaming up with CMC in Breckenridge this weekend to bring you the Backcountry Film Festival, which showcases the work of grassroots filmmakers documenting stories of backcountry skiing and environmental preservation. This year’s festival includes…