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Splitboarding the Cerro Catedral Sidecountry with SASS Global Travel
Dustin Eldridge, a student at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat, has spent the past two summers in Argentina as an intern with SASS Travel. Here’s his second report on life interning and boarding in the Southern Hemisphere with SASS. This article was first posted in SASS’s blog, From the Mind of an Intern. I’m currently…
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CMC starts new chapter in Steamboat with opening of building
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Today. By Scott Franz Steamboat Springs — As she looked up and admired the atrium of the new academic center at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus on Thursday night, Bonnie Bogue was thinking about her mom. “In my heart, I know she would have loved this building,” Bogue…
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New Faces at Colorado Mountain College
CMC will be welcoming a handful of new faculty this semester. We’ll be sharing a few of their stories and introductions on eNews. First up, in her own words: Dr. Tina Evans, new Sustainability Studies faculty based in Steamboat Springs. Welcome, Tina! I’m thrilled to begin working in this innovative and forward looking program! I’m…
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New Steamboat Springs Academic Center Grand Opening slated for today
Starting at 4 PM on Thursday, August 23, all friends, staff, faculty, and students of Colorado Mountain College are invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Academic Services building at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. The celebration moves inside to the new auditorium after the ribbon cutting. Guest speakers including CMC leadership,…
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Race Across the Sky 2012
CMC Leadville student Becky Aurora offers a quick wrap-up of the plethora of summer endurance races offered in Leadville, Colorado, in the post below, first published in her blog, Life at 10,200 feet. CMC had several staff compete in the races, including Ken Keister, in the Leadville MTB 100, and Johann Aberger, in Saturday’s Leadville…
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New programs aim to ease transition to Re-2 four-day school week
This article first appeared in the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Nelson Harvey. As summer wanes, parents of students in Rifle, Silt and New Castle scramble to plan for the four-day school week that begins Monday with the start of the Garfield School District Re-2 2012-13 school year. And in recent weeks, several area businesses and…
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First Pow Day at SASS Travel
Dustin Eldridge, a student at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat, has spent part of the last two summers down in the Southern Hemisphere winter as an intern with SASS Travel. Here’s his report from his first week with SASS this year. This article was first posted in Dustin’s blog, Steamboat Livin’. As I type this,…
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Local students win Isaacson School new media contest
New generation wins prize money in digital media contest sponsored by Colorado Mountain College Nine local high school and middle school students learned recently that they had won a share of more than $2,000 in prize money for successfully competing in a digital media contest. The contest was sponsored by Colorado Mountain College’s newly launched…
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Help Portrait
Last fall, students in CMC professor Steven G. Smith’s portrait photography class participated in the worldwide Help-Portrait movement, providing free portraits to Roaring Fork Valley families in need during the holiday season. The portraits were the basis for a short multimedia piece just posted on CMC’s YouTube channel: Catch a glimpse of this feel-good project…
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College students gain leadership skills through new work program
This article was first published in the Summit County Business Journal. By Kim Marquis. Students in a new Colorado Mountain College internship program not only gained work experience this summer but also learned how to get things done independently on the job. Sustainability major Ashlee Andrews, a junior, earned three credits and a $500 scholarship…