Author: coloradomountaincollege
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National Geographic BioBlitz
Volunteer opportunities for students this summer at RMNP Have video and cameras? Media savvy? Journalistically or environmentally inclined? National Geographic Education is looking for student volunteers to work as media producers for the Rocky Mountain BioBlitz event, scheduled for August 24-25, 2012. The National Park Service and National Geographic Adventure team up each year to…
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CMC trustees vote on lease for compressor station
At the May 14, 2012, meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, the board voted to not recognize a land lease between the college and SourceGas. SourceGas has been seeking to build a booster compressor station on the college’s campus in Spring Valley. After hearing feedback from the community this spring, SourceGas approached…
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Local philanthropist Eileen Finkel dies
Memorial service today at CMC Breckenridge This article was first printed in the May 13, 2012, Summit Daily News. Eileen B. Finkel, 69, a full time resident of Breckenridge since 1998 and a part time resident for eight years before that died Saturday from complications of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She is survived by her husband…
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Kinetic type music video
CMC Graphic Design student Jordan Callier shares his final for CMC’s Motion Graphics class below. This post was was originally published in Jordan’s blog, The Art of Visual Communication, which shares great views of classes and assignments CMC’s Graphic Design program. I just completed my final for my Motion Graphics class. Our assignment was to…
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La Esperanza
This article is the sixth in a series of travel entries from CMC Steamboat student Bailey Peth, who has been recounting her recent trip with CMC’s Study Abroad program to Guatemala in her blog, Bluebird Sky. The program filled up in 2012; find out information about next year’s Guatemala trip, and other study abroad opportunities,…
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The right rite
Colorado Mountain College opens commencement season in new Edwards building This story first appeared in the Vail Daily. By Randy Wyrick. EDWARDS, Colorado — Inspiration is where you find it, and you can find it everywhere, said graduating Colorado Mountain College students. CMC hosted its first commencement in the newly expanded Edwards campus. The theme…
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Arapahoe Basin Closing Weekend and Summer Internship
CMC Breckenridge student Ali Gingras shares a few views of closing day at nearby Arapahoe Basin, and a few thoughts on an upcoming summer internship in her blog, See What I See. Ahhh… The first day of “summer”. And it’s just like Colorado to kick it off with a morning blizzard. *sigh* This past weekend…
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Summer semester registration
Registration for Colorado Mountain College’s summer semester is under way. Many classes start the week of May 14, and additional classes start throughout the semester. You can search for classes at www.coloradomtn.edu/classes. You need to submit an admission application if you are new to CMC or have not taken a class in the past year. Visit…
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Volunteering with nonprofit life-changing for CMC student
After graduation, Wojan plans to earn bachelor’s, work for NGO or nonprofit This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado —When Richard Wojan signed the dotted line for his volunteer stint with the organization Embrace Dignity last summer, he confesses that initially he had “no idea what I was really getting…
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Groundbreaking for downtown projects set for Tuesday afternoon
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Two major construction projects in downtown Glenwood Springs will officially launch with a ceremonial groundbreaking at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eighth and Cooper in downtown Glenwood Springs.Everyone is invited and refreshments will be served following the official ceremony.Project partners, staff, contractors, volunteers and elected officials will be on hand to commemorate…