Author: coloradomountaincollege
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CMC grieves loss of student in accident
Thursday night four of our students were seriously injured in a car accident near Spring Valley and transported to Valley View Hospital. We are deeply saddened to report that one of the students, Steph Zgorzynski, died as a result of her injuries. The three other students, Juan Chavez-Krysko and Calla Fisher and a minor we…
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Steamboat student gets view of national parks
This article was first published in the Oct.16th edition of Steamboat Today. By Scott Franz. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College student Ben Saheb said there were plenty of interesting things to look at outside the windows of the unique classroom he sat in last week. After riding in the backseat of a Cessna flying 12,000…
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Award-winning photo grad displays work at CMC Gallery
Opening reception on October 14th Recent professional photography work by Colorado Mountain College graduate Elizabeth Moreno will be on display in October and November at the college’s gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs. Born and raised in La Paz, Baja California Sur, México, Moreno moved to the U.S. in 2002 to study and obtained an Associate…
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Climbin’!
A climb up Breckenridge’s beloved backdrop This post was originally published in student Ali Gringas’s blog “See What I See” A year ago this time I posted an entry about hiking Baldy Mountain with three of my friends. Unfortunately we got to just over 13,000 ft and decided we were exhausted. This year however, I…
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Discovering a home at CMC’s Culinary Institute
Student Monica Martin fuels her dual passion for food and sustainability Monica Martin already has a Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences degree from the University of North Texas. She’s worked at numerous jobs in the hospitality industry, ranging from server, bartender, banquets assistant manager, restaurant bookkeeper and reservations manager. For a time, she also…
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Community colleges get $17.2M grant
This article first appeared in The Denver Business Journal Federal grant will help CMC create job-training partnerships A consortium of Colorado community colleges will get a $17.2 million federal grant to help train workers for new jobs. The money is part of $500 million awarded to community colleges around the country by the U.S. departments…
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Willa Kane
Location of Nominee: Central Services Date of Nomination: September, 2011 Nominated by: Noreen Steiner, Administration, Lappala Center, Colorado Mountain College Reason for nomination: I nominate Willa Kane for her above and beyond excellence and kind manner with everyone she deals with and every situation that is thrown at her. Indeed, she is a huge asset…
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Local college building tools for professionals
‘Professional development’ courses include using social media, learning new software This article first appeared in the Sept. 19, 2011 Vail Daily. By Scott N. Miller. EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Amy Morrison has spent a career in a world dominated by print. After moving to the Vail Valley, she decided she needed new skills and went…
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Leadership Summit encourages community participation, leadership
CMC Class application deadline is Oct. 5 This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Colorado Mountain College’s Leadership Summit is heading into its seventh year of inspiring Summit County members to not only lead, but actively participate within the area. The program was started in 2004 by a group…
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Q & A with Sustainability Studies professor Mercedes Quesada-Embid
New professor reflects on sustainability, service, and teaching Mercedes Quesada-Embid’s life reads a bit like a script for the content of the Sustainability Studies class she recently taught on a crisp autumn morning at Colorado Mountain College in Dillon. Deeply active in community work, pursuing research that explores the intersections of economics, resources and…