Author: coloradomountaincollege
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FMLD grant awarded for Cooper Commons project
Application successful from Colorado Mountain College, Garfield County Library District; Boettcher Foundation grants first matching gift [Glenwood Springs, CO] – An innovative plan to provide community space for learning and collaboration has received a huge boost, as Colorado Mountain College and the Garfield County Public Library District learned today of their success in receiving a…
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Outdoor Women Excel in Leadville
This article was first published the CMC Leadville’s blog, Education at Elevation. By Lauren Swanson, Social Media Coordinator. Each semester, outdoor students at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville look forward to their experiential based outdoor orientation classes. It is in these courses that classrooms are transformed into wilderness experiences, and hand-on learning is amplified. Those…
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1000 Words: Brighter Futures
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the Summit School District held its 26th annual High School Scholarship Night. Nearly $370,000 in scholarships were awarded to 93 different students over the course of the evening. CMC Summit Campus Vice President Dave Askeland, CMC Regional Development Officer Candy Elkind and CMC Foundation Grant & Scholarship Coordinator Kathy Desportes…
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Free CMC youth outdoor leadership program in Leadville this July
Week-long First Ascent Youth Leadership enrolling students now – April 29 deadline The First Ascent Youth Leadership program is now accepting applications for its free, week-long course at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville. This is the 22nd anniversary of the program; it is an outdoor experiential course for students entering ninth and 10th grade…
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CMC student Karina Rivas earns scholarship
Karina Rivas, a Basalt High School graduate and current CMC student in Advanced ESL classes, recently was awarded a full-tuition scholarship at the University of Phoenix. The following story was originally published in the March 31 edition of the Aspen Times. After escaping El Salvador violence, recent immigrant to Basalt earns scholarship. By Scott Condon…
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‘Shaping the Future of the Colorado River’ with American Rivers’ Matt Rice at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College in Edwards will host American Rivers’ Matt Rice on April 20 when he presents a free talk about the much-debated topic of Colorado’s water. Rice is the director of American Rivers’ Colorado Basin Program, which encompasses several projects focused on the Colorado River and its tributaries. American Rivers is a national conservation…
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Vets Connect – in classroom, in community
This article was printed in the April 7, 2016 edition of the Vail Daily. By Dr. Kathryn Regjo Did you know that, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are more than 2,300 veterans in Eagle County? This means that 4.5 percent of our county’s population has served in the military; this is…
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CMC’s Gianneschi awarded Aspen Presidential Fellowship
One of only 40 nationwide for inaugural class of highly selective program Today, the Aspen Institute announced its inaugural class of the Aspen Presidential Fellows. Among the diverse group of 40 extraordinary leaders will be Dr. Matt Gianneschi, chief operating officer and chief of staff at Colorado Mountain College. The fellowship is a highly selective,…
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Building connections makes us all stronger
This column was also printed in the April 4 edition of the Post Independent. By Jill Ziemann The connection between higher education and the community is stronger when people on both sides work to build relationships and resources so that each one thrives. As director of several sponsored programs at Colorado Mountain College, I am…
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Taylor hired by Utah State University
[LEADVILLE] – Colorado Mountain College today announced that James Y. Taylor, vice president for Colorado Mountain College in Leadville and Chaffee County, has accepted the position of executive director of Utah State University, Uintah Basin. His last day at CMC will be May 31. “This has been a very difficult decision for me, because…