Author: coloradomountaincollege
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New American roots music blends bluegrass, folk
Fort Collins-based FY5 plays three free CMC concerts It probably helps to write a song about plowing snow off Red Mountain Pass in southwestern Colorado if you’ve actually driven the snowplow. Just like, when writing a song about the flood of the St. Vrain River through Lyons, it helps to have known someone who suffered…
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Student Spotlight: Thang Khan Sian Khai
The Glenwood Post Independent’s Feb. 11 Student Spotlight by Will Grandbois featured CMC Isaacson School for New Media student Thang Khan Sian Khai and is reprinted below. Thang Khan Sian Khai, known to his friends as Sian Khai, 19, grew up in Myanmar and came to the United States two years ago to attend Colorado…
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1000 Words
“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” Wednesday’s sunrise, captured by CMC Rifle’s Gethze Hammond. Happy Friday. Enjoy the weekend!
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Jimmy Westlake: Behold the Dog Star
CMC astronomy and physics professor Jimmy Westlake “Celestial News” column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today newspaper. Reprinted below is is his column from Tuesday, February 9, 2016. There are 6,000 or so stars visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions, but only one can claim the title of “The Brightest Star.” That title…
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Steamboat Today interview with CMC President Carrie Hauser and Ski Team Coach Terry Leonard
CMC President Carrie Hauser and Ski Team Coach Terry Leonard shared an inside look at CMC on the Steamboat Today show last week. Catch the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAORazGblmA
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Ski Industry Careers Launch in Leadville
This student feature on the inspiring Daniel Burl, Ski Area Operations student at CMC Leadville, was originally published in the Colorado Mountain College in Leadville blog. By Lauren Swanson, Social Media Coordinator for CMC Leadville. Daniel Burl, 20-year-old Ski Area Operations student, has been involved in the ski and snowboard industry for more than a decade. Thanks to…
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Let’s Go Broncos! Keystone Resort Chefs carve ice sculptures to honor favorite team
Keystone chefs and CMC Culinary Apprenticeship program graduates Steve Nguyen and Mitch Robinson, accompanied by adjunct faculty Stefan Smith, did a little ice carving in honor of Colorado’s home team last week on the top of Keystone. Click the video below to check out how it’s done. Go Broncos! Many of us will be wearing…
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Katlin Lowe: EcoFlight 2015
By Katlin Lowe I was recently given the opportunity to join EcoFlight in their annual student Flight Across America program. EcoFlight aims to raise environmental awareness by flying students, government and organization staff and other leaders in small planes to gain an exciting and aerial perspective of the wild landscape below. Ecoflight believes that by…
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CMC Corner: It’s now easier than ever to apply for scholarships
This CMC Corner by Carol Efting, the scholarship coordinator at the Colorado Mountain College Foundation, was published in the February 1, 2016 Post Independent. If you, or your son or daughter, will be attending college in the fall, this is no doubt a time of great decisions. It can be daunting. You’ve probably begun to…
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Guest opinion: CMC’s tickets to college go to graduating seniors
This Op-Ed by CMC President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser was first printed in the the Glenwood Post Independent. Last week, in the Glenwood Springs central administrative offices of Colorado Mountain College, something special happened. Roughly 30 of our employees volunteered their time over lunch to fold, stuff and prepare nearly 2,000 personalized letters for mailing.…