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Grand Avenue Bridge Construction Updates
Construction updates for the Grand Avenue Bridge will be provided by Grand Avenue Bridge Public Information throughout the duration of the project, which spans a long time period and impacts many CMC staff and students. The goal is to keep Roaring Fork Valley locals and visitors informed about coming detours, traffic information, and project progress.…
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Carbondale couple break even on $75,000 Tesla
This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Heather McGregor/Clean Energy Economy News Craig and Colleen Farnum of Carbondale are a middle-class couple with professional jobs, a mortgage, school loans and a 9-month-old daughter. They are also the owners of a Tesla Model S all-electric car, which has a 250-mile range and cost…
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New CMC Food Club reducing campus waste
Steamboat Springs — A Food Club formed earlier this year at Colorado Mountain College is impacting the school’s amount of food waste and raising awareness about food sustainability among students and staff. Founded in March, the club is an umbrella organization for two local chapters of nationwide projects, Real Food Challenge and Food Recovery Network.…
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1000 Words: Happy Holidays
CMC wishes everyone the warmest of holidays. May they be filled with laughter, friends, family and every other thing that brings you peace and joy. eNews will be taking a break until January 4. We’ll see you in the new year!
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The Whole Works helps women stitch careers and grow outdoor industry
This article was published in the Denver Post. By Jason Blevins. RIFLE — Kelly Alford remembers the first time she sat down in front of a sewing machine and created something. She was just a child, but she says “my whole world shifted.” That shifting continues today as Alford and three other women, each with…
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New applied engineering degree offers students range of opportunities
CMC expands program to improve job prospects By Carrie Click Luis Pena was just 3 years old when he moved with his family from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Parachute. Growing up amidst Colorado’s Western Slope oil and gas production meant the industry has always had a familiar presence in his life. So when it came…
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Local fifth-graders learn 3D printing with Colorado Mountain College professor
This article on CMC Steamboat Springs engineering professor Steven Craig’s work teaching 3D printing to fifth-graders appeared was originally published in the Steamboat Today. By Audrey Dwyer. Steamboat Springs — Students in Kyle Paolantonio’s fifth-grade math class sat at their desks transfixed by the screen image of a TinkerCad-designed Batmobile, comparing it to the 3D…
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Vail Daily column: A jump on college — for free
This Valley Voices column by CMC Edwards Campus Vice President Kathryn Regio was published in the December 16 Vail Daily. “College students are more than $1 trillion in debt!” scream national headlines. But it doesn’t have to be this way. And smart students and their families in Eagle County know why: These students are graduating…
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees certifies election results, mill levy
Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its December 2015 meeting Monday at the college’s Glenwood Center on Blake Avenue in Glenwood Springs.
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1000 Words: CLETA graduation
The cadet class at Colorado Mountain College’s 2015 Fall CLETA graduation with President Carrie Besnette Hauser shortly before the ceremony. Congratulations to our latest grads!