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Fall enrollment increases at CMC
More students, taking more classes collegewide Kimberly Vega’s first good experience with Colorado Mountain College was through the faculty who taught her concurrent enrollment classes when she was a student at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. “The teachers had a big impact on me,” said Vega, who is now a second-year student focused on…
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Jimmy Westlake: The Equinox and the Harvest Moon
Jimmy Westlake’s Celestial News column appears Tuesdays in the Steamboat Today and is reprinted below. The season of autumn officially arrives for the northern hemisphere this year at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, Colorado time. Our season of autumn begins the instant that the sun crosses the equator on its way south. Thanks to the…
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Isaacson School director featured presenter at New Media Expo
Rob Martin, director of the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College, participated in the New Media Expo 2015, or NMX, held in Las Vegas in spring. As one of the largest new media events in the world, the expo featured more than 250 speakers, thousands of exhibitors and more than 100,000 participants…
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Solar workshops planned for governments
CMC Rifle to host workshop on controlling costs with solar Libraries, schools, water plants and town halls in western Colorado are cutting their electrical energy costs by installing solar arrays. Two free workshops will explain how more governments and special districts can get started using solar to cut energy costs. The “Control Your Energy Costs…
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Summit County photography workshop with John Fielder benefits Domus Pacis Family Respite
CMC Culinary Institute Director Doug Schwartz teams with photographer John Fielder to benefit Summit County non-profit This article was printed in the Summit Daily News. By Heather Jarvis. Nature photographer John Fielder is teaming up with Domus Pacis Family Respite to offer a full-day photography workshop at his home. The workshop is Sunday, Sept. 20,…
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Rediscover North America Expedition Update: Six Men Successfully Cross North America by Canoe
Two CMC alumni were among the six men who embarked on Rediscover North America canoe expedition back in January, 2015. The team completed their trip on September 2 after paddling 5,230 miles across North America. Canoe & Kayak magazine has been following the team; their final update is reprinted below. In early January, the six-man…
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High school students can try college classes with CMC program
This article appeared in the Glenwood Spring’s Post Independent By Will Grandbois. While most Garfield County School District Re-2 teens are sleeping in Friday mornings, two dozen of their fellows are getting a head start on life after high school. Colorado Mountain College’s new Career Academy, a new approach to concurrent enrollment, is under way…