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Tough life doesn’t deter Steamboat graduate heading for Colorado Mountain College
This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. By Mike McKibbin. Steamboat Springs — Thania Núñez may barely be an adult, age-wise, but her life story reads as that of one much older. The maturity she has gained over the years has led the recent Steamboat Springs High School graduate to earn one…
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Colorado Mountain College to offer classes, registration in downtown Rifle
Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus will soon offer class registration and a limited number of classes in downtown Rifle. This is in addition to classes it will continue to offer at the Rifle campus’s Encana Academic Center near the Garfield County Regional Airport, and in Parachute. “To continue to meet community needs, we are leasing…
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1000 Words: Reach Your Peak New Media Video Camp
Students in our second El Pomar Foundation Reach Your Peak Summer Camp worked with Isaacson School students and faculty all week to learn the basics of video storytelling — and the careers available to talented storytellers, videographers, and content producers. They’ll be sharing their final productions with friends and family on campus this afternoon. We love…
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Summer 2015 issue of Philanthropy magazine features Jim Calaway
Recently, Carbondale philanthropist and friend of Colorado Mountain College Jim Calaway was surprised by CEO of the Aspen Institute Walter Isaacson and CMC President & CEO Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser. They shared with him an article they jointly wrote, acknowledging Calaway as an influential donor at CMC and the Aspen Institute, that was published in…
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Catching Up With Photographer Joseph Gamble
This article and interview with Joseph Gamble’s were published on WUSF News. Longtime Floridian Joseph Gamble has a new exhibition at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa. It’s his largest exhibition ever, which encompasses a sort of retrospective of his entire body of work, and photographs he’s taken at Cape Canaveral. Gamble, who…
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County leadership program holds info meetings July 28, Aug. 6
Leadership Summit seeks applicants for fall 2015 start Leadership Summit 2016 is accepting applications for participation in its annual leadership program. Current and emerging leaders who live and/or work in Summit County are encouraged to join the ranks of more than 160 alumni and prominent leaders who have participated in the program since its inception…
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Three Long-Time River Enthusiasts Join American Rivers Board
CMC President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser among three new members of American River’s board of directors This article published in American Rivers. By Nicole Duarte. Washington, DC) — American Rivers today announced that three new members, Carrie Besnette Hauser, Jimmy Kimmel, and David Solomon, were elected to its board of directors. The new directors bring…
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1000 Words: CMC Laptops in Uganda
Students in Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda, work on a laptop donated by Colorado Mountain College. CMC has partnered with the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) to help get laptops to students and teachers in rural Uganda for the past three years. GLI works to expand opportunities for rural Ugandans to train on modern technology and improve their…
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1000 Words: Reach Your Peak Summer Camp
Camp, college and careers! Colorado Mountain College hosted the first of two CMC-based Reach Your Peak summer camps last week. Sponsored by the El Pomar Foundation, the camps are designed to spark student interest in education and future careers. The slideshow below shares a few views of students exploring forensic science and law enforcement at…
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“High Ground” screening benefits Wounded Warriors Family Adventures
This article was published in the Summit Daily News. Climbing challenging mountains is nothing new to adventurer and filmmaker Michael Brown. He’s successfully summited Mt. Everest five times, one of which was with blind climber Erik Weihenmayer in 2001. It was the first time a blind person had achieved the feat. As the 10-year anniversary…