Author: coloradomountaincollege
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Steamboat Mountain Film Festival kicks off this weekend with TGR film showing
CMC professor Mike Martin is the producer of the Steamboat Mountain Film Festival, Steamboat’s annual showcase of local and national snowsport films. The event kicks off tonight with a showing of Teton Gravity Research’s film “Higher,” featuring Jeremy Jones, at The Sheraton Steamboat Resort. This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot. Steamboat Springs —…
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Walter Isaacson: Where Innovation Comes From
Today’s biggest innovations are coming from the combination of human inspiration and computer-processing power This article first appeared in the Wall Street Journal – By Walter Isaacson Mr. Isaacson, chief executive of the Aspen Institute, is the author of biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. His new book, to be published Oct.…
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Ernie’s Journey
https://vimeo.com/95341132 Video produced by Isaacson School for New Media Students Tells Miraculous Story In 2014 Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE) received a dog named Ernie who had lost the use of his hind legs. Students from the Isaacson School for New Media found the story interesting and started filming. What happened over those few weeks was quite remarkable!…
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‘MLK in My Living Room’ is topic at forum
Jonathan King to speaking “MLK in My Living Room: How a Southern Civil Rights Movement Changed the World,” Thursday, Sept. 25 This article first appeared in the Herald Democrat. Collegiate Peaks Forum Series, a free lecture series in its 11th year, presents Jonathan King speaking on, “MLK in My Living Room: How a Southern Civil…
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CMC president Hauser hopes to reduce need for remediation
This article first appeared in the Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. Eliminating the need for remediation isn’t specifically covered in the goals outlined in CMC’s 2014-2018 “Reaching New Heights” strategic plan, but it has big implications for student and teacher success and the long-term economy of the area. Projections indicate that nearly three-quarters of Colorado…
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Reach Your Peak
[youtube=http://youtu.be/c0Wb6FIzNOU&rel=0] Reach Your Peak is a partnership between Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Mesa University, Colorado Northwestern Community College, and Western Colorado Community College. Supported by the Northwest Council of El Pomar Foundation, the goal of the program is to create excitement about learning that motivates students toward further education. Starting with summer camps for middle…
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Colorado Mountain College partners with Climax Molybdenum to offer electrician apprenticeship
This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley. Climax Molybdenum Co. needed help, and Colorado Mountain College came to the company’s aid. The company found its industrial electrician positions hard to fill and approached Colorado Mountain College about creating a Summit County program where Climax employees could learn the trade. The…
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Colorado Mountain College Sustainability Stories
This summer, Colorado Mountain College started a series of video portraits on students who are making a positive impact in our communities. Our first video features a sustainability studies student who is providing data on on a U.S. Forest Service habitat restoration project near Carbondale, Colorado, filling in a critical resource gap. Meet Jason Evitt, CMC sustainability studies…
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Tom Ross: CMC biology professor witnesses aftermath of rare geothermal event
This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. By Tom Ross. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College biology professor Shawn Sigstedt was thrilled this week to witness the roar of a towering plume of steam issuing from the Steamboat Geyser. But residents of Steamboat Springs needn’t leap up from their desks to rush…
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Online learning: Past, present and future
This CMC column originally appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. New technologies have changed today’s classroom – at all levels – in ways unimaginable two decades ago. Students can reach for their iPad to access texts or reading material. They can connect with others in another city via video or web conferencing. And what’s more,…