Author: coloradomountaincollege
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Roaring Fork Valley veterans raise funds, inform through acting
CMC Theatre director directs play raising awareness of veterans’ issues This article first appeared in the Aspen Times. By Karl Herchenroeder Coming to grips with the loss of cognitive functioning and codependency on family members are a couple of the issues returning veterans with traumatic-brain injuries experience. They are issues happening in living rooms and…
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Art on the Rockies returns to Colorado Mountain College in Edwards
Art on the Rockies, a three-day arts festival event that is part of the Colorado Artists Tour, returns to Colorado Mountain College in Edwards this summer from July 11-13. This year’s event will showcase 115 fine artists, including painters, jewelers, photographers, ceramicists, woodworkers, glassblowers and fiber and mixed media artists. The Vail Valley Arts Guild…
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Northern crown adorns summer sky
CMC professor Jimmy Westlake’s “Celestial News” column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today newspaper. This repost of yesterday’s column shines a light on Corona Borealis. Catch the beta on this unique constellation below. Steamboat Springs — One of the smallest of our 88 constellations shines down on us in the late spring and early summer.…
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Strawberry Days is the best of small-town character
CMC’s Kathy Trauger reflects on the joys of Strawberry Days This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Kathy Trauger. After a morning rain shower, I am basking in sunshine in my backyard, watching my neighbor mow his yard and listening to the hummingbirds zing by my head. Oh, how I enjoy summer…
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CMC hosts Reach Your Peak summer camps
Middle students dream big this summer with help from Colorado Mountain College Colorado Mountain College Rifle and Roaring Fork campuses, in a partnership with several Western Colorado higher education institutions, are offering low cost summer camps to middle school students this summer. The summer camps are part of Reach Your Peak Colorado. Reach Your Peak…
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CMC Ski Team shines with academic honors
CMC athletes earn Phi Theta Kappa and All Academic honors Students on Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Ski Team juggle academics with an intense travel schedule. Despite the extra challenge incurred by life on the road, the team managed to earn a cumulative GPA of 3.55 during the spring 2014 semester. Two students, Will Cutler and…
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Cabin Fever
CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf Colorado Mountain College’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members in critical conversations and…
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Celebrate 50 years of the Maroon Bells
The Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness turns 50 this year, and Aspen is celebrating. The August 2 Maroon Bells Birthday Bash takes place from 3 to 9 p.m. at the base of Aspen Highlands. The event features cake, candles, kids’ activities, wilderness displays, a keynote speech by author and activist Rick Bass, Ute Nation performance and four…
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1000 Words (more of less): Last Weekend
A nice reminder for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Check out photographer Carl Zoch and Carbondale’s own Sarah Uhl’s sweet creative video on crafting a wondrous weekend adventure close to home, then take a moment to love where you live and explore it with new eyes while you remember our veterans this weekend. Happy (and…
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A season in the Chugach
CMC Outdoor Recreation Leadership graduate learns to guide in Alaska’s Chugach mountains Brett Menter, a CMC Outdoor Recreation Leadership graduate, spent the winter as an aspiring guide with the Alaska-based guiding service Majestic Heli Ski. CMC graduate and instructor Chad Mickschl works as a guide for the company. Menter had the opportunity to take part…