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Colorado Mountain College hands out degrees and certifications at ceremony
This article was printed in the Vail Daily News. By Randy Wyrick. EDWARDS — Tassel turning season opened yesterday as Colorado Mountain College conferred its second group of four-year degrees, along with dozens of associates and professional degrees and certifications. “For me, this is the happiest day of the year,” said Peggy Curry, CMC’s vice…
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CMC grads celebrate well-earned degrees
This article was printed in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Kristin Carlson. GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Brent Bagen graduated with an associate degree in nursing, an admirable achievement for any student. But it’s especially impressive for Bagen. “I have dyslexia,” he explained, “so I read quite a bit slower than the average student.” Rather than letting…
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Your bucket list: Garry Zabel’s Grand Canyon field trip course
Colorado Mountain College once again offers the popular Geology Field Trip course to the Grand Canyon with Professor Emeritus Garry Zabel. The field course dates are from May 25-June 5. The course offers students not only the chance to complete a rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon, but also the opportunity to earn three credits…
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CMC student measures campus waste for project
This article was printed in the Leadville Herald Democrat. A 6½-foot-tall, 39-foot-long wall “litterally” contains the contents of Timberline campus’ dumpsters from the week of Friday, April 11. This visual presentation of the sorted and measured waste stream encourages students, staff and the whole community to consider aiming toward a zero-waste system. The Lake County…
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Silt resident credits Colorado Mountain College programs for job and career
Three historic educational bills passed by the Johnson administration, which created what are now known as the TRIO programs, are still opening doors for students locally and nationwide. Colorado Mountain College is helping students via TRIO programs at five of its campus locations. Our public information staff recently explored how these programs are changing the…
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TRIO programs celebrate five decades of student success
Three historic educational bills passed by the Johnson administration, which created what are now known as the TRIO programs, are still opening doors for students locally and nationwide. Colorado Mountain College is helping students via TRIO programs at five of its campus locations. Our public information staff recently explored how these programs are changing the…
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Life-changing professors at Colorado Mountain College
CMC student Shannon Fatjo will be graduating From Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Two faculty members at the college had an especially important impact on her educational journey. Shannon wrote about those professors in a Letter to the Editor in the Steamboat Today…
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Summer 2014 CMC registration starts today
Registration for Colorado Mountain College Summer 2014 classes starts today! Explore a new interest or take the first steps towards a new career. Summer semester begins May 12 and ends August 8; registration begins today. Search, register and pay for classes at https://coloradomtn.info/classes/.
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Glenwood Springs event engineered to entice kids into science
CMC in Glenwood Springs hosts CU Boulder Science Discovery workshop for young Western Slope students. This article appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!” Eric Carpenter proclaimed with the aplomb of a stage magician. Carpenter was one of three members of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s…
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Wolf Pack Reunion 2014
On March 16, 2014, two hundred alumni from CMC Steamboat Springs returned to campus to remember and celebrate the lives of two classmates, Shawn Pace and Corey Eardley. The group had been tightly knit while they were CMC students, bonded together by the immediate sense of community they felt in Steamboat Springs and their passion…