CMC outdoor education professor John Saunders takes runner-up honors
This article was printed in the Steamboat Today. By Teresa Ristrow.
It’s not hard to find out why Colorado Mountain College Professor Jimmy Westlake is considered a star among the community — not a shooting one, but a shining one.…
The diehard astronomy professor, who moved to Steamboat in 1998 from Georgia and is now in his 17th year teaching at CMC, is also the advisor for the college’s Sky Club and organizer of the annual Screamboat haunted house. He says it’s his strong connection with his students, whom he holds to high standards, that has earned him such praise from his pupils.
“I hold the bar really high, and I expect a lot,” Westlake says. “But I help them get over that bar, and I think they like a class that’s challenging.” Click for full article