Category: 1000 Words!

1000 Words: President Hauser summits Mount Rainier

CMC President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser accomplished an incredible feat early Friday morning summiting Mount Rainier with CMC faculty member Dr. Jon Kedrowski, who recently summited Mount Everest for the second time. Hauser is an avid outdoorswoman; she has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, climbed to Mount Everest base camp and is nearing completion of Colorado’s 58… Continue reading 1000 Words: President Hauser summits Mount Rainier

1000 Words: CMC Steamboat Springs shares vegies with LiftUp Routt County

Mikhaila Hobbs, LiftUp of Routt County food bank manager, accepts a donation of fresh greens from Becky Edmiston, professor of biology. The vegetables were harvested from the Bear Park Permaculture Center at CMC Steamboat Springs. The center produces hundreds of pounds of food each year including tomatoes, squash, greens, beets, radishes, broccoli, beans, berries, apples and more. Photo by Greg Hughey

Bear Park’s growing dome produces plenty of vegetables to go around

1000 Words: Training with the pros

Colorado Mountain College Salida students in the EMT Basic program practiced a patient transport scenario with REACH Air on Nov. 23 near Salida High School. As air ambulances are an essential tool for critical patient care in rural areas, REACH Air, based in Salida, volunteered their time to work with CMC students. Photo Amy Dennis

CMC Salida EMT Basic students train with REACH Air Medical

1000 Words: Before I die I want to…

Colorado Mountain College student Valerie Martell recently joined her classmates in Laura Minch’s Psychology of Death and Dying class to create a “Before I Die” wall at CMC Glenwood Springs (on Blake Avenue). The class wrote responses they have collected to the prompt “before I die I want to … .” All students and members of the community are welcome to add their thoughts to the wall, which will be on display through the end of the semester in mid-December. Photo Phil Dunn

1000 Words: Salida High School – CMC construction program

Salida High School student Gabriel Gentile, here at the Spartan Heights affordable housing project in Poncha Springs, is learning about the construction industry thanks to a partnership between Colorado Mountain College and the Salida School District. Through the high school’s building trades program, advanced students have the opportunity to work on the school district’s Spartan Heights project. Colorado Mountain College is offering concurrent enrollment credit to participating students, which gives them the opportunity to earn college credit and complete a college certificate in basic construction technology if they finish a series of three classes. Photo Amy Dennis

Salida High’s Gabriel Gentile earns concurrent college credit through Colorado Mountain College