Category: 1000 Words!
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Yampatika Garden to Table Dinner
CMC Steamboat Restaurant Management program students’ final practical exam was a fun and engaging community event that raised funds for Yampatika, a Steamboat Springs non-profit that works to inspire environmental stewardship through education. The event offers students the opportunity to design a menu, source it with local food products, create the meal and serve it…
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Our Thoughts are with Orlando
Our hearts ache with the people of Orlando, and the LGBTQ community everywhere, following the weekend’s senseless tragedy in Florida. I am saddened to hear of yet another incident in which hate has driven someone to commit such a crime; it is only through compassion for others, acceptance of our differences and similarities, and kindness…
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1000 Words: Clough Scholars
Forty nine West Garfield County students were the recent joyful recipients of Clough Scholarships. The Clough Fellowship was created by Genevieve Clough in partnership with
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1000 Words: Graduation, Spring 2016
Colorado Mountain College hosted an unprecedented 14 graduations during May 2016. Students graduated from multiple ceremonies at Spring Valley, Aspen, Rifle, the Vail Valley, Steamboat Springs, Summit County, and Leadville. Photographers Ed Kosmicki, Charles Engelbert, Steve Sunday, Dominique Taylor, Arthur Balluff, Julie Albrecht and David Watson caught some of the moments as hundreds of new…
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1000 Words: CMC Visits DC
CMC President Carrie Besnette Hauser recently traveled to Washington D.C with a delegation of college staff for the Association of Governing Boards Annual Conference on Trusteeship. The group met with Colorado lawmakers including U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner and Representatives Jared Polis, Ed Perlmutter and Scott Tipton.
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1000 Words: Brighter Futures
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the Summit School District held its 26th annual High School Scholarship Night. Nearly $370,000 in scholarships were awarded to 93 different students over the course of the evening. CMC Summit Campus Vice President Dave Askeland, CMC Regional Development Officer Candy Elkind and CMC Foundation Grant & Scholarship Coordinator Kathy Desportes…
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1000 Words
Colorado Mountain College headed to Chicago last week for a Higher Learning Commission AQIP Strategy Forum to focus on continuous improvement strategies for the College. The delegation included, left to right: Assistant Vice President of Student Services Lisa Doak; CMC Edwards Vice President Kathryn Regjo; CMC Steamboat Springs Vice President and Interim Vice President for…