Category: 1000 Words!
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1000 Words: Aspen Institute Society of Fellows Discussion Reception
Colorado Mountain College and the Isaacson School for New Media co-hosted the Aspen Institute’s Society of Fellows Discussion Reception Monday night, which featured Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in conversation with Jane Harman, president and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Aspen Institute trustee. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright introduced…
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1000 Words: Pyramid Peak
Last weekend, three Spring Valley faculty and staff– Johann Aberger, Seth Andersen, and Derek Johnston – summited Colorado’s Pyramid Peak with CMC President Carrie Hauser and her husband Jeff on a beautiful bluebird day. Seth Andersen, photographer and photo and lab tech for the Isaacson School for New Media, documented the day. A few of…
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1000 Words: Reach Your Peak New Media Video Camp
Students in our second El Pomar Foundation Reach Your Peak Summer Camp worked with Isaacson School students and faculty all week to learn the basics of video storytelling — and the careers available to talented storytellers, videographers, and content producers. They’ll be sharing their final productions with friends and family on campus this afternoon. We love…
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1000 Words: CMC Laptops in Uganda
Students in Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda, work on a laptop donated by Colorado Mountain College. CMC has partnered with the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) to help get laptops to students and teachers in rural Uganda for the past three years. GLI works to expand opportunities for rural Ugandans to train on modern technology and improve their…
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1000 Words: Reach Your Peak Summer Camp
Camp, college and careers! Colorado Mountain College hosted the first of two CMC-based Reach Your Peak summer camps last week. Sponsored by the El Pomar Foundation, the camps are designed to spark student interest in education and future careers. The slideshow below shares a few views of students exploring forensic science and law enforcement at…
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1000 Words: First Ascent
Each year, the First Ascent program brings together students from CMC Service areas for a free, five-day residential program at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. The program helps young adults from various social and economic backgrounds develop leadership skills and confidence through activities such as rock climbing, rafting, a Mt. Elbert peak attempt and other…
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1000 Words: A Dose of Rwandan Inspiration
Artist, disabilities activist and internationally-known Rwandan speaker Frederick Ndabaramiye spoke to a full house at CMC in Breckenridge Thursday night during a presentation of a powerful short documentary, “I am ABLE,” about his life. After witnessing the Rwandan genocide as a young boy, Ndabaramiye was on a bus four years later when Interahamwe rebels ambushed…
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1000 Words: Opportunity
On Monday, May 18, fourteen promising high school students were awarded Alpine Bank Latino-Hispanic Scholarships scholarships to attend Colorado Mountain College in the fall. Their career dreams range from becoming physical therapists to teachers to ecological researchers. Many will be the first in their families to attend college; the scholarships help open up doors to…
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Sustainable Summer
CMC recently held sustainability days at four campus locations and at its central administration offices. Events featured speakers, sustainability studies students’ capstone presentations, locally-sourced food, and even, at one event, a chicken named Speckles. Two events also featured a Sustainability Pledge Photo Booth: Students, community members, faculty and staff wrote down one green act they…