Category: CMC In The News
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Inside the Mountain: An Interview with Outdoor Education professor Bruce Kime
Radio CMCs “Inside the Mountain” explores life at Colorado Mountain College through the eyes of its students, faculty, and staff. Host Lucas Turner interviewed recently retired Outdoor Education faculty Bruce Kime about his travels as head of Outdoor Education at CMC Spring Valley. If you want to read more about Bruce in addition to listening…
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Jimmy Westlake: Venus and Jupiter meet for spectacular conjunction
CMC astronomy and physics professor Jimmy Westlake’s “Celestial News” column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today newspaper. Anytime the night sky’s two brightest planets pass close to each other, it is a spectacular event worth watching. Venus, our dazzling “Evening Star,” has been flirting with Jupiter, the king of the planets, for several weeks now.…
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CMC student elected to national Amnesty International board
This article appeared in the Pilot and Today. By Teresa Ristow. Steamboat Springs — A Colorado Mountain College student is now the youngest member of Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors. Molly Goldberg, 27, earned a place on the worldwide organization’s board election ballot via a campaign in which she collected 100 signatures of dues-paying…
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Executive chef Jordan Alley takes the helm at Keystone’s Ski Tip Lodge
This article was printed in the Summit Daily News. Keystone Resort’s Ski Tip Lodge, named sixth-best restaurant in the country by www.opentable.com, recently introduced Jordan Alley as the establishment’s new executive chef. Alley, a 2009 graduate of Colorado Mountain College and former Ski Tip Lodge sous chef, brings 10 years of culinary experience to his…
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Art in Unexpected Places
This article featuring CMC Ski & Snowboard Business graduate Zachary Ray’s art was printed in S-Magazine. By Mark Kristofic. Every once in a while, you meet someone who is truly inspiring. And often it can be someone who you least expect. My story begins when I was at a ski trade show and had two…
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CMC in Breckenridge’s Speaker Series to show “I Am Able”
Inspirational Rwandan artist, cyclist, and humanitarian featured at CMC Speaker Series BRECKENRIDGE – The CMC Speaker Series partners with the Breckenridge Film Festival to bring a powerful documentary to campus June 4. Frederick Ndabaramiye, the co-founder of “I am Able”, witnessed and lived through one of the worst genocides in history in Rwanda when he…
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CMC Isaacson School photography professor wins award in international Rotarian photo contest
Colorado Mountain College’s Isaacson School for New Media professor Klaus Kocher wins honorable mention Entries to the Rotarian Magazine’s international photography contest, The Best Shot, came from around the world. The contest was judged by esteemed New York Times Magazine Photography Editor Kathy Ryan, and Isaacson School for New Media photography professor Klaus Kocher’s image…
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Yampah Mountain grads share personal journeys
This article was published in the Glenwood Spring’s Post Independent. By John Stroud. Individuality, hard work and believing in oneself aren’t words that get lost on the graduates of Yampah Mountain High School. In fact, they are the very definition of the alternative public high school in Glenwood Springs that serves students from four area…
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Colorado Mountain College Alumni Canoe Entirety Of North America
We’ve been following two CMC alumni, Luke Kimmes and Jarrad Moore, as they paddle upstream on an six-man paddling expedition from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. CBSDenver recently featured an update on their trip, reprinted below. DENVER (CBS4) – A group of six men are embarking on an adventure for the sake of…
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Breckenridge sports psychology professor urges athletes to respect their limits
This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley. In the winter, you might find Drew Mikita on the hill at Dew Tour, rubbing the shoulders of a professional snowboarder and helping the athlete visualize success. You could find Mikita in the spring explaining psychology to a group of Colorado Mountain College…