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Free CMC youth outdoor leadership program offered in Leadville this June

From left, Paige Flentge of Glenwood Springs, Jackson Houston of Dillon, Mackenzie Cagle and McAllister Glynn of Rifle, Tyler Miller of Parachute, Karuna Owens of Carbondale and Elizabeth Darst of Frisco work together to move marbles along tubing during a trust-building group exercise during First Ascent Youth Leadership at Colorado Mountain College Leadville. Now in its 23rd year, the program provides outdoor leadership activities and problem-solving exercises to regional middle and high school students.

Applications due April 28

CMC features ‘Extreme Fire’ with Grizzly Creek Fire’s Kale Casey

Kale Casey was one of the lead information officers during last summer’s Grizzly Creek Fire in and around Glenwood Canyon. On April 15, he’ll discuss wildfire behavior, and talk about ways to protect yourself and your property from wildfires. Photo Kari Greer/Photo Kari Greer/USDA Forest Service

Webex talk to be held April 15

HCE and CMC announce partnership with Ameresco for solar and battery energy storage project

Rendering representative of 5MW solar PV system and 15MWH battery energy storage system to be installed through Holy Cross Energy and Colorado Mountain College’s partnership with Ameresco, a leading cleantech integrator and renewable energy asset developer, owner and operator.

Ameresco will install battery energy storage

Paradigm shift starts with No Barriers

Carol Carson was selected as a scholarship recipient this past fall to attend the No Barriers Summit in New York. Here she is with Erik Weihenmayer, No Barriers USA Board vice president, author, adventurer and the first blind climber to summit Mt. Everest.

This column by Carol Carlson appeared in the Dec. 21, 2018 Vail Daily. Carlson is the concurrent enrollment coordinator at Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley at Edwards. She has lived with multiple sclerosis since she was 24 and is a breast cancer survivor. By Carol Carlson This fall, I had an experience that created a paradigm… Continue reading Paradigm shift starts with No Barriers

Quirk in state constitution could harm college’s affordability, critical programs

CMC seeks to continue serving our mountain communities

Associate Professor Bear takes a bow

Paul Rauschke is spending his last semester at Colorado Mountain College on the hill, teaching ski area operations students here at Ski Cooper near Leadville. Photo Doug Stewart

Paul “Bear” Rauschke retires from CMC’s ski area ops program after 30-plus years

Looking forward to the new (school) year at Colorado Mountain College

One year later, Boughton looks back and ahead on her time in Rifle and at CMC

Graduation season is upon us!

This column, by Carole Boughton, CMC vice president and Rifle campus dean, appeared in the April 26 edition of the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Carole Boughton “Education is one thing in life that no one can ever take away from you. You have earned it. It is yours.” – Dr. Idalynn Karr That piece of advice… Continue reading Graduation season is upon us!

CMC Corner: Strategic planning to improve mental health

This column, by Skip Lee, Colorado Mountain College Leadville dean of student affairs, appeared in the April 26 edition of the Leadville Herald-Democrat. By Skip Lee In 2017, Colorado Mountain College was selected as a JED Campus. The Jed Foundation (JED) was founded in 2000 by Donna and Phil Satow, after their son Jed died… Continue reading CMC Corner: Strategic planning to improve mental health

Plan A or Plan B?

The Rifle Citizen Telegram published this column in its Feb. 22 edition. By Thomas Valles, CMC director of financial aid I hear from students fairly often that Colorado Mountain College is a good “Plan B” school. I disagree. I know, many students believe that graduating from a prestigious college will yield a better, higher-paying future,… Continue reading Plan A or Plan B?