Category: CMC In The News
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TRIO programs celebrate five decades of student success
Three historic educational bills passed by the Johnson administration, which created what are now known as the TRIO programs, are still opening doors for students locally and nationwide. Colorado Mountain College is helping students via TRIO programs at five of its campus locations. Our public information staff recently explored how these programs are changing the…
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Life-changing professors at Colorado Mountain College
CMC student Shannon Fatjo will be graduating From Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Two faculty members at the college had an especially important impact on her educational journey. Shannon wrote about those professors in a Letter to the Editor in the Steamboat Today…
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Glenwood Springs event engineered to entice kids into science
CMC in Glenwood Springs hosts CU Boulder Science Discovery workshop for young Western Slope students. This article appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!” Eric Carpenter proclaimed with the aplomb of a stage magician. Carpenter was one of three members of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s…
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The path to self-sufficiency
This CMC Corner column by Sonny Conley ran in the Glenwood Post Independent. My path after high school didn’t take me immediately to college. At the time, I wasn’t in a position to invest in a college education without knowing what I wanted to do. I wanted to first see the world and backpack through…
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One for the books: Colorado Mountain College student balances skiing, class
This article appeared in the Steamboat Today. By Joel Reichenberger. Steamboat Springs — Brett Somen can’t make it across Gondola Square without seeing five people he knows, and that’s before he even makes it into the gondola building, where the lift operators know him and often greet him by name, as well. That’s one of…
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GarCo Sewing Works stitches lives back together
This article was published in the Post Independent. By Amy Hadden Marsh. GarCo Sewing Works celebrates its second anniversary this month. Founded with the goal of lifting single mothers out of welfare by teaching skills and providing work, the organization has helped 11 women so far find meaningful employment. The women, referred by Garfield County’s…
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Cambodian Relief Fund presentation at CMC Breckenridge Friday
This article was printed in the Summit Daily News. By Jessica Smith. Summit County charitable fund supports Cambodian fire stations Engine 633 leaks oil. However, the firefighters who use it aren’t complaining — they’re just grateful they have one. As a small fire station in Prey Nup, Cambodia, and the only fire response team for…
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One Book, One Valley author event at CMC in Edwards tonight
Reprinted from an April 2, 2014 Vail Daily News staff report EDWARDS — This year’s One Book, One Valley book selection, “Finders Keepers,” by Craig Childs, brings together this community through The Bookworm of Edwards and local libraries, local readers and book clubs. Thursday at 6 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, author Craig…
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Battle Mountain’s ProStart team making another national title run
CMC Culinary Assistant Heather Weems helps guide high school culinary students to success This article appeared in the Vail Daily. By Randy Wyrick. EDWARDS – Melissa Bosworth is about 5 feet 5 inches tall, but she knows how it must feel to slam dunk to beat Duke at the buzzer. Bosworth is part of Battle…
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Women snowcat groomers carve the slopes at Summit County ski resorts
This article was published in The Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley. The sun disappeared behind the mountains at Copper Mountain Resort Saturday, March 29, and Debbie Caves climbed into her snowcat. She gripped the machine’s controls with both hands, feeling the way the cat’s arm met the walls of her halfpipe, checking her instruments…