Category: CMC In The News
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Colorado Mountain College forest expo sheds light on sustainable wood products
This article was first published in the Steamboat Pilot. By Nicole Inglis. Steamboat Springs — The 42 concentric rings in the core of a lodgepole pine being passed around Room 213 of Colorado Mountain College’s academic center show much more than the tree’s year-by-year history. There’s a story between the rings, where a spiral flush…
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CMC trustees OK domestic-partner benefits
Civil-union couples eligible for tuition, health-care perks GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Colorado Mountain College has extended health-insurance and tuition-discount benefits to “domestic partners,” in keeping with the State of Colorado’s recent adoption of civil unions for same-sex couples. The new policy, which was proposed last November by staff members at the college, was adopted unanimously…
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SW Field: Sunrise Thoughts From Sitting Above the Navajo Nation
CMC’s Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Outdoor Education field program field courses are always deeply thought-provoking. This post is an excerpt from CMC student Dustin Eldridge’s journal on the last morning of a Southwest Field Course. I woke up with the sunrise this morning. I’m especially glad because last night’s events were too hectic to record…
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CMC went to Cuba!
CMC Steamboat Springs presents show on recent Cuba trip tonight “Community, beauty, history, culture, dignity, acceptance, patience and a healthy dose of music and dancing…. these are the words I would use to describe my impression of Cuba and its people,” wrote CMC student Bailey Peth, about her recent travels to Cuba with Colorado Mountain College’s…
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Regional colleges team up to help students in northwest Colorado
El Pomar Foundation helps fund ‘pipeline’ program Keeping young people in northwest Colorado has long been a focus of El Pomar Foundation’s Northwest Regional Council (NWRC).Now with a new collaboration between Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, Western Colorado Community College and Colorado Mesa University facilitated by the Council, more students will have the…
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Bleacher Bums’ production steps up to the plate
CMC Theatre comedy about rabid Cubs fans brings home big laughs This article was first published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Kristen Carlson. CMC Theatre comedy about rabid Cubs fans brings home big laughs just in time for baseball season, the Chicago Cubs fans-inspired comedy “Bleacher Bums” opens on April 12 at Colorado…
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CMC Theatre Interviews: Graeme Duke
CMC student Eldomir Vasquez is a second-year student at Colorado Mountain College. A writer and poet, Eldomir also works backstage in CMC Theatre productions. He recently interviewed several CMC Theatre students to offer an insider’s view of the program. The first of his interviews, published below, first appeared in Eldomir’s blog, Elevate and Grow. CMC…
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CMC faculty Diane DeFord honored with humanitarian award
Garfield County Humanitarian Awards honor outstanding volunteers Three Colorado Mountain College employees were recently nominated for Garfield County’s Humanitarian Service Awards. Diane Deford and Jill Ziemann, both full-time CMC employees, were nominated in the Staff Humanitarian category and Debbie Martin, an adjunct faculty member, was nominated in the Volunteer Humanitarian category. DeFord, a long-time CMC…
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Young actress’s talents soar in CMC Theatre’s ‘Tongue of a Bird’
McLaughlin drama a modern odyssey of lost and found This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Beth Zukowski. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Director Sue Lavin says, “I like plays that have to do with adventure and personal exploration.” On both counts, Lavin finds a meaty play in Colorado Mountain College Theatre’s next…
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Don’t just push the button
This CMC Corner column was first published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Derek Johnston. When George Eastman introduced the Kodak camera in 1888, he also coined the slogan, “you press the button, we do the rest.” Photography had already drawn criticism from other artistic disciplines for being a medium based predominantly in science,…