Category: News Releases
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CMC staff tour new Steamboat building
Colorado Mountain College staff in Steamboat took a tour of the new 60,000 square foot building last Friday. Staff members signed their names on the last steel beam that will go up in the building. Joel Reichenberger, Steamboat Pilot and Today reporter, was on hand to capture a few photos and published them in today’s…
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Live streaming of TEDx ‘Changing the Way We Eat’ set for Saturday in Edwards
TED is a nonprofit devoted to ‘ideas worth spreading’ This article first appeared in the Vail Daily. By Cassie Pence. Everyone has to eat, so it’s no wonder why food is the one sustainability issue that grabs the attention of the general public. And whether your issue is school lunches, animal welfare, genetically modified crops…
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Mountain Life, Mountain Learning videos promote CMC
Colorado Mountain College recently worked with award-winning Carbondale photographer Tyler Stableford and filmmakers Cinema Vertige, out of Denver, to create a series of beautiful new videos promoting the college, our new Sustainability Studies program, and our Spring Valley and Leadville campuses. Take a sneak peek of our general college video below, share it, then follow…
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Breckenridge: A-Basin lift tower frames CMC outdoor classroom
Campus to open amphitheater in spring This article was first printed in the Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjun. There’s a new sight to see along Highway 9 heading into Breckenridge: A chairlift tower standing singularly outside of the Colorado Mountain College campus. The tower is phase one of a project to create an outdoor…
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Club Rotario raises scholarship funds for CMC students
Members from many countries unite for common mission This article first appeared in El Montanes. By Veronica Whitney CARBONDALE, Colorado — To Paulino Abarco, the scholarship he got from the Roaring Fork Rotary Club to go to college means he can work a little less as a painter in Aspen and concentrate more on his…
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CMC’s new building is going vertical in Steamboat
This story originally appeared in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Story by Scott Franz Steamboat Springs — Standing on a top story deck of Bristol Hall on Wednesday afternoon, it was easy for Brian Hoza to point to the concrete outline of the stairways, elevator shafts, hallways and auditorium that will be part of the…
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Charity Dinner to be held at the Glenwood Center
Spaghetti dinner to raise funds for families of CMC students injured in motor vehicle crash On Friday, November 18th, Phi Theta Kappa and several other organizations will be hosting a charity spaghetti dinner at the Glenwood Center on Blake Ave. The purpose is to raise money for the families of students involved in the tragic…
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Friends, family mourn Chesley, remember ‘a quality guy’
CMC teacher, outdoorsman killed in mountain biking accident This article was originally printed in The Citizen Telegram. By John Gardner. Steve Chesley lived life as he died, always going forward and never looking back. “That has brought me comfort,” said Chesley’s son Brett Chesley. “Knowing that he was enjoying his life and that he wasn’t…
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CMC’s Common Reader program sponsors art and creative writing contest
Deadline approaching soon for “Challenging Injustice” contest Colorado Mountain College is once again sponsoring an art and creative writing contest as part of the Common Reader Program. All entries for this year’s contest should focus on the theme of “challenging injustice,” inspired by Carlotta Walls Lanier’s book A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice…
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CMC Foundation head named ‘Outstanding Professional’
Association of Fundraising Professionals in Colorado honors Matt Spencer The Colorado Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has named Matt Spencer, chief executive officer of the Colorado Mountain Colorado Foundation, as the chapter’s Outstanding Professional for 2011. Each year the state AFP chapter honors outstanding fundraising members who practice their profession in an exemplary…