Category: News Releases
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Morgridge Family Foundation gives $1.25 million to CMC for signature Roaring Fork Valley project
In downtown Glenwood Springs, Cooper Commons now Morgridge Commons
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CMC finds its ’70s groove in local communities
This article first appeared in the March 5, 2016 issue of the Post Independent. In the 1970s mountain towns of the Colorado Mountain College district, the college started to serve a different kind of student, in addition to the first students who’d been attending at CMC’s two residential campuses. Not only did local high school…
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Spring 2017 CMC graduation ceremonies to feature nine notable speakers
To honor the 50th anniversary of Colorado Mountain College, the spring 2017 graduation ceremonies will feature nine high-profile guest speakers. This year’s commencement speakers will include: Friday, May 5, 2017: John Hickenlooper, 42nd Colorado governor, former mayor of Denver, entrepreneur, chief executive of the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado National Guard (Colorado Law Enforcement Training…
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CMC Board of Trustees meets in Rifle
The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees met at the college’s campus in Rifle Wednesday, where they directed staff to complete negotiations on the letter of intent for the lease-purchase of the Denison II housing project with the Town of Breckenridge. The 30-unit housing project will be used for student and employee housing. The town…
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TRIO Day celebrates success in school, giving back
High school and college students throughout Colorado Mountain College’s service area will be helping at Habitat for Humanity’s building projects and ReStores on Feb. 25, the 2017 National TRIO Day of Service. In addition, from Feb. 20 to 24, students are coordinating food drives, benefitting LiftUp and the Salvation Army. Called Cans Around Campus, the…
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Activist Winona LaDuke to visit CMC Vail Valley at Edwards
Internationally renowned activist Winona LaDuke will visit Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley at Edwards for “An Evening with Winona LaDuke,” a reception, discussion and book signing on Feb. 21. Presented by the CMC Sustainability Speaker Series and Women in Philanthropy, the free public evening event will take place from 6:30-9 p.m. following a workshop with…
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Suspect charged in campus threat
LEADVILLE, COLO. – Feb. 14, 2017 – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group (SOG) has a suspect in custody following a threat made to the Colorado Mountain College campus in Leadville. Adam Slattery, who attended the college for one semester and was not enrolled this spring, has been charged with resisting arrest, menacing,…
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March for Meals ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser returns
Mark March 8 on your calendar for soup and ceramics in Rifle