Category: News Releases
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March for Meals ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser returns
CMC ceramics, culinary students provide bowls, soup to benefit Meals on Wheels RIFLE – As a kickoff to this year’s 40th anniversary of Grand River Meals on Wheels, two entities in the Rifle community are preparing to raise funds while providing students opportunities to use their artistic and culinary skills for a worthy cause. Organizers…
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‘Dr. G’ takes innovative approach to teaching
Colorado Mountain College biology instructor travels to Germany to film lectures Since 2009, when Dr. George Cornwall began to teach at Colorado Mountain College, she has been incorporating technology into her approach to learning – and she’s good at it. In 2013, she received Colorado Mountain College’s Adjunct Faculty of the Year award for the…
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Find money for college at College Goal Sunday at site near you
For the third straight year, Colorado Mountain College is hosting College Goal Sunday, a national event that takes place one Sunday afternoon in February for prospective college students and their parents to get free help with financial aid paperwork. Nontraditional and independent students are encouraged to attend as well, and assistance is available for applying…
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New American roots music blends bluegrass, folk
Fort Collins-based FY5 plays three free CMC concerts It probably helps to write a song about plowing snow off Red Mountain Pass in southwestern Colorado if you’ve actually driven the snowplow. Just like, when writing a song about the flood of the St. Vrain River through Lyons, it helps to have known someone who suffered…
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‘A Thousand Smiles: Images from Kenya’ coming to Colorado Mountain College in Aspen
For Kate Lapides, not all that occurs in Africa is about poverty and despair. On a trip last fall with fellow members of For the Good Period, a local humanitarian organization, she captured with her camera faces filled with hope, beauty and happiness. Those photos are the focus of a photography exhibit, “A Thousand Smiles: Images from…
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CMC Corner: It’s now easier than ever to apply for scholarships
This CMC Corner by Carol Efting, the scholarship coordinator at the Colorado Mountain College Foundation, was published in the February 1, 2016 Post Independent. If you, or your son or daughter, will be attending college in the fall, this is no doubt a time of great decisions. It can be daunting. You’ve probably begun to…
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Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College presents ‘Anton in Show Business’
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly CMC Theatre, is presenting the comedy, “Anton in Show Business,” written by Jane Martin. This play-within-a-play, which pokes fun at theatrical life, focuses on a Texas drama company attempting to produce “The Three Sisters” by 19th century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Casey, played by Cassidy Willey, is auditioning for one of…
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Nursing accreditation visit at CMC March 1-3
Colorado Mountain College will host a site visit review March 1-3, 2016, for continuing accreditation of its associate degree nursing program and initial accreditation of its RN-to-BSN (baccalaureate) nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. The public is invited to meet the site visit team and share comments about the program in…
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Colorado Mountain College Trustees set tuition, fees for 2016-17
Additional efforts will strategically invest in at-risk student populations At the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees January 2016 meeting at the college’s campus in Edwards, trustees voted to set tuition and fees for the 2016-17 academic year. The college expects to experience short-term stress on its operating budget, with revenue from the state and…
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At the Wheeler: Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College presents ‘The Miracle Worker’
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as CMC Theatre, will present two encore performances of William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker” at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House Feb. 5-6. This follows the play’s successful seven-show run at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus in October. During the renowned play’s performances on Broadway it snagged several Tony awards, including…