Category: News Releases
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Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College calls for actors for ‘Uncle Vanya’
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as CMC Theatre, will hold open auditions for “Uncle Vanya,” Brian Friel’s version of the well-known play by Anton Chekhov. Auditions will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25 at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley, and callbacks will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26. Two…
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‘A Celebration of Haute Cuisine’ features CMC apprentice chefs
Diners at the Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute’s upcoming benefit dinner will not only enjoy a sumptuous four-course meal while savoring specially selected beverages, they’ll support scholarships for the renowned culinary program’s student apprentices, many of whom have gone on to work at top restaurants. Paired with the courses will be a variety of beverages,…
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Sparks fly at Colorado Mountain College’s high school welding class
CMC-Lake County High School partnership provides instruction, college credit – and a start on potential welding careers. By Carrie Click. Isaac Dorsey wore a welding helmet embellished with an ominous skeleton skull as he used a plasma cutter on a metal box, sparks flying up toward the student’s shielded face. In early December, Dorsey and…
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Lisa Ellena to exhibit ceramic work at CMC ArtShare Gallery
To begin the new year, ceramist Lisa Ellena will fill the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs with her functional and sometimes surreal ceramic and encaustic work. An opening reception will be held for the artist on Jan. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ellena, who teaches ceramics at the Colorado Mountain College campus…
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Public notice of upcoming accreditation review visit by CCNE
Colorado Mountain College wishes to announce that it will host a site review for initial accreditation of its RN-BSN (baccalaureate) nursing program by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). You are invited to meet the site visit team and share your comments about the program in person at a meeting on Feb. 25, 2016,…
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New applied engineering degree offers students range of opportunities
CMC expands program to improve job prospects By Carrie Click Luis Pena was just 3 years old when he moved with his family from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Parachute. Growing up amidst Colorado’s Western Slope oil and gas production meant the industry has always had a familiar presence in his life. So when it came…
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees certifies election results, mill levy
Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its December 2015 meeting Monday at the college’s Glenwood Center on Blake Avenue in Glenwood Springs.
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Harding, Donovan named full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year for online learning
By Carrie Click. Educators Dr. Kimberly Harding and Erin Donovan have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s online learning department. Harding, who also teaches science at the college’s residential campus at Spring Valley, was noted for developing and delivering an outstanding online version of the Human…
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Path to citizenship took hard work, lots of paperwork
CMC students took first steps in ESL classes ASPEN – Learning to speak and write English at Colorado Mountain College was not enough for Zakarya Sidibe or Elizabeth María Ford. Both immigrants to the U.S., Sidibe and Ford were among those to recently become American citizens in a naturalization ceremony on Colorado National Monument outside…
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Coit, Shelton named local CMC campus’s full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year
Educators Roger Coit and Danielle del Castillo Shelton have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville and Chaffee County. Coit, who teaches emergency medical services and outdoor education, was cited by co-workers and students in the award nomination. Past student Shawn Christiansen said that…