Category: News Releases
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Craig, Cox named CMC-Steamboat’s full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year
Mathematics educators Stephen Craig and Lee Cox have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Steamboat Springs. One of Craig’s students, Zack Greenberg, said in nominating his instructor, “He made me want to do my very best work for him as well as myself.” Another…
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‘The Yampa & Upper Colorado’ focus of John Fielder event at CMC in Edwards Oct. 27
Colorado landscape photographer John Fielder will give a free multimedia presentation on his newly released book, “Colorado’s Yampa River: Free Flowing & Wild from the Flat Tops to the Green.” The book contains photographs by Fielder and text by educator and river runner Pat Tierney, Ph.D. A Women in Philanthropy Distinguished Lecture Series event hosted…
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What do I do if there’s an emergency?
By Debbie Crawford (PIO) & Steve Rozanski (Risk Manager) In light of recent violence on college campuses, awareness of our college’s emergency preparedness is more important than ever. Over the years the college has been regularly improving its emergency plans and training, and understanding your role – as a student, an employee or a community…
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Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College opens season with ‘The Miracle Worker’
The season opener for Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as CMC Theatre, is William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker.” During its run on Broadway the play snagged several Tony awards, including for best play. “The Miracle Worker” is based on Helen Keller’s autobiography, “The Story of My Life.” Blind, deaf and mute since her formative years,…
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High school students invited to First Generation College Day at CMC Oct. 23
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville is hosting the third annual First Generation College Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, on a day when Leadville schools are not in session. The free event is for high school students preparing for college and future careers, and their family members. The day will start…
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‘Badluck Way’ author on tour with CMC’s Common Reader program
By Carrie Click. When Bryce Andrews took a job at an expansive Montana cattle ranch near Yellowstone, he didn’t intend to write “Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West.” His nonfiction account came from daily notes he took about working with cattle, confronting predatory wolves and observing how people, wild places…
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‘Miracle Worker’ Sopris Theatre’s season opener
The Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as Colorado Mountain College Theatre, opens its 2015-16 season Oct. 23 with “The Miracle Worker,” William Gibson’s beloved story based on Hellen Keller’s autobiography, “The Story of My Life.” Blind, deaf and mute since her formative years, young Keller, unable to communicate, is frustrated and violent. In desperation, her…
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STEM teachers learn through hands-on workshops
Chevron Summer Science Institute at CMC boost teachers’ learning By helping teachers improve their ability to teach science, the Rifle, Colo., campus of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is motivating area students to become more excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Faced with a pressing need based on area students’ low scores in…
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CMC disabilities service coordinator finalist for book award
Silverthorne author Karin Mitchell, the disabilities services coordinator at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge and Dillon, recently was named a finalist in an international award competition, for her first novel. On Sept. 1, Mitchell learned “Between Families” was a finalist in the Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contest in the Young Adult – Social…
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Fall enrollment increases at CMC
More students, taking more classes collegewide Kimberly Vega’s first good experience with Colorado Mountain College was through the faculty who taught her concurrent enrollment classes when she was a student at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. “The teachers had a big impact on me,” said Vega, who is now a second-year student focused on…