Category: News Releases
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CMC graduates learn inside, outside classroom
Colorado Mountain College Rifle campus graduates’ stories Three years ago, at age 51, Ronde Crawford reached a turning point. Her children were grown and on their own. And after spending most of her life raising kids and working, the Parachute mother of four and grandmother of two was ready to make some positive changes for…
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Play by valley writer staged at Vintage Theatre in Aurora
“Unmarried in America,” written by Glenwood Springs playwright and Colorado Mountain College adjunct instructor Kristin (K.D.) Carlson, opens at Vintage Theatre in Aurora, Colo., on May 8. The play, which explores the national debate around marriage equality, had its first public reading at Colorado Mountain College in the fall of 2011. Aspen Stage and an…
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CMC brings annual employee conference to Leadville
LEADVILLE – During early May, if you happen to bump into more Colorado Mountain College employees than usual in your favorite restaurant or retail establishment, don’t be surprised. Several hundred CMC employees will be filling local hotels, coffee shops and stores as they descend upon the college’s campus in Leadville for a day and a…
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CMC receives $17,000 from Kaiser Permanente as part of a statewide community college scholarship campaign
Kaiser Permanente and Colorado Mountain College collaborated to distribute the following release. Funds will be awarded as scholarships to students enrolled in health science programs at Colorado Mountain College DENVER – Kaiser Permanente has announced new grant funding for students studying in community college health science programs on the Western Slope. A $90,000 matching grant…
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CMC selects new leader for Roaring Fork Campus
Heather Exby takes lead in Spring Valley, Glenwood, Carbondale July 15 [GLENWOOD SPRINGS] – Following an extended national search, Colorado Mountain College has found a new leader for its Roaring Fork Campus, practically in its own backyard. In early July, Dr. Heather Exby, who is currently the director of student services at Western Colorado Community…
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Making math fun – and rewarding
This CMC Corner column was first published in the April 12 edition of the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Jason Vargas As a math teacher, I come across a lot of students who say, “I can’t do it,” “I don’t get it,” or “it’s not for me.” I feel their pain, because I remember and…
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Words of wisdom brought Hazel Miller to Colorado
Popular performer to appear in free concerts at CMC. By Mike McKibbin Mom’s advice paid off for Hazel Miller. It led the now-popular singer to leave her home as a young adult in Louisville, Ky., and eventually travel the world, performing jazz, gospel, blues and R&B. “When I was 16, she saw me perform in…
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Colorado Mountain College Receives $17,000 Investment From Kaiser Permanente
Part of Statewide Community College Scholarship Campaign Funds will be awarded as scholarships to students enrolled in health science programs at Colorado Mountain College through the Campaign for Colorado Community Colleges DENVER – Kaiser Permanente has announced new grant funding for students studying in community college health science programs on the Western Slope. A $90,000…
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Steamboat’s own astronaut Steven Swanson to give CMC commencement address May 2
NASA Astronaut Steven Swanson, Ph.D. will give the keynote commencement address at Colorado Mountain College’s spring graduation ceremony in Steamboat Springs on May 2. Swanson is a 1979 graduate of Steamboat Springs High School, and though he’s traveled more than 83 million miles in space throughout his 17-year career at NASA, he considers Steamboat Springs…
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1907 French farce gets 21st century update, lands on the CMC stage
Playwright Georges Feydeau wrote “A Flea in Her Ear” more than 100 years ago. Now, modern-day playwright David Ives has updated this intentionally ridiculous bedroom farce. Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, formerly CMC Theatre, is presenting it in a five-performance run in April. Directed by Brad Moore, the play takes the audience to…