Category: News Releases
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For Loeschen, it’s all about moving
Popular fitness instructor named faculty of year at CMC Linda Loeschen likes to keep moving and to help others do the same thing, even if it’s early in the morning. “I danced since I was three, so it just kind of evolved from there,” she said. “Keeping moving is the answer to staying fit, flexible and…
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Hybrid EMS program aids paramedic students at CMC
Edwards instructor’s role cited in faculty honor More people are learning life-saving skills through Colorado Mountain College’s emergency medical services and paramedic program in Edwards, thanks in part to instructor Liz Owen. Serving CMC for a decade, Owen has helped the college become the first institution in Colorado to offer a hybrid program, using both…
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Making geology fun, interesting at CMC
Frick’s passion for environment, teaching noted in faculty honor “Dynamic” and “spatial” may not be the words most people think of when it comes to geology. But they are among the ones Betsy Frick uses to describe the subject she has taught for five years at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. Frick’s efforts to…
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High standards in class prepare students for real world
Conifer-based adjunct online Faculty of the Year receives collegewide honor Even though Colorado Mountain College has some of the most stunning campuses in the country, placed at some of the state’s most picturesque mountain towns, some students never even set foot on campus. Even still, they are fortunate to be learning online from some of…
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CMC selects regional vice president to serve campuses spanning Rifle to Aspen
Higher education executive Richard Maestas begins new role June 1 After receiving more than 200 applications and a search process involving dozens of Colorado Mountain College staff and faculty, a well-regarded community college administrator has been selected to fill a new position at the college. On June 1, Richard Maestas will become the first regional…
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CMC Culinary Institute director featured on Rocky Mountain PBS
Kevin Clarke, director of the Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute, will take the spotlight this Sunday, March 22, when the PBS television series “Hittin’ the Road” features him cooking in the institute’s commercial teaching kitchen at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge. The educational program, produced by Rocky Mountain Adventure Quest, features different aspects of life…
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CMC Board of Trustees approves changes in tuition discounts
At its meeting in Rifle on Monday, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees unanimously voted for modifications in tuition discounts, including expanding the college’s “in-district” classification to include Colorado residents, and their dependents, who also own residential property in the six-county CMC district. This means that for the first time, students with second homes…
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CMC offers $1,000 scholarship to all local high school seniors
A personalized letter going out this month from Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser outlines a new scholarship designed to capture the attention of graduating high school seniors living in the college’s 12,000-square-mile service area. The letter offers all graduating seniors the Colorado Mountain College President’s Scholarship of $1,000, to be used for…
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CMC’s Common Reader art and writing contest winners explore ‘Cabin Fever’
Colorado Mountain College sponsors an annual collegewide art and creative writing contest based on the Common Reader book that is read by students, staff, faculty and community members. This past year, the college community collectively read “Cabin Fever,” a modern-day memoir by Tom Montgomery Fate along the lines of Thoreau’s musings on nature and society’s…
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World renowned environmentalist, author to speak at CMC in Edwards March 11
As part of the Women in Philanthropy Distinguished Lecture Series, international best-selling author Maude Barlow will speak about the global water crisis and the solutions needed to avoid a worldwide water shortage. The free talk will take place on the evening of March 11 at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. Barlow’s lecture, “Blue Future: A…