Category: News Releases
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Poetry Slam goes multilingual this year
A beloved Summit County literary tradition is less than a month away, so it’s time for local poets to prepare for Colorado Mountain College’s eighth annual Poetry Slam on March 26. The slam gives local poets a venue to present their works (either memorized or read) to fellow poetry aficionados. The rules are minimal: –…
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Student photography on display at CMC ArtShare Gallery
The CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs is hosting an exhibit of wide-ranging photographic works by Colorado Mountain College professional photography students March 6-April 28. Because the college’s professional photography program encourages its students to develop their own ways of seeing, the show’s common denominator is the high quality of the photographic explorations in…
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Students invited to CMC’s Next Generation College Day on March 7
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville is hosting a free conference for regional middle and high school students and their families preparing for college and future careers. The Next Generation College Day on Saturday, March 7, will be held at the college’s Leadville campus and is open to students in grades 6-12 from Chaffee, Lake, Summit…
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Colorado Mountain College scholarship honors Eagle woman’s life
Friends of Mylissa Memorial Scholarship supports future teachers. By Carrie Click. It has been nearly six years since Eagle resident Mylissa Eckdahl passed away as a result of respiratory failure, leaving two teenage daughters and a life filled with learning, teaching others, giving back and overcoming extreme challenges. In January 2001, Eckdahl was working on…
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Empty Bowls soon to be filled at Grand River’s Meals on Wheels event
CMC, Grand River Health form partnership for fundraising on March 11 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 are busy getting ready for the March for Meals “Empty Bowls” Lunch event on March 11 at…
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Photojournalist, CMC instructor’s photo exhibit at Glenwood Springs Branch Library
Photographs by noted photojournalist Klaus Kocher are on exhibit at the Glenwood Springs Branch Library beginning Feb. 24. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the library. Kocher, who is on the faculty of the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College, teaches photo history,…
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Just try not to have fun at upcoming Swing Je T’aime concert
Colorado Mountain College presents lively ‘community music’ Feb. 20. By Carrie Click By this time, winter may be getting you down, but an upcoming live concert at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle is sure to pick up the spirits of even the most ornery among us. Not only that – the concert is free and…
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Theater professor named CMC Faculty of the Year
Gary Ketzenbarger takes top collegewide honors GLENWOOD SPRINGS – It was standing room only recently in Associate Professor Gary Ketzenbarger’s classroom at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley. That’s because a cadre of college administrators and guests interrupted Ketzenbarger and the dozen or so students in his Theatre Script Analysis class for a special…
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CMC Alumni Hall of Fame inducts seven honorees
Colorado Mountain College recently inducted seven new members into its Alumni Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held at the college’s campus in Steamboat Springs on Feb. 7 and included the following honorees: •Brian Allen – Colorado Alpine College alumnus (1969) •Yesenia Arreola – Spring Valley alumna (2007) •George Bagwell – retired faculty, honorary…
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Scholarship due date nears for Colorado Mountain College students
More than $600,000 in scholarships are available for qualified students attending Colorado Mountain College, but the time to act is now. Deadlines vary, but applications for many of the college’s scholarships are due March 1. The CMC Foundation offers and administers more than 300 scholarships. In order to apply for these, students must be pursuing…