Category: News Releases
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Free Parent Information Day at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle
Colorado Mountain College in Rifle is hosting a free Parent Information Day for residents living anywhere from Aspen to Parachute from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 1. The event is designed to give parents information they need to support their children’s current educational needs and their future higher education goals. Topics include concurrent enrollment,…
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Novak passes presidential baton for ACCT Professional Board Staff Network
October’s Association of Community College Trustees Annual Congress marked the ending of an era for Debbie Novak, executive assistant to Colorado Mountain College’s president and staff secretary to the CMC Board of Trustees. For the past year Novak has been the president of the Professional Board Staff Network of ACCT, and at the annual congress…
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Partnership for Education reaches successful end – and beginning
Students can go from pre-K through college along one-mile stretch in Eagle County By Carrie Click The Partnership for Education was supposed to take 50 years to achieve its goal of constructing a college campus and integrating it into the Edwards community – yet it took just a dozen. So at an Eagle County School…
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College hires new general counsel
Pueblo native and Denver-based attorney Richard Gonzales has been hired as the new in-house general counsel for Colorado Mountain College. “We are pleased to offer this position to such an extraordinary, well-qualified candidate and Coloradoan,” said Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Colorado Mountain College. “Not only was Richard Gonzales the first university…
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Free shuttle bus runs for CMC students
Colorado Mountain College students and employees can now save money and be greener by catching free rides between college locations in Glenwood Springs, Spring Valley and Carbondale. RIDE CMC is a free shuttle service operating Monday through Thursday between three local CMC locations and the Thunder River Market on Highway 82 at the Spring Valley…
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Community invited to annual veterinary technology facility tour and open house
Colorado Mountain College’s Veterinary Technology Club invites the community to tour the program’s 220-acre center and teaching hospital at Spring Valley on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Refreshments and a silent auction will also be available. The comprehensive tour is free and open to anyone who is interested in veterinary technology or…
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CMC’s Gianneschi co-authors two groundbreaking reports on education reform
Before Dr. Matt Gianneschi accepted his position in March as chief operating officer and chief of staff at Colorado Mountain College, he needed to finish writing several groundbreaking reports for the Education Commission of the States. At the time Gianneschi, then vice president of policy and programs for the Denver-based ECS, a national nonprofit that…
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Information sessions scheduled for nursing degree programs
Colorado Mountain College is holding information meetings about its bachelor’s and associate degrees in nursing, in time to register for the spring semester. The Bachelor of Science in nursing application deadline is Nov. 15, and classes begin Jan. 12. The associate degree application deadline is Feb. 1 for a fall 2015 start. The Bachelor of…
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Let it Shine: An evening with John Perlin
Join author, lecturer, and expert in solar energy and forest preservation John Perlin for a free presentation on his newest book: “Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy.” Perlin will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6 in the Calaway Room at the Third Street Center, 520 S. Third St., Carbondale The…
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EV Rally of the Rockies shows off electric car muscle
Oct. 3 road rally starts in Aspen, Vail, Grand Junction and Snowmass Village, converges in Carbondale Eight electric vehicles will take a fall colors road rally on Friday, Oct. 3, leaving from Aspen, Vail, Grand Junction and Snowmass Village, traveling through communities equipped with vehicle charging stations, and ending with a party in Carbondale. “The…