Category: News Releases
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First Generation Summit at CMC in Leadville
Summit helps students access ‘resource capital’ Steven Medina, college counselor at the Leadville campus of Colorado Mountain College, knows what it’s like to face the higher-education maze without a parent who completed college to guide the way. A first-generation student himself, Medina is committed to helping others who are also the first in their families…
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CMC-Leadville grads heading into dream careers
For Ambroses, it’s resource management; for Harness, it’s outdoor leadership Diane Ambrose, Greg Ambrose and Shannon Harness won’t have much time to sit back and contemplate the Colorado Mountain College degrees they will receive in the May 2 commencement ceremonies at the college’s campus in Leadville. That’s because all three will be quickly applying their…
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Susan Cain, bestselling author and acclaimed TED speaker, to talk at fundraiser at CMC in Edwards
Readers, leaders and observers of human behavior won’t want to miss an upcoming author’s talk from Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of The New York Times bestseller “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” “Quiet” has sparked a national conversation about introverts, who are estimated to occupy up to…
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CMC serves up culinary experience alongside school credit
Chef Matt Maier refines palates, expands horizons of local high school students Students at Coal Ridge and Rifle high schools are in for a treat, beyond the delicious pastry they’ll learn to create, when they sign up for concurrent enrollment in the culinary program at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle. The intensive class offers a…
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Wo/Men in Transition, Gateway celebrate 25 years of service May 16
For 25 years, Colorado Mountain College’s Wo/Men in Transition and Gateway programs have been improving the odds of occupational and educational success for economically challenged Roaring Fork families. To celebrate the upcoming milestone birthday for both programs, a fundraiser celebration will be held Friday, May 16. Launched in 1989, Wo/Men in Transition began as an…
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Colorado Mountain College welcomes new vice president
Taylor brings deep, broad experience to CMC in Leadville, Buena Vista A new campus vice president will soon head up Colorado Mountain College in Leadville and Buena Vista, a leader whose experience encompasses administrative leadership and teaching environmental and earth sciences at the college level in the West and Midwest, but also much more. “James…
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Lindsey Thomson earns collegewide recognition
Edwards adjunct Faculty of Year named awardee for all CMC campuses On a recent Wednesday night, Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, along with several faculty and staff, burst into adjunct instructor Lindsey Thomson’s classroom in Edwards to surprise her with an announcement: She has been honored as adjunct Faculty of the Year…
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CMC Theatre’s ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ pulls out all stops
Raucous musical comedy combines vaudeville antics with Broadway song, dance Colorado Mountain College Theatre’s production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” capitalizes on all of vaudeville’s most beloved gags: zany one-liners, bad puns, physical humor and slapstick comedy. The result is an extravaganza of hilarity that makes fun of one…
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‘Big Water, Little Boats’ author Tom Martin coming to Colorado Mountain College
CMC in Carbondale and Breckenridge to host free talks Tom Martin, author of “Big Water, Little Boats,” a history of river-running on the Colorado River from the 1940s and ’50s, will speak at two April appearances at Colorado Mountain College. The free, 45-minute program features original photographs from various Grand Canyon river trips over several…
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Princeton Review founder to speak about technology in education
[Edwards] – On Tuesday, April 8, The Princeton Review founder and lifelong education entrepreneur John Katzman will speak at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. Doors to the event open at 5 p.m., the talk begins at 5:30 p.m. and a VIP cocktail reception with Katzman will follow immediately afterwards. The presentation, entitled “Gradually, then Suddenly:…