Category: News Releases
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One Book, One Valley author event at CMC in Edwards tonight
Reprinted from an April 2, 2014 Vail Daily News staff report EDWARDS — This year’s One Book, One Valley book selection, “Finders Keepers,” by Craig Childs, brings together this community through The Bookworm of Edwards and local libraries, local readers and book clubs. Thursday at 6 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, author Craig…
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Colorado Mountain College Named as One of Top 150 in the Country
Aspen Institute includes CMC in Recognition of Excellence contest Washington, DC – Highlighting the critical importance of improving student success in America’s community colleges, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has named Colorado Mountain College as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College…
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John Katzman to speak at CMC Edwards
“Gradually, then Suddenly, Disruption in Higher Ed” talk to explore technology’s impacts on the future of higher ed Author John Katzman will speak at CMC Edwards as part of the Women In Philanthropy Distinguished Lecture Series. Katzman is the founder of three education companies: The Princeton Review, 2U, and Noodle. The lecture will take place…
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CMC ArtShare opening showcases CMC photography student work
Diverse student photography on display at CMC ArtShare Gallery A new exhibit of photographic works by Colorado Mountain College students is on display through April 25 at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs. The featured photographers will be available to answer questions and discuss the art of photography at a free opening reception…
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The Aspen Institute and the Isaacson School for New Media Deepen Collaboration
Grant from Walter Isaacson benefits CMC New Media students Thanks to a donation from Walter Isaacson, students at the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College will have free access to the world-class Aspen Institute events all year-round in Aspen, CO. “This collaboration is an opportunity to expose students to the incredible resources…
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Colorado Mountain College to host collaborative planning process for new Breckenridge Community Greenhouse
First meeting March 14 Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in Breckenridge has partnered with local nonprofit High Country Conservation Center (HC3) to host a series of public forums and workshops to collaboratively plan, design and build the new Breckenridge Community Greenhouse. The greenhouse will be constructed this summer on the south side of the existing Breckenridge…
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#AvySavvyCMC: Colorado Mountain College in Leadville to Launch Avalanche Awareness Twitter Campaign
CMC Leadville, the highest altitude college campus in the country, hopes to raise awareness for backcountry safety and avalanche education through Twitter. One thing is for sure in Leadville, Colorado; Leadville Knows Snow. At, 10,200 feet above sea level, snow isn’t just precipitation, it is a culture. This past winter has proven impressive in terms of…
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Roaring Fork Cultural Council speakers’ series returns with CMC’s President Hauser
New college president to address how access to higher education transforms lives, communities What would draw a high-powered, rising star – one who has built a career on enhancing educational access for people who might not otherwise have that opportunity – to serve the small towns on Colorado’s Western Slope? As Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser…
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Norwegian ski movie “Supervention” to screen at CMC Speaker Series March 5
The Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Speaker Series continues Wednesday, March 5, at CMC in Breckenridge with a screening of the Norwegian ski movie “Supervention.” The screening starts at 7 p.m. and will be held at the college’s Eileen and Paul Finkel Auditorium. Tickets are $10, and there will be giveaways from Voile, Swany and Kind…
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Top instructor impresses students, colleagues
Conniff named Colorado Mountain College adjunct Faculty of Year for campus Colorado Mountain College instructor Michael Conniff sees his students in the Isaacson School for New Media as full partners in their own education, and his classes are designed to help them make substantive changes in their lives. Conniff’s hands-on, real-world approach paid off with…