Category: News Releases

  • StartUp Weekend Breckenridge postponed

    The Jan. 31- Feb. 2 Startup Weekend at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge has been postponed, due to low ticket sales. A critical mass is required for a successful Startup Weekend, so organizers are seeking a weekend that is not in competition with skiing – and with the Super Bowl. All who’ve registered to attend…

  • CMC Sky Club opens Crystal Observatory Jan. 31

    Same group that operates popular Screamboat to showcase celestial wonders Members of the public and students and are invited to gaze at winter’s stars while strolling through an outdoor structure that’s part ice-and-snow sculpture and part outdoor mandala. The Crystal Observatory, built by the Colorado Mountain College Sky Club, will be up and running by…

  • Colorado Mountain College Information Night Jan. 30 in Westminster

    Front Range high school students and parents can learn more about getting an affordable start on college in the mountains during a free Colorado Mountain College Information Night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 at the Westin Westminster hotel, 10600 Westminster Blvd. in Westminster. The free session includes refreshments and door prizes, including…

  • Colorado Mountain College Information Night Jan. 29 in Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs-area high school students and parents can learn more about getting an affordable start on college in the mountains during a free Colorado Mountain College Information Night on Jan. 29 at the Embassy Suites hotel, 7290 Commerce Dr., in Colorado Springs. The free session includes refreshments and door prizes, including a custom snowboard made…

  • Get Smart at Colorado Mountain College

    Campaign shows the great benefits of learning local at CMC This week, Colorado Mountain College begins the Smart campaign outreach to local high school seniors and their parents. This campaign is designed to promote the affordable and high quality education students can receive at CMC. High school seniors and parents will be receiving mailings and…

  • J. Miller Band stakes new musical territory at Rifle’s CMC campus

    Rooted in bluegrass, rock, honky-tonk, Western swing, and good, old-fashioned storytelling, the J. Miller Band will bring its own brand of “hippie cowboy music” to a free, live concert at the Colorado Mountain College campus in Rifle on Jan. 17. “We like to cater our shows to the audience,” said Jason Miller, the singer-songwriter who…

  • CMC buildings are now on the Energy Navigator

    In what could be a huge boost to regional energy and economics education, 25 large Colorado Mountain College buildings are now on CLEER’s Energy Navigator, a software and hardware system that tracks energy use and displays it on kiosks around the community. Facilities managers with the 11-location college are this month rolling the Energy Navigator…

  • Backcountry Film Festival in Breckenridge Jan. 12

    BRECKENRIDGE – Backcountry enthusiasts will want to mark Jan. 12 on their fresh new 2014 calendars. That’s when the Winter Wildlands Alliance’s Backcountry Film Festival rolls into Breckenridge for a night of short, outdoor winter films. Founded nine years ago, the film festival is a production of the Winter Wildlands Alliance, a national nonprofit headquartered…

  • Conflicting ideas, materials animate new exhibition

    ArtShare showcases ‘Ink Paintings’ by Andrew Roberts-Gray   Glenwood painter Andrew Roberts-Gray, like most people, is full of contradictions. Unlike many, he strives to embrace them – in his life and in his art. Instead of bringing disparate elements into harmony in his most recent series of paintings, Roberts-Gray decided to let an unlikely amalgam…

  • Colorado Mountain College wins prestigious industry awards

    Colorado Mountain College recently earned recognition from regional chapters of both the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The college’s annual progress report from last year, the First Choice Review, earned regional awards from both organizations – gold from CASE and silver from NCMPR. The…