Category: News Releases
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CNG-powered truck to support mobile learning for energy courses
By Rob Winn If you’ve spotted a white truck with green leaves on it at Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus, you’ve seen the latest addition to our integrated energy technology programs. The truck, a 2012 Ford F-250 Super Duty, runs on compressed natural gas, a fossil fuel composed mostly of methane. CNG is an emerging…
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ProStart culinary team to cook with French flair for competition
CMC and BMHS instructors teach high school students culinary skills By Stefanie Kilts Can your teenager cook carré d’agneau dans sa croûte aux amandes, pommes de terre Anna, chou frisé aux pommes et fenouil and demi-glace aux cerises? Or in layman’s terms, almond crusted rack of lamb, potatoes Anna, kale with apple and fennel, and…
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Judge defers ruling on motion in SourceGas lawsuit
[GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO.] – Yesterday, District Court Judge James Boyd deferred ruling on Colorado Mountain College’s motion for summary judgment regarding the validity of a lease with SourceGas that proposed a compressor station to be located on CMC’s Spring Valley campus. Judge Boyd set another status conference in the case for March 22, 2013, and…
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‘Crossroads’ exhibit displays photos from intersecting projects
ArtShare Gallery show honors longtime CMC photography employee Scot Gerdes is a familiar face to many students who have enrolled in Colorado Mountain College’s professional photography program. For the past 14 years, Gerdes has worked at the Spring Valley campus near Glenwood Springs as the photo lab technician and has many fond recollections of working…
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CMC board appoints Charles Cunniffe as interim Pitkin County trustee
In a special meeting on March 5, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Charles Cunniffe as interim trustee for Board Member District 1 in the college’s six-county district. Cunniffe’s appointment continues until the next regular election of the board, in November 2013. He will be sworn in and participate in…
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Met production of ‘Parsifal’ simulcast at CMC
Production on big screen in Breckenridge A live, high-definition simulcast of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Parsifal” starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Finkel Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge. “Parsifal,” Wagner’s telling of the quest for the Holy Grail, in this more contemporary stage setting, stars Jonas Kaufmann…
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Spring Isaacson School Workshops kick off Friday, March 1
The first in a dynamic series of workshops sponsored by the Isaacson School for New Media takes place this week at CMC in Aspen. The Isaacson School’s Digital Black Diamond Workshops, designed to get both beginners and mid-career professionals up to speed in new media, start Friday March 1, 2013 with Social Media I: The…
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Study Abroad – in Peru!
Machu Picchu. The Pisac Market. The Andes. Colorado Mountain College’s Peru Spanish Immersion program offers participants a chance to immerse themselves in Peruvian culture and Spanish language for four exciting weeks this summer. The program includes four hours of daily Spanish culture and language classes, a homestay with a Peruvian family, day trips to the…
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Fine dining for a good cause at Keystone Ranch
Scholarship endowment dinner raises funds for CMC Culinary Institute The CMC Foundation will present its 8th Annual Scholarship Endowment Dinner with a five-course fine dining and wine experience on Feb. 28. The dinner will be held at the acclaimed Keystone Ranch Restaurant and raises funds for future students of Colorado Mountain College’s Culinary Institute. The…
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Top instructors create optimal learning environments
Sears, Kipfer named CMC faculty of the year for Steamboat By Kristin Carlson [STEAMBOAT SPRINGS] – Colorado Mountain College biology instructor Becky Sears strives for a balance between challenging and supporting the students in her classroom. “I like it when students think I’m tough and I’m fair,” she said. That balance has paid off in…