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1000 Words: Mt. Kilimanjaro Summit
Students on CMC’s East Africa Study Abroad program just successfully summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and are safely down from the mountain. Way to go, students. Enjoy the rest of your fine adventure. (Stay tuned, everyone else, for more photos! Courtesy Trey Shelton, CMC Leadville outdoor studies program.)
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Su Comida, Su Vida means ‘your food, your life’
CMC, Valley Settlement Project, area elementary schools work together to present nutrition workshops In December, three nutrition workshops taught throughout the mid and lower Roaring Fork Valley taught participants how to make healthy food choices, how to avoid food with pesticides and how to purchase nutritious food on a budget. For many of those attending,…
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1000 Words: Happy Holidays
Whatever you celebrate and wherever your path leads this holiday season, we hope it’s filled with joy and beauty. Enews will be on hiatus until the end of the holiday break. See you in the new year!
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Campus closures for Monday, December 22
Colorado Mountain College’s Aspen location closed today, December 22, at 11 a.m., and Spring Valley will close at 4 p.m. due to snow and deteriorating road conditions. Enjoy the snow, and stay safe out there!
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Exploring Steamboat: A community that gives where it lives
Leadership Steamboat is sponsored by Colorado Mountain College in partnership with the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. The program is aimed at growing and enabling business and community leaders. The culminating project of this year’s class of new leaders was Yampa Valley Gives, which partnered with Colorado Gives Day to expand its reach. Lisa Schlichtman…
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Defining Sustainability: Riders
CMC sustainability studies student & semi-pro snowboarder Jake Black shares his thoughts on greening up the planet, taking a stand, and the need for positive, creative thinking. First printed in Snowboard magazine. Black is also a talented photographer who shoots conceptual black & white images with a 4×5 Toyo field camera. Nicolas, a lifelong vegetarian,…
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PI photographer headed to Africa
CMC professional photography program grad Christopher Mullen is off to Africa to photograph for the non-profit CURE International. This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. After years looking for a steady job in photography, Christopher Mullen landed two of them. A week after signing on part time with the Post…
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Patients benefit when nurses have advanced education
This CMC Corner column by Judy Evans, MS, RN ran in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent on Dec. 8. Evans is an associate professor of nursing at Colorado Mountain College and an acute care nurse who has been in the nursing profession for 38 years. For more information on CMC’s nursing degrees, visit coloradomtn.edu/nursing. Were…
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Avalanche safety classes available at CMC
For those wanting to venture into the backcountry this winter, now is a prime time to plan to take an avalanche safety course at Colorado Mountain College. Both lecture and field classes are filling up quickly in preparation for the winter season. Colorado Mountain College’s locations in Edwards, Breckenridge, Leadville, Aspen, Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley and…