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Student who began studies at CMC graduates from Harvard
[STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.] – Saling Simon took an unusual route from the mountains of Colorado to the ivy-covered halls of Harvard University, with one of the most definitive legs of his journey beginning at Colorado Mountain College. This spring CMC President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser received Simon’s Harvard graduation invitation, along with a handwritten note…
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CMC hosts Reach Your Peak summer camps
Middle students dream big this summer with help from Colorado Mountain College Colorado Mountain College Rifle and Roaring Fork campuses, in a partnership with several Western Colorado higher education institutions, are offering low cost summer camps to middle school students this summer. The summer camps are part of Reach Your Peak Colorado. Reach Your Peak…
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CMC Ski Team shines with academic honors
CMC athletes earn Phi Theta Kappa and All Academic honors Students on Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Ski Team juggle academics with an intense travel schedule. Despite the extra challenge incurred by life on the road, the team managed to earn a cumulative GPA of 3.55 during the spring 2014 semester. Two students, Will Cutler and…
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Cabin Fever
CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf Colorado Mountain College’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members in critical conversations and…
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Tom Gillis, former dean at CMC in Leadville
The following obituary was originally published in the Leadville Herald Democrat. Thomas (Tom) Gillis died at home on May 9 with his wife and children by his side. Gillis was born in Ipswich, Mass., on Nov. 28, 1939, the youngest of eight siblings in a French Canadian family. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in…
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Celebrate 50 years of the Maroon Bells
The Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness turns 50 this year, and Aspen is celebrating. The August 2 Maroon Bells Birthday Bash takes place from 3 to 9 p.m. at the base of Aspen Highlands. The event features cake, candles, kids’ activities, wilderness displays, a keynote speech by author and activist Rick Bass, Ute Nation performance and four…
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1000 Words (more of less): Last Weekend
A nice reminder for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Check out photographer Carl Zoch and Carbondale’s own Sarah Uhl’s sweet creative video on crafting a wondrous weekend adventure close to home, then take a moment to love where you live and explore it with new eyes while you remember our veterans this weekend. Happy (and…
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A season in the Chugach
CMC Outdoor Recreation Leadership graduate learns to guide in Alaska’s Chugach mountains Brett Menter, a CMC Outdoor Recreation Leadership graduate, spent the winter as an aspiring guide with the Alaska-based guiding service Majestic Heli Ski. CMC graduate and instructor Chad Mickschl works as a guide for the company. Menter had the opportunity to take part…
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Sustainability Conference
Sustainable housing, hydroenergy, Real Food Challenges: Just a few of the solutions CMC Sustainability Studies students created as part of their capstone projects. If you missed Colorado Mountain College’s recent Sustainability Conference, you can now catch the wrap up on the students’ inspired ideas and the conference through the eyes of CMC’s Ben Saheb: