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Four Year Stories Project: Georgie Weber
Colorado Mountain College’s “Four Year Stories Project” shares the stories of our inaugural class of bachelor’s degree students, who received degrees in May. Next up in our series: Georgie Weber from Steamboat Springs. Read on! When Colorado Mountain College began offering bachelor’s degrees two years ago, Steamboat Springs resident Georgie Weber was ecstatic. “I knew…
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Four Year Stories Project: Kyle Ballinghoff
Colorado Mountain College’s “Four Year Stories Project” shares the stories of our inaugural class of bachelor’s degree students, who are receiving degrees this weekend. Next up in our series: Kyle Ballinghoff from Steamboat Springs. Read on! Kyle Ballinghoff had already worked his way up the ladder to an upper management position at Surefoot‘s retail store…
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Four Year Stories: Stacey Novak
Colorado Mountain College’s “Four Year Stories Project” shares the stories of our inaugural class of bachelor’s degree students, who received degrees this May. Next up in our series: Stacey Novak from Glenwood Springs. Read on! Stacey Novak initially had every intention of going to a large university after graduating from high school in the Roaring…
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Memorial Day 2013
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”- Joseph Campbell. CMC campuses will all be closed on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day. Have a safe, and wonderful, day remembering our veterans.
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Longtime CMC geology instructor publishes field guide to local rock formations
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. By Tom Ross This is not a geology textbook, though it contains a good deal of science. Rather, it is a guide for people who would enjoy outings that take them to an interesting mineral deposit, a fossil site or a notable geologic formation, perhaps one they…
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Learning to live a simpler, High Country lifestyle
This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. In a world full of gadgets and gizmos, it’s hard not to wonder what it might be like to go back to a simpler way of life — back when High Country pioneers and miners grew their own food, raised their own chickens and gathered honey…
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District court judge rules SourceGas lease void and unenforceable
Glenwood Springs, CO (May 6) – In a written order issued today, Garfield County District Court Judge James Boyd has ruled that a lease between SourceGas and Colorado Mountain College is void and unenforceable. SourceGas sought to lease five acres of land on the college’s campus in Spring Valley for the purpose of building a…
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CMC Sustainability Students Visit National Ice Core Lab
When Sustainability Studies adjunct Jessica Burley starts off her “Thinking in Systems” class at Colorado Mountain College, she likes to ask her students the following question: “What can our history teach us about a sustainable future?” It’s a question Burley poses to her students without any expectation of what the response might be, but rather…
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Turn Your Love of the Outdoors Into a Career
If you love the adventure and excitement of the wilderness, you might want to considerer an outdoor recreation leadership career. The active outdoor recreation economy is big and getting bigger. Bicycling, hunting, fishing, camping, paddling, snow sports, and other activities contribute $730 billion annually to the U.S. economy. And outdoor recreation provides nearly 6.5 million…
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Put Your Passion to Work in Visual Arts
Traditionally, a visual arts degree is necessary for a successful career in photography, art, and design. But the degree can also help those pursuing some of the most offbeat jobs in the world. How about cake decoration? Cake decorators use icing, frosting, or other edible elements to decorate cakes that resemble 3D people, places, and…