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  • Glenwood Springs High School grad earns Alpine Bank scholarship

    Dolly Contreras selected as one of 13 Latino/Hispanic scholars Dolly Contreras said she was “in shock” when she learned she’d been awarded an Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship to attend Colorado Mountain College. “I was so happy and really proud of myself.” According to science teacher Joe Mollica, who recommended Contreras, she has every right to…

  • Fire Ban Restrictions

    Stage Two Fire Ban Restrictions to be implemented in Garfield County, White River National Forest and local BLM and NPS land Effective today, 6/20, the CMC Rifle Campus will implement Stage 2 fire ban restrictions due to extreme fire danger in Garfield County. On Friday, June 22, the Bureau of Land Management (Northwest Colorado District)…

  • Take Flight with Ecoflight

    Last fall, Colorado Mountain College Sustainability Studies students Ben Saheb and Jenna Wirtz took part in a three day trip over the American Southwest with Ecoflight, an environmental advocacy organization that uses small aircraft to fly students, conservationists, media, policy makers and concerned citizens above landscapes impacted by clear-cuts, strip mines, gas and oil drilling…

  • Homework Assignment: Graduate from college and high school…simultaneously

    Edwards graduate Hayley Beard joins list of CMC Concurrent Enrollment students earning two degrees at once When Hayley Beard walked across the stage to receive her high school diploma from Eagle Valley High School earlier this month, she already had her college diploma in hand. The role reversal happened thanks to Colorado Mountain College’s Concurrent…

  • Road work part of construction at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs

    12th Street realignment begins Monday The realignment of 12th Street in Steamboat Springs began Monday, June 11, resulting in some detours within the neighborhood. During construction, access to 12th Street is restricted to everyone but area residents. Work is to be completed by Aug. 23. Contractors working for Colorado Mountain College are realigning the street…

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  • Reading Buddies program builds relationships, literacy skills

    Colorado Mountain College service-learning project reaches out to young readers By Kristin Carlson [EDWARDS] – After a wave of deep budget cuts at the national, state and local levels, schools across Colorado are seeking innovative ways to deliver more education for less money, and Edwards Elementary School is no exception. So when Evan Weatherbie, developmental…

  • New Colorado Mountain Catalog is live

    CMC’s new online catalog offers enhanced functionality Colorado Mountain College’s catalog is now entirely online at: http://catalog.coloradomtn.edu. Take a road test and try out the new features! The site is friendly and functional, offering a portfolio function that helps you build and track your degree and share content via social media. More thoughtful catalog  features…

  • Carbondale teen earns CMC scholarship from Alpine Bank

    Roaring Fork High School grad Tena selected as one of 13 Hispanic/Latino scholars By Kristin Carlson [CARBONDALE] – Math always came easily to Oscar Tena, but he knew that his college dreams would be hard-won, if not impossible, without a scholarship. Enter Alpine Bank. “When they called,” Tena said, “I was amazed.”  The middle child…

  • GED graduation honors 43

    Diplomas sign of hard work, achievement At the GED graduation ceremony at Colorado Mountain College June 5, graduates earned 41 GEDs and two adult high school diplomas from the college’s Glenwood Springs and Carbondale centers and Aspen campus. Getting a GED or adult high school diploma can translate into serious earning power, research shows. According…