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EcoFlight: Aerial Advocacy
Group puts ‘people in high places’ to encourage responsible resource use Ben Saheb and Jenna Wirtz, students in Colorado Mountain College’s Sustainability Studies bachelor’s degree program, traveled with Ecoflight this fall to study environmental issues in the West from an aerial perspective. Ecoflight uses small aircraft to fly students, media professionals, conservation groups and policy…
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Breckenridge: A-Basin lift tower frames CMC outdoor classroom
Campus to open amphitheater in spring This article was first printed in the Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjun. There’s a new sight to see along Highway 9 heading into Breckenridge: A chairlift tower standing singularly outside of the Colorado Mountain College campus. The tower is phase one of a project to create an outdoor…
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They can hear us hootin’ and hollerin’ from Wyoming
Spring Valley students earn Most Spirited Small School award at regional residence hall conference Nine students from Colorado Mountain College-Spring Valley recently attended the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (IACURH) conference at the University of Wyoming and walked away with the Most Spirited Small School award. IACURH is part of the larger…
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Club Rotario raises scholarship funds for CMC students
Members from many countries unite for common mission This article first appeared in El Montanes. By Veronica Whitney CARBONDALE, Colorado — To Paulino Abarco, the scholarship he got from the Roaring Fork Rotary Club to go to college means he can work a little less as a painter in Aspen and concentrate more on his…
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CMC’s new building is going vertical in Steamboat
This story originally appeared in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Story by Scott Franz Steamboat Springs — Standing on a top story deck of Bristol Hall on Wednesday afternoon, it was easy for Brian Hoza to point to the concrete outline of the stairways, elevator shafts, hallways and auditorium that will be part of the…
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Pre-Collegiate Program puts kids on track for college success
CMC a partner in successful program for first generation students This article was previously published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Jim Noyes. In a country where roughly 25 percent of high school students drop out and never earn their diplomas, and only one-third of the graduates move on to higher education at the…
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Warren Miller: On Tour
“Like There’s no Tomorrow” to screen at CMC Breck What better way to get pumped for the upcoming season than watching Lynsey Dyer, Chris Davenport, Daron Rahlves, Seth Westcott and JT Holmes drop gracefully into unbelievably big lines while garnering grin-inducing face shots?! Warren Miller Entertainment is returning to the Colorado high country this weekend,…
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Charity Dinner to be held at the Glenwood Center
Spaghetti dinner to raise funds for families of CMC students injured in motor vehicle crash On Friday, November 18th, Phi Theta Kappa and several other organizations will be hosting a charity spaghetti dinner at the Glenwood Center on Blake Ave. The purpose is to raise money for the families of students involved in the tragic…
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Friends, family mourn Chesley, remember ‘a quality guy’
CMC teacher, outdoorsman killed in mountain biking accident This article was originally printed in The Citizen Telegram. By John Gardner. Steve Chesley lived life as he died, always going forward and never looking back. “That has brought me comfort,” said Chesley’s son Brett Chesley. “Knowing that he was enjoying his life and that he wasn’t…
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Ecoflight Flight Across America Day 3
CMC Sustainability Studies student shares an aerial perspective on western environmental issues Day 3 began with another early start. I totally forgot that we were not in Aspen anymore. It was nice to see that even with the sun nowhere to be found, there was no frost on the hotel windows. We were in warmer…