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CMC’s Common Reader program sponsors art and creative writing contest
Deadline approaching soon for “Challenging Injustice” contest Colorado Mountain College is once again sponsoring an art and creative writing contest as part of the Common Reader Program. All entries for this year’s contest should focus on the theme of “challenging injustice,” inspired by Carlotta Walls Lanier’s book A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice…
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EMS Symposium Lives up to Its Mission
CMC Educators bring home best practice ideas from annual event EMS Director Mike Trujillo, Clinical Coordinator Ken Rogers and Paramedic Professor Liz Owen attended the 16th Annual Educational Symposium & Trade Show Sept. 13-18 in Reno, Nevada. The National Association of EMS Educators (www.naemse.org) puts on the event. Their mission is to “Inspire Excellence in…
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Breckenridge: The broad picture of bark beetles
Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative comes to Breck for Friday meeting This article first appeared in the Oct. 24, 2011 Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjun On Friday, the Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative — a coalition of officials from agencies, organizations, educational institutions and more who are working to address the ecology of lodgepole pine forests…
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Soaring with EcoFlight
CMC student gains aerial view of environmental issues Hearing my alarm on Monday morning was the most pleasant wakeup I have ever had. For the first time in a while, I skipped the snooze button and jumped out of bed with enthusiasm. It was still dark outside but my spirit was bright and I was…
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CMC grieves loss of student in accident
Thursday night four of our students were seriously injured in a car accident near Spring Valley and transported to Valley View Hospital. We are deeply saddened to report that one of the students, Steph Zgorzynski, died as a result of her injuries. The three other students, Juan Chavez-Krysko and Calla Fisher and a minor we…
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Steamboat student gets view of national parks
This article was first published in the Oct.16th edition of Steamboat Today. By Scott Franz. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College student Ben Saheb said there were plenty of interesting things to look at outside the windows of the unique classroom he sat in last week. After riding in the backseat of a Cessna flying 12,000…
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CMC Foundation head named ‘Outstanding Professional’
Association of Fundraising Professionals in Colorado honors Matt Spencer The Colorado Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has named Matt Spencer, chief executive officer of the Colorado Mountain Colorado Foundation, as the chapter’s Outstanding Professional for 2011. Each year the state AFP chapter honors outstanding fundraising members who practice their profession in an exemplary…
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Colorado Mountain College asking residents to help plan future
Survey asks public about strategic plan for CMC The president of Colorado Mountain College is asking constituents in the nine counties CMC serves to submit their ideas about future college priorities in an online survey available through Oct. 14. “We would like to involve people living in our communities in our long-term planning process by…
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Award-winning photo grad displays work at CMC Gallery
Opening reception on October 14th Recent professional photography work by Colorado Mountain College graduate Elizabeth Moreno will be on display in October and November at the college’s gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs. Born and raised in La Paz, Baja California Sur, México, Moreno moved to the U.S. in 2002 to study and obtained an Associate…
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Climbin’!
A climb up Breckenridge’s beloved backdrop This post was originally published in student Ali Gringas’s blog “See What I See” A year ago this time I posted an entry about hiking Baldy Mountain with three of my friends. Unfortunately we got to just over 13,000 ft and decided we were exhausted. This year however, I…