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Discovering a home at CMC’s Culinary Institute
Student Monica Martin fuels her dual passion for food and sustainability Monica Martin already has a Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences degree from the University of North Texas. She’s worked at numerous jobs in the hospitality industry, ranging from server, bartender, banquets assistant manager, restaurant bookkeeper and reservations manager. For a time, she also…
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Community colleges get $17.2M grant
This article first appeared in The Denver Business Journal Federal grant will help CMC create job-training partnerships A consortium of Colorado community colleges will get a $17.2 million federal grant to help train workers for new jobs. The money is part of $500 million awarded to community colleges around the country by the U.S. departments…
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Willa Kane
Location of Nominee: Central Services Date of Nomination: September, 2011 Nominated by: Noreen Steiner, Administration, Lappala Center, Colorado Mountain College Reason for nomination: I nominate Willa Kane for her above and beyond excellence and kind manner with everyone she deals with and every situation that is thrown at her. Indeed, she is a huge asset…
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Local college building tools for professionals
‘Professional development’ courses include using social media, learning new software This article first appeared in the Sept. 19, 2011 Vail Daily. By Scott N. Miller. EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado — Amy Morrison has spent a career in a world dominated by print. After moving to the Vail Valley, she decided she needed new skills and went…
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Leadership Summit encourages community participation, leadership
CMC Class application deadline is Oct. 5 This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Colorado Mountain College’s Leadership Summit is heading into its seventh year of inspiring Summit County members to not only lead, but actively participate within the area. The program was started in 2004 by a group…
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Q & A with Sustainability Studies professor Mercedes Quesada-Embid
New professor reflects on sustainability, service, and teaching Mercedes Quesada-Embid’s life reads a bit like a script for the content of the Sustainability Studies class she recently taught on a crisp autumn morning at Colorado Mountain College in Dillon. Deeply active in community work, pursuing research that explores the intersections of economics, resources and…
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Colorado Workforce hosting field trips and forum
Employer tours 9/21 and 9/22 in Frisco, Edwards, Leadville The Colorado Workforce Center is hosting employer field trips and an employer’s forum. The 2011 Employer Field Trips teaches employers about programs and services offered by the center on a regular business. Trips are being held at the Frisco workforce center 2-4 p.m. Sept. 22, the…
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CMC ski team joins prestigious Division I association
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. By Luke Graham. The last thing Colorado Mountain College Alpine ski coach Terry Leonard is oblivious to is his built-in advantage. Standing at the base of Howelsen Hill on Thursday, with a sky that hinted at winter, Leonard was overseeing and ushering in a new era of…
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Nordica Sidecountry line features design input from CMC
CMC Ski & Snowboard Business students get hands-on experience Mike Martin is director of Colorado Mountain College’s respected Ski and Snowboard Business program in Steamboat Springs. He also moonlights as a professional athlete and product tester for Nordica. Martin and his Nordica cohorts were recently in a new video release for the Sidecountry line that…
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Bike-In Movie
Steamboat’s sustainable take on a classic American pastime By Ben Saheb, CMC Steamboat blogger correspondent A Drive-in-Movie is an iconic American activity that goes back to the roots of American history. With Steamboat Springs being an iconic American destination, drive in movies are a perfect activity for the tourist and local alike. The only problem…