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Spring Valley students make waves
Physics students set up, measure tiny tremors By Joe Reining Seismic waves are commonly associated with earthquakes resulting in deaths of people and destruction of structures. But the study of seismic waves and their properties can have much more common and beneficial aspects, too. On Sept. 22, students in Joe Reining’s algebra- and calculus-based physics…
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Celestial News: Here Comes Comet Hartley 2
There’s a comet coming! Right now, Comet Hartley 2 is an unimpressive green blob in the constellation of Cassiopeia, but in the weeks ahead, it could blossom into the best little comet of 2010. It might reach 5th magnitude in mid-to-late October, making it faintly visible to the unaided eye from dark sky locations. And,…
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Win a Free IPod Touch!
Current Students: Would you like to win a free iPod Touch or a $150 Amazon gift card? Colorado Mountain College invites you to participate in a survey about how you use the media and spend your time. Your participation in the survey will help the college with our future marketing plans. The college has hired…
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Center for Excellence in the Arts is now ArtShare.
Alice Beauchamp, former director of the CMC Center for Excellence in the Arts and now director of ArtShare, said the new name better expresses Colorado Mountain College’s growing partnerships with arts organizations and artists in the communities served by the college. As Alice explained: “ArtShare says, ‘We want to join with you to make the…
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Welcome Our New Aspen Counselor
We would like to welcome our new Aspen CMC counselor, Cody Chamberlain. Cody holds a MA in Counseling Psychology from Lewis University and a BA in Psychology and Communications from Clarke University. Cody reigns from Mechanicsville, Iowa and came to CMC to be the interim college counselor at CMC in Carbondale. The Aspen campus is…
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R U Alert?
College’s emergency & weather closure notification system test is Sept. 29 Take a couple of minutes to update your Colorado Mountain College contact information. It could save you a lot of trouble down the road. On Sept. 29, the College will test CMC Alert, the notification system designed to notify students and employees about emergencies…
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Celestial News: The Harvest Moon & More
There’s a lot going on in the skies over Colorado this week. Here’s a rundown of the week’s big events: Two giant planets, Jupiter and Uranus, reach their closest point to the Earth for this year on September 21. Look for dazzling Jupiter rising in the east as darkness falls. You’ll need binoculars to see…
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Hocking College and Colorado Mountain College Partnership a Reality
Exchange program brings Ohio students to Wyoming’s Wind River Range By Cooper Mallozzi Evan Benitez, Benjamin Bibee and Jeremy Wooddell from Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH, joined CMC Leadville Outdoor Recreation Leadership students for a 12 day mountaineering course. The partnership between Colorado Mountain College and Hocking College has officially begun. Three students from the…
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CMC board hears about effects of ballot measures
[LEADVILLE, Colo.] – In today’s meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, the trustees heard several different scenarios of the potential impact if Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 pass in November. Linda English, the college’s vice president of finance, responded to the trustees’ request for an explanation of how passage of…
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myCMC portal adds seamless library login
No longer requires library card number for remote access The myCMC portal for students, staff and faculty has been upgraded to make remote access to library services much easier outside the CMC network. The initial version of myCMC required users to enter a library card number, causing difficulties for those off-campus who didn’t have a…