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Experience Grand Gulch with CMC
For most people, the name Grand Gulch won’t ring a bell. However, its Four Corners neighbor 80 miles to the east, Mesa Verde, probably will. The two areas are alike in many ways. Grand Gulch contains petroglyphs and hundreds of archaeological sites, including cliff dwellings similar to those popularized by Mesa Verde and built by…
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CMC Alert system begins testing
Colorado Mountain College will soon test and deploy CMC Alert, the notification system designed to notify students and employees about emergencies or weather closures.
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Celestial News: Jupiter and Uranus Reach Opposition
After the lovely “evening star” Venus follows the Sun down to the western horizon on cool September evenings, another dazzling planet rises in the east to take her place. It is the giant planet Jupiter, largest of the planets in our solar system and second only to Venus in dazzling brightness. Jupiter will dominate our…
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Terence Sinclair-Wood: From Associate to Doctorate
By Ali Werden, Marketing Intern Broke, bored, and struggling to find happiness, Terence Sinclair-Wood knew being a travel agent for the rest of his life just wasn’t going to cut it. Terence hated forcing a smile every day while suggesting all the well-known tourist destinations to over-eager travelers. He disliked the repetitiveness. He despised his…
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New video encourages Latinos to pursue college
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgRe6gZyBQ&fs=1&hl=en_US] By John Stroud (reprinted from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent) For the Silva family, it used to be the expectation after their children graduated high school was that they would go to work and help support the family. So, when Eduardo and Maria Isabel Silva’s daughter, Yesenia (now Arreola), graduated from Carbondale’s Roaring Fork…
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College kicks off district-wide energy-efficiency upgrades
CMC also opens bids for three solar farms in Rifle, Leadville and Breckenridge Newly arriving students at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley may have been wondering about seeing large piles of dirt on campus. The earth-moving is because construction started recently on new geoexchange heating and cooling systems for the library and residence…
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Deb Cutter
Location of Nominee: Central Services, Financial Aid Date of Nomination: September 3, 2010 Nominated By: Katie Rust Reason for Nomination: I would like to nominate Deb Cutter for doing such a great job. When the Financial Aid Specialist at the West Garfield Campus was out with a family emergency, Deb came to our rescue. During…
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Sara Fowler
Location of Nominee: Central Services, Marketing Dept. Date of Nomination: August 31, 2010 Nominated By: Beth Zukowski Reason for Nomination: Sara is the driving force behind much of CMC’s presence in social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) These are essential venues for us because this is where our prospective students are. It is how they are…
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Early childhood training program grows at Colorado Mountain College
Care for young kids not just about keeping them safe, clean — education component important By Caitlin Row, Summit Daily News SUMMIT COUNTY — With the culture of child care ever changing, so are its training requirements. And Colorado Mountain College is now at the forefront of teacher education for pre-school aged children locally.
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Colorado Mountain College’s convocation offers students advice in Steamboat
By Scott Franz, Steamboat Pilot & Today Steamboat Springs — Pointing toward Mount Werner’s bare but clearly defined ski runs Friday, Peter Perhac talked about the importance of the classrooms that stood behind him. Perhac, the campus CEO at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs, knew the mountain would be a large temptation…