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Senegalese men among Summit County’s Colorado Mountain College graduates

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This story ran in the Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley.

Djibril Diol, left, 24, and Alioune Ndour, 25, met not long after moving to Silverthorne from the West African country of Senegal in 2012. The two became friends and recently earned their associate of science degrees in physics from Colorado Mountain College.
Djibril Diol, left, 24, and Alioune Ndour, 25, met not long after moving to Silverthorne from the West African country of Senegal in 2012. The two became friends and recently earned their associate of science degrees in physics from Colorado Mountain College.

While Summit County’s ski resorts and scenery attract people from other countries, increasingly so do its educational opportunities.

Two men from Senegal, a country on the west coast of Africa, were among the 161 students from the Colorado Mountain College campuses in Breckenridge and Dillon who earned degrees and certificates and were honored at the school’s annual graduation ceremony.

Both Alioune Ndour, 25, and Djibril Diol, 24, received associate of science degrees in physics.

Their graduating class included those who finished their courses in the fall and spring and those who will finish in the summer. Students earned a total of 29 bachelor’s degrees, 121 associate’s degrees and 30 certificates of occupational proficiency, and some graduates earn more than one degree or certificate. Click for full story.