Tag: Breckenridge Center
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Supporters celebrate pre-collegiate grads in
Program looks to make Summit High grads first in families to attend college BRECKENRIDGE — When he started high school, Einar Alejandro Rivera, who goes by Alejandro, didn’t think he would go to college. No one in his family ever had. Then, when he was 15, he joined the pre-collegiate program at Summit High School…
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Local philanthropist Eileen Finkel dies
Memorial service today at CMC Breckenridge This article was first printed in the May 13, 2012, Summit Daily News. Eileen B. Finkel, 69, a full time resident of Breckenridge since 1998 and a part time resident for eight years before that died Saturday from complications of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She is survived by her husband…
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Sustainability studies and social entrepreneurship
Earlier this year, we highlighted Erick Becerril, a young Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies bachelor’s degree student who is already putting his degree to work. Becerril created a composting and recycling business last year in Summit County. Catch a glimpse of Erick’s thoughts on the sustainability studies program in his own words in our latest…
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Enquiring minds might get answers, career, thanks to donation
CMC receives $17,000 in science equipment from ex-residents [BRECKENRIDGE] – One day, perhaps some renowned scientific genius will look back and give thanks to two former Breckenridge residents for a gift which launched that scientist’s career. That may be the case, after Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge recently received a generous donation of new scientific…
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Summit County’s fifth Community Garden to be on CMC campus
Summit County community gardens now serving nearly 2oo This article first appeared in today’s Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjan. When Breckenridge Community Garden comes into existence this summer, Summit County will tally five community gardens serving nearly 200 plot holders and one elementary school. High Country Conservation Center has largely spearheaded the movement. They…
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CMC student driving force behind Summit County’s Earth Hour
Global lights-out initiative set locally for 8:30-9:30 p.m. This article appeared in today’s Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjan. The world’s largest voluntary action for the environment happens Saturday, when the lights go out around the world for one hour. In Summit County, it’s set for 8:30-9:30 p.m. The initiative began in Sydney, Australia, when…
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Mammoths, mastodons and sloths — in Breckenridge tonight
Two CMC faculty share their experiences from the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site tonight This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. It sounds a little odd, but it served as a rite of passage, and celebration, for the folks working on the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site last summer, where the…
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Helping Hands: Event to highlight poverty around the world, in Summit
Poverty looks different in Summit than the rest of the country This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. What poverty around the world look like? Attendees at a free event later this month will find out. At the Hunger Banquet, folks will draw a ticket assigned with a level…
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CMC’s Alton Scales on the drums at fundraiser tonight
This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Aaron Bible. As part of tonight’s Casino Royale fundraiser for the Breckenridge Music Festival, attendees will be treated to the soothing sounds of local jazz ensemble the Trading Fours Jazz Band, led by Breckenridge’s Alton Scales. “What we play is traditional jazz with a…
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Sailing the Northwest Passage — and then some
David Thoreson will speak in Breckenridge Saturday about an amazing sailing adventure This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Experience a 28,000 mile sailing journey around the Americas — in only an hour — with expedition photographer David Thoreson. Thoreson is speaking Friday at the Breckenridge Colorado Mountain College…