Tag: Carbondale
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‘Impressions In Ink’ features Colorado Creative Districts’ artists
Reception Jan. 11 at CMC ArtShare Gallery at Morgridge Commons
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Alpine Bank awards students with Latino/Hispanic scholarships to CMC
Thirteen high school graduates to attend Colorado Mountain College this fall
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Carbondale couple break even on $75,000 Tesla
This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Heather McGregor/Clean Energy Economy News Craig and Colleen Farnum of Carbondale are a middle-class couple with professional jobs, a mortgage, school loans and a 9-month-old daughter. They are also the owners of a Tesla Model S all-electric car, which has a 250-mile range and cost…
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Carbondale ESL student earns state-wide honor from Colorado hotel association
Brenda Paredes first became a CMC student in 2011 when she began taking beginning level English as a Second Language classes in Carbondale. After taking classes for a few semesters, she took a short break from the ESL program. Earlier this year, she returned to CMC Carbondale and has now worked her way up to…
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Carbondale CMC gets young kids thinking about college
This summer, Colorado Mountain College in Carbondale played host to three groups of very young inquiring minds. The Summer Advantage Program, a national initiative that creates summer learning opportunities, brought groups of local students to CMC. Counselor Craig Farnum and Administrative Technician Linda Froning talked to young students about why people go to college, how…
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Adult learning labs grant 30 years of second chances
This CMC Corner Column appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Suzanne W. Kirch. Community colleges are, “an American invention, designed to give people a second chance,” according to Charles “Chick” Dassance, former interim president at Colorado Mountain College. The Adult Learning Lab in Glenwood Springs is just one way that CMC has been reinforcing…
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1000 Words: Help-Portrait
Since 2008, photographers around the world have taken portraits, often of people in need, through the organization Help-Portrait, then printed and delivered them free of charge. Professional photo program students in CMC’s Isaacson School donated their time to Help-Portrait for the fifth year running Friday night, Dec. 5, at CMC in Carbondale, creating free portraits…
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CMC Partnership Puts Solar Atop Another Library
This article appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Garfield County Libraries Page by Page publication. In 2012, the Garfield County Libraries first partnered with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) to put a 10 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic system on the New Castle Branch Library. In 2013, CMC returned to put a 19.6 kW array on…