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CMC promotes five faculty from assistant to associate professors
Faculty hail from Eagle, Garfield, Routt counties Five Colorado Mountain College assistant professors from the college’s campuses in Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley and Edwards recently received promotions, said Dr. Brad Tyndall, the college’s vice president of academic affairs. All five faculty were elevated from assistant professors to associate professors. Tyndall explained that the difference…
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CMC holds registration for GED prep, basic skills classes
Colorado Mountain College helps adults improve their lives, job opportunities The Colorado Mountain College Adult Learning Labs in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale help adults who want to improve their basic academic skills, improve job opportunities or advance to college-level classes. The labs are there to help members of the community improve their reading, writing and…
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Colorado Mountain College RagNerds
CMC’ers help raise funds for Special Olympics Colorado Nearly two dozen Colorado Mountain College employees, family members and students came together from throughout the college’s numerous campuses to take part in the 194-mile, Copper Mountain to Snowmass, Ragnar Relay Colorado over the weekend to raise funds for Special Olympics Colorado.
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Dual enrollment saves big dollars for Eagle County students
EAGLE COUNTY — On college tuition checks, the numbers tend to contain more zeroes than your average congressional committee. As a group, local high school students save almost $1 million a year by taking college classes while still in high school. They’re called dual enrollment classes and the Eagle County school district ranks eighth among…
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State recognizes Glenwood for downtown improvements
This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By John Stroud. Glenwood Springs has been recognized by the state of Colorado for its four-year, $18 million-plus effort to spruce up its downtown. Downtown Colorado Inc. on Thursday announced that the Glenwood Downtown Development Authority, the city and four other public entities had won the…
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Jimmy Westlake: Super moon to stifle meteor shower
CMC professor Jimmy Westlake’s Celestial News column appears Tuesdays in the Steamboat Today. Catch his sum up of this weekend’s full moon, first printed in the Steamboat Today, below. For more columns by Westlake here. Steamboat Springs — Ordinarily, I would be writing this week to tell you all about the upcoming Perseid meteor shower, arguably…
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What will drive future state economic success?
CMC President Carrie Besnette Hauser and Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, addressed economic development at a recent Vail Valley Partnership event. A Vail Daily News recap of the event, first published in the Vail Daily, is reprinted below. VAIL — Colorado’s first regional economic initiative was completed before…
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Tickets on sale now for upcoming Empty Bowls fundraiser in Edwards
CMC Edwards “bowl-a-thon” creates hundreds of bowls for fundraising event. This article was first printed in the Vail Daily News. By Zachary Johnson. EDWARDS — The sixth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser returns to the Vail Valley on Aug. 12. Guests are encouraged to take part in a simple meal of soup, bread and dessert contributed…
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First $1 million donated to Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College
Walter Isaacson announces Fullerton pledge [ASPEN] – Today Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, announced the first $1 million pledge to the Isaacson School for New Media at Colorado Mountain College. The donation is from Aspen residents John and Jessica Fullerton, who have previously demonstrated their support of the program by creating…