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Learning English propels high school graduates to CMC
Aspen, Basalt grads on their way to college, thanks to Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarships El Salvador and the Dominican Republic are thousands of miles away in distance and culture from the Roaring Fork Valley. For two young men, their journeys from being non-English-speaking immigrants to high school graduates, and their continuation to Colorado Mountain College…
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CMC awards Alpine Bank scholarship to Carbondale and Glenwood Springs students
This year’s Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship program is helping 11 students from Western Slope high schools attend Colorado Mountain College. Alpine Bank has been awarding scholarships to qualified students since the program began in 1996 and, to date, has financed more than 170 scholarships. ENews has been running a series of profiles on these hopeful,…
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College now possible for Steamboat High School graduate
Student Celeste Portillo will attend CMC on Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship Celeste Portillo doesn’t yet quite know what direction she wants to go academically when she attends Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs this coming fall. But she is determined about one thing. “I might not know exactly how to answer the question, ‘What do…
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CMC awards Alpine Bank scholarship to local students
Three students earn assistance to attend Colorado Mountain College This year’s Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship program is helping 11 students from Western Slope high schools attend Colorado Mountain College next fall. Three graduating seniors from Eagle County were recently named as Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholars: Andy Sandoval from Eagle Valley High School, Thelma Juarez from…
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CMC awards Alpine Bank scholarship to local student
Hard work, leadership result in success, gratitude When Cinthia Valderrama saw a hungry man come into La Perla, the restaurant where she worked while attending Summit High School, she didn’t turn him away. Seeing that the man had only enough money to buy one taco, she reached into her own pocket and paid for his…
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Boot camp for Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society held at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville recently served as the base camp for 32 Colorado leaders of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Nine PTK chapters from across the state were represented at the first Chapter Officer Boot Camp to be held at a CMC campus. “This is a selective group of students,” said…
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CMC receives Institution of the Year award from Colorado education organization
Colorado Mountain College was recently acknowledged for promoting access to higher education to disadvantaged and diverse populations when the college received the Institution of the Year award from the Colorado Educational Services & Development Association. Two CMC staff members were also recognized for their service to CESDA. Vicky Valentine, admissions assistant at CMC in Glenwood…
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Roaring Fork Valley veterans raise funds, inform through acting
CMC Theatre director directs play raising awareness of veterans’ issues This article first appeared in the Aspen Times. By Karl Herchenroeder Coming to grips with the loss of cognitive functioning and codependency on family members are a couple of the issues returning veterans with traumatic-brain injuries experience. They are issues happening in living rooms and…
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CMC hosts Reach Your Peak summer camps
Middle students dream big this summer with help from Colorado Mountain College Colorado Mountain College Rifle and Roaring Fork campuses, in a partnership with several Western Colorado higher education institutions, are offering low cost summer camps to middle school students this summer. The summer camps are part of Reach Your Peak Colorado. Reach Your Peak…
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Cabin Fever
CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf CMC’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members and culminates with local author visits – See more at: https://coloradomtn.info/partnerships/common_reader/#sthash.dOj45UME.dpuf Colorado Mountain College’s Common Reader engages students, staff and community members in critical conversations and…