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CMC-Leadville grads heading into dream careers
For Ambroses, it’s resource management; for Harness, it’s outdoor leadership Diane Ambrose, Greg Ambrose and Shannon Harness won’t have much time to sit back and contemplate the Colorado Mountain College degrees they will receive in the May 2 commencement ceremonies at the college’s campus in Leadville. That’s because all three will be quickly applying their…
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Susan Cain, bestselling author and acclaimed TED speaker, to talk at fundraiser at CMC in Edwards
Readers, leaders and observers of human behavior won’t want to miss an upcoming author’s talk from Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of The New York Times bestseller “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” “Quiet” has sparked a national conversation about introverts, who are estimated to occupy up to…
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CMC serves up culinary experience alongside school credit
Chef Matt Maier refines palates, expands horizons of local high school students Students at Coal Ridge and Rifle high schools are in for a treat, beyond the delicious pastry they’ll learn to create, when they sign up for concurrent enrollment in the culinary program at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle. The intensive class offers a…
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Wo/Men in Transition, Gateway celebrate 25 years of service May 16
For 25 years, Colorado Mountain College’s Wo/Men in Transition and Gateway programs have been improving the odds of occupational and educational success for economically challenged Roaring Fork families. To celebrate the upcoming milestone birthday for both programs, a fundraiser celebration will be held Friday, May 16. Launched in 1989, Wo/Men in Transition began as an…
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Silt resident credits Colorado Mountain College programs for job and career
Three historic educational bills passed by the Johnson administration, which created what are now known as the TRIO programs, are still opening doors for students locally and nationwide. Colorado Mountain College is helping students via TRIO programs at five of its campus locations. Our public information staff recently explored how these programs are changing the…
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TRIO programs celebrate five decades of student success
Three historic educational bills passed by the Johnson administration, which created what are now known as the TRIO programs, are still opening doors for students locally and nationwide. Colorado Mountain College is helping students via TRIO programs at five of its campus locations. Our public information staff recently explored how these programs are changing the…
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Life-changing professors at Colorado Mountain College
CMC student Shannon Fatjo will be graduating From Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Two faculty members at the college had an especially important impact on her educational journey. Shannon wrote about those professors in a Letter to the Editor in the Steamboat Today…
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Glenwood Springs event engineered to entice kids into science
CMC in Glenwood Springs hosts CU Boulder Science Discovery workshop for young Western Slope students. This article appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up!” Eric Carpenter proclaimed with the aplomb of a stage magician. Carpenter was one of three members of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s…
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Wolf Pack Reunion 2014
On March 16, 2014, two hundred alumni from CMC Steamboat Springs returned to campus to remember and celebrate the lives of two classmates, Shawn Pace and Corey Eardley. The group had been tightly knit while they were CMC students, bonded together by the immediate sense of community they felt in Steamboat Springs and their passion…
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The path to self-sufficiency
This CMC Corner column by Sonny Conley ran in the Glenwood Post Independent. My path after high school didn’t take me immediately to college. At the time, I wasn’t in a position to invest in a college education without knowing what I wanted to do. I wanted to first see the world and backpack through…