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Colorado Mountain College headed to Chicago last week for a Higher Learning Commission AQIP Strategy Forum to focus on continuous improvement strategies for the College. The delegation included, left to right: Assistant Vice President of Student Services Lisa Doak; CMC Edwards Vice President Kathryn Regjo; CMC Steamboat Springs Vice President and Interim Vice President for…
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March for Meals ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser returns
CMC ceramics, culinary students provide bowls, soup to benefit Meals on Wheels RIFLE – As a kickoff to this year’s 40th anniversary of Grand River Meals on Wheels, two entities in the Rifle community are preparing to raise funds while providing students opportunities to use their artistic and culinary skills for a worthy cause. Organizers…
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Roaring Fork student’s research poster illustrates importance of sleep in developing brain
Roaring Fork Campus student Charles (Chaz) Tyler participated as an intern last summer in the STARS Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. He was paired with a mentor, Dr. Benjamin Mullin, to learn about the developing brain of a child and how it is affected by inadequate sleep and…
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‘Dr. G’ takes innovative approach to teaching
Colorado Mountain College biology instructor travels to Germany to film lectures Since 2009, when Dr. George Cornwall began to teach at Colorado Mountain College, she has been incorporating technology into her approach to learning – and she’s good at it. In 2013, she received Colorado Mountain College’s Adjunct Faculty of the Year award for the…
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Find money for college at College Goal Sunday at site near you
For the third straight year, Colorado Mountain College is hosting College Goal Sunday, a national event that takes place one Sunday afternoon in February for prospective college students and their parents to get free help with financial aid paperwork. Nontraditional and independent students are encouraged to attend as well, and assistance is available for applying…
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New American roots music blends bluegrass, folk
Fort Collins-based FY5 plays three free CMC concerts It probably helps to write a song about plowing snow off Red Mountain Pass in southwestern Colorado if you’ve actually driven the snowplow. Just like, when writing a song about the flood of the St. Vrain River through Lyons, it helps to have known someone who suffered…
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Student Spotlight: Thang Khan Sian Khai
The Glenwood Post Independent’s Feb. 11 Student Spotlight by Will Grandbois featured CMC Isaacson School for New Media student Thang Khan Sian Khai and is reprinted below. Thang Khan Sian Khai, known to his friends as Sian Khai, 19, grew up in Myanmar and came to the United States two years ago to attend Colorado…
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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” Wednesday’s sunrise, captured by CMC Rifle’s Gethze Hammond. Happy Friday. Enjoy the weekend!
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Jimmy Westlake: Behold the Dog Star
CMC astronomy and physics professor Jimmy Westlake “Celestial News” column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today newspaper. Reprinted below is is his column from Tuesday, February 9, 2016. There are 6,000 or so stars visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions, but only one can claim the title of “The Brightest Star.” That title…
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‘A Thousand Smiles: Images from Kenya’ coming to Colorado Mountain College in Aspen
For Kate Lapides, not all that occurs in Africa is about poverty and despair. On a trip last fall with fellow members of For the Good Period, a local humanitarian organization, she captured with her camera faces filled with hope, beauty and happiness. Those photos are the focus of a photography exhibit, “A Thousand Smiles: Images from…