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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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New CMC Food Club reducing campus waste
Steamboat Springs — A Food Club formed earlier this year at Colorado Mountain College is impacting the school’s amount of food waste and raising awareness about food sustainability among students and staff. Founded in March, the club is an umbrella organization for two local chapters of nationwide projects, Real Food Challenge and Food Recovery Network.…
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The Whole Works helps women stitch careers and grow outdoor industry
This article was published in the Denver Post. By Jason Blevins. RIFLE — Kelly Alford remembers the first time she sat down in front of a sewing machine and created something. She was just a child, but she says “my whole world shifted.” That shifting continues today as Alford and three other women, each with…
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New applied engineering degree offers students range of opportunities
CMC expands program to improve job prospects By Carrie Click Luis Pena was just 3 years old when he moved with his family from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Parachute. Growing up amidst Colorado’s Western Slope oil and gas production meant the industry has always had a familiar presence in his life. So when it came…
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Local fifth-graders learn 3D printing with Colorado Mountain College professor
This article on CMC Steamboat Springs engineering professor Steven Craig’s work teaching 3D printing to fifth-graders appeared was originally published in the Steamboat Today. By Audrey Dwyer. Steamboat Springs — Students in Kyle Paolantonio’s fifth-grade math class sat at their desks transfixed by the screen image of a TinkerCad-designed Batmobile, comparing it to the 3D…
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Vail Daily column: A jump on college — for free
This Valley Voices column by CMC Edwards Campus Vice President Kathryn Regio was published in the December 16 Vail Daily. “College students are more than $1 trillion in debt!” scream national headlines. But it doesn’t have to be this way. And smart students and their families in Eagle County know why: These students are graduating…
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees certifies election results, mill levy
Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its December 2015 meeting Monday at the college’s Glenwood Center on Blake Avenue in Glenwood Springs.
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1000 Words: CLETA graduation
The cadet class at Colorado Mountain College’s 2015 Fall CLETA graduation with President Carrie Besnette Hauser shortly before the ceremony. Congratulations to our latest grads!
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Right Brain: Executive chef Steve Vlass dishes on menu changes at Keystone Ranch
The Summit Daily News Right Brain section profiles creatives in Summit County. CMC Culinary Institute alumni Steve Vlass, currently the executive chef at Keystone Ranch, was featured on December 1, 2015. By Heather Jarvis. The Keystone Ranch debuted a new menu upon opening for the season Friday, Nov. 20. Tweaking the menu to now categorize…
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Harding, Donovan named full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year for online learning
By Carrie Click. Educators Dr. Kimberly Harding and Erin Donovan have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s online learning department. Harding, who also teaches science at the college’s residential campus at Spring Valley, was noted for developing and delivering an outstanding online version of the Human…