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CMC photography student Rachel Williams wins gold at CPOY
This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. STUDENT SPOTLIGHT When Colorado Mountain College student Rachel Williams entered 5 photos into the illustration category for the college photographer of the year competition, she didn’t expect to win gold– much less gold, bronze, and an award of excellence. Williams, 20, is a…
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CMC Aspen partners with One Warm Coat to collect for coat drive program
Colorado Mountain College in Aspen is inviting area residents to make a difference in their neighbor’s lives by donating gently used warm coats and dollars to a campus-sponsored coat drive between November 23rd and December 18th. CMC in Aspen is partnering with One Warm Coat, a national non-profit organization, to bring the coat drive to…
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Path to citizenship took hard work, lots of paperwork
CMC students took first steps in ESL classes ASPEN – Learning to speak and write English at Colorado Mountain College was not enough for Zakarya Sidibe or Elizabeth María Ford. Both immigrants to the U.S., Sidibe and Ford were among those to recently become American citizens in a naturalization ceremony on Colorado National Monument outside…
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Coit, Shelton named local CMC campus’s full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year
Educators Roger Coit and Danielle del Castillo Shelton have been named 2015 full-time and adjunct, respectively, Faculty of the Year for Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville and Chaffee County. Coit, who teaches emergency medical services and outdoor education, was cited by co-workers and students in the award nomination. Past student Shawn Christiansen said that…
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Former CMC Trustee Wes Duran passes away
We are sorry to share that Wes Duran, CMC’s trustee from Lake County during 2007-2011, has passed away. His service to the college and its students was greatly appreciated, including as board treasurer. Duran was a resident of Twin Lakes and a retired 30-year officer of the U.S. Air Force. He brought to the college…
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Colorado Mountain College libraries receive support from state
Colorado Mountain College’s four libraries – three brick-and-mortar buildings and a virtual library – recently received a grant of $4,500 from the Colorado State Library through the State Grants for Libraries Act. The three physical libraries are based at the college’s three residential campuses: Quigley Library in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley, Timberline Library in Leadville and…
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Stoppard’s ‘The Real Inspector Hound’ at Colorado Mountain College
Sopris Theatre Company, formerly known as CMC Theatre, is presenting Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Inspector Hound” this fall. “The Real Inspector Hound” follows theater critics Moon and Birdboot, who are swept into the whodunit they are watching. In the hilarious spoof of Agatha Christie-like melodramas that follows, the question hangs in the air: Why is…
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Dia de Muertos at CMC Steamboat Springs
The CMC Latino Student Club organized and hosted a Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Fiesta Monday, November 2nd at the Steamboat Springs Campus.
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Carbondale ESL student earns state-wide honor from Colorado hotel association
Brenda Paredes first became a CMC student in 2011 when she began taking beginning level English as a Second Language classes in Carbondale. After taking classes for a few semesters, she took a short break from the ESL program. Earlier this year, she returned to CMC Carbondale and has now worked her way up to…
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CMC students provide free portraits for families in need
The faculty, staff and students of the professional photography program at Colorado Mountain College will be at the First United Methodist Church in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. to provide free portraits as part of the international Help-Portrait movement. Help-Portrait is a global movement of photographers using their time,…