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Justice Snow’s and CMC Partner on “Writ Large” Storytelling Series on March 25th
Justice Snow’s continues the Writ Large live storytelling series in the Parlor on Wednesday, March 25th at 7:00 p.m. Storytellers include Matt Haslett, David Cook, Sean Tamisiea, Shere Coleman, Alecia Evans and Brian Tinker. This is a free event but guests are encouraged to RSVP to 429-8192 as limited seating is available. Writ Large is…
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Breckenridge students Brooke Potter and Jake Black balance school with ski comps
This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Phil Lindeman. Jake Black is first to admit he doesn’t quite live a Walden Pond existence. The longtime Summit County resident has for years led the hectic and gear-centric life typical of a top-tier snowboarder who travels all over the world to compete. The 26-year-old…
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CMC Board of Trustees approves changes in tuition discounts
At its meeting in Rifle on Monday, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees unanimously voted for modifications in tuition discounts, including expanding the college’s “in-district” classification to include Colorado residents, and their dependents, who also own residential property in the six-county CMC district. This means that for the first time, students with second homes…
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CMC academy teaches officers how to do the right thing
This corner column by Stewart Curry was first published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. Doing the right thing: It’s what we aspire to as children, parents, friends and citizens. It’s also what we expect from professionals like doctors who prescribe our treatments, accountants who calculate our taxes and certainly peace officers who ensure our…
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CMC’s Common Reader art and writing contest winners explore ‘Cabin Fever’
Colorado Mountain College sponsors an annual collegewide art and creative writing contest based on the Common Reader book that is read by students, staff, faculty and community members. This past year, the college community collectively read “Cabin Fever,” a modern-day memoir by Tom Montgomery Fate along the lines of Thoreau’s musings on nature and society’s…
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World renowned environmentalist, author to speak at CMC in Edwards March 11
As part of the Women in Philanthropy Distinguished Lecture Series, international best-selling author Maude Barlow will speak about the global water crisis and the solutions needed to avoid a worldwide water shortage. The free talk will take place on the evening of March 11 at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. Barlow’s lecture, “Blue Future: A…
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Poetry Slam goes multilingual this year
A beloved Summit County literary tradition is less than a month away, so it’s time for local poets to prepare for Colorado Mountain College’s eighth annual Poetry Slam on March 26. The slam gives local poets a venue to present their works (either memorized or read) to fellow poetry aficionados. The rules are minimal: –…
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1000 Words: Hitting the Slopes
CMC President Carrie Besnette Hauser hit the slopes last weekend at Copper Mountain, sporting her CMC-student designed skis. Note the ad lower right corner. Play safely. Happy weekend!
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In College, On the Air
This article was printed in the Aspen Sojourner. By Amanda Rae. The voice of a community can’t be expressed more clearly than it is on local radio. Now the perspective of a younger generation can be heard in the Roaring Fork Valley, thanks to Radio CMC (radioCMC.com; 102.7 FM from Aspen to Snowmass Canyon, 93.9…
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Student photography on display at CMC ArtShare Gallery
The CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs is hosting an exhibit of wide-ranging photographic works by Colorado Mountain College professional photography students March 6-April 28. Because the college’s professional photography program encourages its students to develop their own ways of seeing, the show’s common denominator is the high quality of the photographic explorations in…