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Colorado Mountain College landscape painting exhibit comes ‘Close to Home’
Five renowned artists are your neighbors By Carrie Click Usually, it goes something like this: You arrive at an art exhibit and look around. If it’s a landscape show, you admire the talent and perspective of the painters, but you don’t recognize the scenes depicted. They depict a far-off beach or city, or maybe a…
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The Whole Works launches Kickstarter campaign
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2011 the U.S. lost 750,000 apparel manufacturing jobs. A new company based in Rifle is attempting to get some of those jobs back. The Whole Works is a new sewing facility that provides skilled sewers to designers of softgoods and clothing. Besides training people to…
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United Way of Eagle River Valley announces CMC graduate as new executive director
Alumna Rebecca Kanaly was a top graduate of the inaugural class of the bachelor’s in business administration program at Colorado Mountain College. First published in the Vail Daily. VAIL — The board of the United Way of Eagle River Valley has appointed Rebecca Kanaly as executive director, replacing Karen Lechner, effective Dec. 1. As executive…
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Less talk, more action
The Colorado Climate Summit moves past the conversation about climate change and toward solving the problem The following article on the Colorado Climate Summit was published in the Boulder Weekly. CMC Rifle instructor Chris Ellis, who teaches in the college’s solar energy program, is featured at the end of the article. Ellis shares his thoughts…
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CMC professor starts running target club on campus, eyes big future
This article was printed in the Steamboat Today. By Ben Ingersoll. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College math professor Alex Krolik longs to bring a different kind of Olympic sport to Steamboat Springs. It’s no secret that the city has pumped out more Winter Olympians than any other in North America. But Krolik has a…
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Colorado Mountain College honors veterans, military all year
Veterans Day, Nov. 11, reminds us to honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Colorado Mountain College supports both veterans and active-duty military by offering to them and their dependents its affordable in-district tuition rates, regardless of residency. The discounted rate applies to CMC’s online courses, as well as at the college’s…
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees meets in Aspen
Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its November 2014 meeting Monday at the college’s campus in Aspen. During the meeting the board unanimously voted to approve: The college’s preliminary 2013-14 and first quarter 2014-15 financial reports Reserve appropriation and spending resolutions A new lease with Charter Communications for space on the Leadville campus Ongoing…
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Cesark presents ‘Floating Compression’ at CMC ArtShare Gallery
By Carrie Cilck. For those familiar with the work of the late architect Buckminster Fuller and his one-time student, sculptor Kenneth Snelson, the artwork of K Rhynus Cesark may strike a distant yet distinct chord. Cesark’s art is the focus of a solo exhibition, “Floating Compression,” at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs…
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From CMCLeadville Student to Alaskan Heli-Skiing Tour Guide
“Every day I wake up and I do the thing I love.” CMC Leadville Outdoor Recreation Leadership student Brett Menter is pursuing his dream career as a snowboard guide with Majestic HeliSki guiding company in Alaska.