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Vail Daily column: Education is an economic driver
Dr. Jason Glass, superintendent of Eagle County Schools; Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Colorado Mountain College; and Chris Romer president and CEO of Vail Valley Partnership, co-authored this editorial, first published in the Vail Daily. A healthy and diverse economy pays almost innumerable benefits to a community. A few of these positive…
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What It Takes to Keep a Community Theater Running
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on the diverse, innovative approaches community theaters around the country are utilizing to stay afloat. The long running Aspen Community Theatre and Colorado Mountain College theatre program faculty Brad Moore were featured in the article by Kevin Brass. All the world may be a stage, but theater…
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Lois Gibbs to Speak at CMC in Edwards Nov. 6
Love Canal Activist to Interact with Students and the Public By Carrie Click You can count them off on a few fingers – a select group of young American women in the second half of the 20th century who dared to stand up, demand answers and enact change regarding grave environmental hazards plaguing their families,…
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A celebration of 50 years of Colorado wilderness
Photographer John Fielder to present wilderness images at CMC Edwards In celebration of the 50th anniversary of America’s Wilderness Act, renowned photographer John Fielder will present his favorite wilderness images at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, from 3-5 pm. Fielder has been photographing the beauty of Colorado for 40 years.…
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Best of the Boat: Jimmy Westlake voted best professor
CMC outdoor education professor John Saunders takes runner-up honors This article was printed in the Steamboat Today. By Teresa Ristrow. It’s not hard to find out why Colorado Mountain College Professor Jimmy Westlake is considered a star among the community — not a shooting one, but a shining one.… The diehard astronomy professor, who moved…
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EcoFlight: Putting it in perspective
EcoFlight is an Aspen-based nonprofit organization that advocates for the protection of wild lands and wildlife by flying people over landscapes located mostly in the American West, to gain a “big picture” perspective of these areas. From Oct. 11 to 14, eight college students – each of whom wrote an essay that won them a…
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Wall Street Journal consults Isaacson School teacher
New headset makes virtual reality mobile Wall Street Journal Video recently reviewed Altergaze, a 3D-printed headset which connects to smartphones, giving users a virtual reality experience from their mobile device. For the review, WSJ Video sought the expertise of Steve Kaufman, an instructor at Colorado Mountain College’s Isaacson School for New Media. Kaufman is involved…
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Eagle and Pitkin counties host open house events for veterans
Eagle County Veteran’s Services Officers Pat Hammon and Tyson Ivie will host two open houses in October to allow veterans and their families to meet them and receive information regarding veterans’ services and benefits. The first open house will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 in room 258 at Colorado Mountain College…
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Jimmy Westlake: Partial solar eclipse coming Thursday
Jimmy Westlake’s Celestial News column appears Tuesdays in the Steamboat Today. Find more columns by Westlake here. Steamboat Springs — The shadow of the moon will swoop across almost all of North America on Thursday when the moon crosses paths with the sun This eclipse will not be total or annular from anywhere on Earth;…
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Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College opens its season with one of its ‘most challenging shows’
This article was published in the Post Independent. By Jessica Cabe. Gary Ketzenbarger, artistic director for Colorado Mountain College’s Sopris Theatre Company, says in many ways Lanford Wilson’s “The Rimers of Eldritch” is his favorite American play. “It captures that kind of small-town Americana atmosphere, and it’s also so experimental,” said Ketzenbarger, who also acts…