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Partnership for Education reaches successful end – and beginning
Students can go from pre-K through college along one-mile stretch in Eagle County By Carrie Click The Partnership for Education was supposed to take 50 years to achieve its goal of constructing a college campus and integrating it into the Edwards community – yet it took just a dozen. So at an Eagle County School…
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‘Cabin Fever’ author visits Colorado Mountain College campuses for Common Reader tour
Tom Montgomery Fate’s book tour Oct. 20-25 By Carrie Click On the back cover of Tom Montgomery Fate’s memoir, “Cabin Fever,” is a synopsis about this, the author’s fifth nonfiction book. “Try to imagine Thoreau married, with a job, three kids, and a minivan,” it reads. No matter that Henry David Thoreau, the 19th century…
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College hires new general counsel
Pueblo native and Denver-based attorney Richard Gonzales has been hired as the new in-house general counsel for Colorado Mountain College. “We are pleased to offer this position to such an extraordinary, well-qualified candidate and Coloradoan,” said Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Colorado Mountain College. “Not only was Richard Gonzales the first university…
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Two new campus deans named at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College has named Rachel Pokrandt and Linda Crockett as campus deans in, respectively, Rifle and Aspen. The new deans were selected through an internal search process, in which employees could apply to fill positions that were created following the retirement of two long-time campus vice presidents, Nancy Genova and Joe Maestas. The campus…
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Earth Science Week Speaker Series at CMC Leadville
Curious to learn more about avalanches, the Yellowstone Caldera (more active than you think!), earthquakes, and the environmental impacts of mining? Catch a CMC Leadville Earth Science Speaker Series event, ongoing all week. For schedule, see poster below. Enjoy the learning!
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1000 Words: Got College?
Approximately 2,000 high school students attended the Colorado Western Slope College Fair on Oct. 5 in Aspen. Buses, sponsored by CMC, brought students to the fair from 79 rural and mountain communities; some students had to travel for hours and spend the night in Aspen High School’s gym in order to attend. Representatives from CMC…
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Free shuttle bus runs for CMC students
Colorado Mountain College students and employees can now save money and be greener by catching free rides between college locations in Glenwood Springs, Spring Valley and Carbondale. RIDE CMC is a free shuttle service operating Monday through Thursday between three local CMC locations and the Thunder River Market on Highway 82 at the Spring Valley…
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Community invited to annual veterinary technology facility tour and open house
Colorado Mountain College’s Veterinary Technology Club invites the community to tour the program’s 220-acre center and teaching hospital at Spring Valley on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Refreshments and a silent auction will also be available. The comprehensive tour is free and open to anyone who is interested in veterinary technology or…
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Events to showcase local harvest
This article was published in the Steamboat Today. By Audrey Dwyer. Steamboat Springs — Planting a seed evokes feelings of anticipation, hopeful expectations and patience while waiting for the first sight of a sprout, Robyn Washburn said. “That’s why you garden: for that magic that happens when you put a little tiny seed in the…
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CMC Partnership Puts Solar Atop Another Library
This article appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Garfield County Libraries Page by Page publication. In 2012, the Garfield County Libraries first partnered with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) to put a 10 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic system on the New Castle Branch Library. In 2013, CMC returned to put a 19.6 kW array on…