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CMC president Hauser hopes to reduce need for remediation
This article first appeared in the Post Independent. By Will Grandbois. Eliminating the need for remediation isn’t specifically covered in the goals outlined in CMC’s 2014-2018 “Reaching New Heights” strategic plan, but it has big implications for student and teacher success and the long-term economy of the area. Projections indicate that nearly three-quarters of Colorado…
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Colorado Mountain College partners with Climax Molybdenum to offer electrician apprenticeship
This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. By Alli Langley. Climax Molybdenum Co. needed help, and Colorado Mountain College came to the company’s aid. The company found its industrial electrician positions hard to fill and approached Colorado Mountain College about creating a Summit County program where Climax employees could learn the trade. The…
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees meets in Leadville
[LEADVILLE] – Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its September 2014 meeting Monday at the college’s campus in Leadville, one of CMC’s three residential campuses. During the meeting the board unanimously voted to approve: Articulation agreements with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, for two dozen associate degrees with specific discipline designations Accepting the…
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CMC in Edwards celebrates inaugural student art show
On Friday, Sept. 12, the Colorado Mountain College campus in Edwards will come alive with art and music. To celebrate the campus’s inaugural student art show, CMC ArtShare and the recently formed Vail Valley Art Guild will be hosting a free, public opening reception in the auditorium from 5 to 8 p.m. The evening will…
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Colorado Mountain College offering bachelor’s degrees in nursing
First two-year college in Colorado to offer BSN degree This summer, when Colorado Mountain College made public that its accrediting body had approved a Bachelor of Science in nursing, a number of Colorado nurses’ lives changed. Instead of wondering when and how they’d ever be able to advance their education, working registered nurses suddenly were…
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Online learning: Past, present and future
This CMC column originally appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. New technologies have changed today’s classroom – at all levels – in ways unimaginable two decades ago. Students can reach for their iPad to access texts or reading material. They can connect with others in another city via video or web conferencing. And what’s more,…
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Chevron Summer Science Institute teaches the teachers
CMC expands science education program, nearly doubles enrollment While many of their students were enjoying summer break this past June, more than 40 regional elementary and middle school teachers were at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, learning how to keep those same students engaged and excited about science. The Chevron Summer Science Institute has nearly…
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Colorado-based photographer to exhibit work at CMC-Steamboat
An exhibit of Basalt, Colo., photographer Gayle Waterman’s abstract work will be on display at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs beginning Aug. 28. Through use of color and interpretative design, Waterman’s work shows an affinity for 20th century abstract painters Wassily Kandinsky and Georgia O’Keeffe. Waterman says she has a passion for taking an…
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More than 250 new students boost enrollment at CMC
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Today. By Teresa Ristow. Steamboat Springs — Enrollment at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs is on the rise with increased applicants and more than 250 new students, college administrators announced this week. Classes began Monday at the Alpine Campus, one of three residential campuses and eight community…