Tag: Collegewide
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What is Ballot Initiative 4D?
College asks for the future ability to provide broadband internet If you’ve been looking at your ballot, you may be wondering: “What’s this 4D initiative about? Is CMC going to become an internet service provider?” Answer: not now, but could be in the future. Ballot Initiative 4D would exempt Colorado Mountain College from Senate Bill…
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What do I do if there’s an emergency?
By Debbie Crawford (PIO) & Steve Rozanski (Risk Manager) In light of recent violence on college campuses, awareness of our college’s emergency preparedness is more important than ever. Over the years the college has been regularly improving its emergency plans and training, and understanding your role – as a student, an employee or a community…
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‘Badluck Way’ author on tour with CMC’s Common Reader program
By Carrie Click. When Bryce Andrews took a job at an expansive Montana cattle ranch near Yellowstone, he didn’t intend to write “Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West.” His nonfiction account came from daily notes he took about working with cattle, confronting predatory wolves and observing how people, wild places…
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Fall enrollment increases at CMC
More students, taking more classes collegewide Kimberly Vega’s first good experience with Colorado Mountain College was through the faculty who taught her concurrent enrollment classes when she was a student at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. “The teachers had a big impact on me,” said Vega, who is now a second-year student focused on…
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CMC Board of Trustees approves telecommunications ballot issue, Breckenridge land exchange
At the Sept. 2 meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees in Leadville, the board unanimously approved language on a telecommunications service question that will appear on the November ballot throughout the college’s six-county district. Several municipalities have already sought relief from a state law (SB 152) that prevents governmental entities from offering…
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Return to Town Hall Tour
Redesign, Rebrand, Benefits & Budget It’s Town Hall time again! Please join President Hauser and other college leaders for a fall 2015 CMC Town Hall meeting. To give you more time to consider the topics, we will be sending short webinars for you to review ahead of time. Look for the webinar links in your…
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Information sessions scheduled for nursing degree programs
Meetings Sept. 15-Nov. 4 at CMC in Glenwood Springs, Spring Valley, Breckenridge, Dillon Colorado Mountain College is holding information meetings this fall about its bachelor’s and associate degrees in nursing. The Bachelor of Science in nursing for registered nurses is also known as an “RN to BSN” program. To enroll in the program, students must…
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New foundation CEO, advancement vice president to join CMC
Kristin Heath Colon, currently president and CEO of the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Foundation, DPS’s fundraising partner, has been hired by Colorado Mountain College as the vice president for advancement and CMC Foundation CEO. “We are thrilled to be bringing on board an accomplished leader like Kristin, with her years of development and advancement experience…
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CMC receives $4.3 million grant for student support
TRIO’s Student Support Services to expand throughout college district Thousands of at-risk college students in rural Colorado will receive financial and academic support over the next five years, thanks to an expanded federal TRIO grant that will empower Colorado Mountain College to provide even more support services throughout its six-county district. College administrators learned recently…
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1000 Words: CMC Day, 2015
Colorado Mountain College staff gathered for two days in Leadville Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate successes from the past year – and learn and workshop on new opportunities to innovate and increase opportunities for our students in the future. Throughout the two days, staff captured the experience via Instagram; we’ve posted a small selection of…