Tag: Collegewide
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Club Rotario raises scholarship funds for CMC students
Members from many countries unite for common mission This article first appeared in El Montanes. By Veronica Whitney CARBONDALE, Colorado — To Paulino Abarco, the scholarship he got from the Roaring Fork Rotary Club to go to college means he can work a little less as a painter in Aspen and concentrate more on his…
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Friends, family mourn Chesley, remember ‘a quality guy’
CMC teacher, outdoorsman killed in mountain biking accident This article was originally printed in The Citizen Telegram. By John Gardner. Steve Chesley lived life as he died, always going forward and never looking back. “That has brought me comfort,” said Chesley’s son Brett Chesley. “Knowing that he was enjoying his life and that he wasn’t…
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Ecoflight Flight Across America Day 3
CMC Sustainability Studies student shares an aerial perspective on western environmental issues Day 3 began with another early start. I totally forgot that we were not in Aspen anymore. It was nice to see that even with the sun nowhere to be found, there was no frost on the hotel windows. We were in warmer…
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CMC’s Common Reader program sponsors art and creative writing contest
Deadline approaching soon for “Challenging Injustice” contest Colorado Mountain College is once again sponsoring an art and creative writing contest as part of the Common Reader Program. All entries for this year’s contest should focus on the theme of “challenging injustice,” inspired by Carlotta Walls Lanier’s book A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice…
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Soaring with EcoFlight
CMC student gains aerial view of environmental issues Hearing my alarm on Monday morning was the most pleasant wakeup I have ever had. For the first time in a while, I skipped the snooze button and jumped out of bed with enthusiasm. It was still dark outside but my spirit was bright and I was…
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Community colleges get $17.2M grant
This article first appeared in The Denver Business Journal Federal grant will help CMC create job-training partnerships A consortium of Colorado community colleges will get a $17.2 million federal grant to help train workers for new jobs. The money is part of $500 million awarded to community colleges around the country by the U.S. departments…
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Q & A with Sustainability Studies professor Mercedes Quesada-Embid
New professor reflects on sustainability, service, and teaching Mercedes Quesada-Embid’s life reads a bit like a script for the content of the Sustainability Studies class she recently taught on a crisp autumn morning at Colorado Mountain College in Dillon. Deeply active in community work, pursuing research that explores the intersections of economics, resources and…
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Remembering 9/11
American Radiowork’s documentary shares Americans’ memories The day after the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Library of Congress folklorist Alan Lomax sent a telegram to his peers throughout the country, asking them to record the fresh reactions of ordinary Americans as they learned of the devastating attack which engaged the U.S. in…
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CMC is one college under many roofs
This CMC Corner column was written by Joe Maestas. CMC is one college with many roofs. You can find us in 11 physical locations across north-central Colorado, as well as online. In your daily commute, you might pass by four or five of our buildings or campuses. Our students likewise intersect multiple communities, and many…
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Fossil find mini-series set in Snowmass Village
“Paleoenvironments” presentation kicks off series tonight Colorado Mountain College instructors will present a weekly mini-series of presentations, “A Walk Back in (Ice Age) Time,” on topics related to the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site in Snowmass Village. The sessions are free and open to the public. Each will be held on a Friday from Aug. 5…