Tag: Edwards
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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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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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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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Dual enrollment saves big dollars for Eagle County students
EAGLE COUNTY — On college tuition checks, the numbers tend to contain more zeroes than your average congressional committee. As a group, local high school students save almost $1 million a year by taking college classes while still in high school. They’re called dual enrollment classes and the Eagle County school district ranks eighth among…
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Tickets on sale now for upcoming Empty Bowls fundraiser in Edwards
CMC Edwards “bowl-a-thon” creates hundreds of bowls for fundraising event. This article was first printed in the Vail Daily News. By Zachary Johnson. EDWARDS — The sixth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser returns to the Vail Valley on Aug. 12. Guests are encouraged to take part in a simple meal of soup, bread and dessert contributed…
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Curry retires from Colorado Mountain College
[EDWARDS, Colo.] – Dr. Peggy Curry, campus vice president at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards, is retiring after 12 years at the helm of the college’s Eagle County campus. “We are most grateful for Peggy’s passion in leading the campus through a period of substantial growth,” said Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president of the college.…
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Art on the Rockies returns to Colorado Mountain College in Edwards
Art on the Rockies, a three-day arts festival event that is part of the Colorado Artists Tour, returns to Colorado Mountain College in Edwards this summer from July 11-13. This year’s event will showcase 115 fine artists, including painters, jewelers, photographers, ceramicists, woodworkers, glassblowers and fiber and mixed media artists. The Vail Valley Arts Guild…
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Colorado Mountain College hands out degrees and certifications at ceremony
This article was printed in the Vail Daily News. By Randy Wyrick. EDWARDS — Tassel turning season opened yesterday as Colorado Mountain College conferred its second group of four-year degrees, along with dozens of associates and professional degrees and certifications. “For me, this is the happiest day of the year,” said Peggy Curry, CMC’s vice…
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Susan Cain, bestselling author and acclaimed TED speaker, to talk at fundraiser at CMC in Edwards
Readers, leaders and observers of human behavior won’t want to miss an upcoming author’s talk from Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of The New York Times bestseller “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” “Quiet” has sparked a national conversation about introverts, who are estimated to occupy up to…
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Lindsey Thomson earns collegewide recognition
Edwards adjunct Faculty of Year named awardee for all CMC campuses On a recent Wednesday night, Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, along with several faculty and staff, burst into adjunct instructor Lindsey Thomson’s classroom in Edwards to surprise her with an announcement: She has been honored as adjunct Faculty of the Year…