Tag: Events
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Groundbreaking for downtown projects set for Tuesday afternoon
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Two major construction projects in downtown Glenwood Springs will officially launch with a ceremonial groundbreaking at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eighth and Cooper in downtown Glenwood Springs.Everyone is invited and refreshments will be served following the official ceremony.Project partners, staff, contractors, volunteers and elected officials will be on hand to commemorate…
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College delegation meets congressmen and senators in DC
Colorado Mountain College admins and trustees discuss issues Colorado Mountain College trustees, administrators and faculty met with many of the state’s congressional delegation and attended the 2012 Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C., in February. Nearly 1,000 community college trustees, presidents, students and other advocates converged in the nation’s capital for the annual…
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Closing Days
With so many ski areas near our campuses closing for the season this weekend, we thought we would share scenes from one wacky closing day event, The Slush Cup, captured at Keystone’s recent closing day. The words and images here originally appeared in CMC student Ali Gringas blog, See What I See, and shared the…
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Summit for first-generation college students at CMC
Colorado Mountain College will hold a free one-day First Generation College Summit for students and their parents on Saturday, April 14, 8 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, 1402 Blake Ave. (behind City Market). The focus will be on educating students who will be the first in their family to…
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CMC bachelor’s info sessions scheduled
Colorado Mountain College is hosting information sessions to explain the curriculum and application process for bachelor’s degrees in business administration and sustainability studies. Courses for both degrees will be offered in the summer semester. Classes start the week of May 14, and registration starts April 23. Applications and information are available online at coloradomtn.edu/4year or…
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Governor Hickenlooper proclaims today as College Friday
All Coloradans are encouraged to show their college spirit and support students’ dreams of higher education on College Friday! DENVER- In an effort to increase awareness about the importance of higher education and encourage Colorado students to pursue their dreams of college, Governor Hickenlooper proclaims Friday, April 6 as College Friday. College Friday is an…
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Get your Beacon on!
CMC partners with Steamboat Ski Patrol and Nordica for first annual Beacon and Eggs avalanche beacon hunt event Colorado Mountain College, Nordica, and the Steamboat Ski Patrol teamed up to create the first annual Beacon and Eggs avalanche beacon hunt. The event will take place this Saturday, April 7th, in the “Chutes” area of Steamboat…
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CMC student driving force behind Summit County’s Earth Hour
Global lights-out initiative set locally for 8:30-9:30 p.m. This article appeared in today’s Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjan. The world’s largest voluntary action for the environment happens Saturday, when the lights go out around the world for one hour. In Summit County, it’s set for 8:30-9:30 p.m. The initiative began in Sydney, Australia, when…
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CMC Leadville’s Rail Jam featured in The Denver Post
Last weekend’s Rail Jam event at CMC in Leadville was featured yesterday in Denver Post writer Jason Blevin’s regular column “Outdoor Extremes.” The entire event is put on by Colorado Mountain College’s ski area operations program students, 95 percent of whom land jobs at ski areas after graduation. Colorado Mountain College’s ski area operations program…
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Mammoths, mastodons and sloths — in Breckenridge tonight
Two CMC faculty share their experiences from the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site tonight This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. It sounds a little odd, but it served as a rite of passage, and celebration, for the folks working on the Snowmass Mastodon Discovery Site last summer, where the…