Tag: Faculty
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Photo instructor places in international competition
Four black-and-white images taken by Matt Lit, a photography instructor at Colorado Mountain College, were chosen for the prestigious 7th Annual International Black and White Spider Awards. According to www.thespiderawards.com, the Black and White Spider Awards are the leading international awards honoring black and white photography. The judging panel includes some of the world’s most…
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CMC’s Isaacson School for New Media hires new director
Robert Martin is the new director and full-time faculty at Colorado Mountain College’s Isaacson School for New Media. Martin had previously worked at the Eagle Valley School District as a senior systems administrator and an instructor at Grand Valley High School in Parachute. He has also worked as a photojournalist, graphic designer, department head in…
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‘Occupy Education: Living and Learning Sustainability’ author visits CMC Spring Valley
Dr. Tina Lynn Evans, author of “Occupy Education: Living and Learning Sustainability,” and associate professor of sustainability studies at Colorado Mountain College’s Steamboat Springs campus, will speak at a free open forum at Colorado Mountain College’s campus at Spring Valley on Sept. 27. Evans holds a Ph.D. in sustainability education from Prescott College. Sustainability…
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Don’t impact the wilderness, but do let it impact you
CMC Corner by Dr. Bruce Kime In my 23 years of teaching in the outdoor education program at Colorado Mountain College, I’ve led some 2,001 student field classes, totaling 1,124 field days, to the peaks of Colorado’s high country, through Utah’s canyon country, and to the deserts of the Four Corners and Arizona. I don’t…
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Vet tech faculty, graduate help people, animals in need
Vet Tech staff assist the Navajo Nation’s Veterinary Mobile Unit By Beth Zukowski Dr. Jeff Myers completed a marathon of sorts this summer, beating his own personal best for the number of spay and neuter surgeries he could perform: that’s 42 in the span of just two days. The professor of veterinary technology at Colorado…
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CMC professor awarded prestigious honor
Terry Hunter receives award from national hotel and lodging association The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AH&LEI) recently honored a Colorado Mountain College resort management professor as a leader in hospitality training and education. Terry Hunter, CMC professor and director of the resort management program, is the 2013 recipient of the Anthony Marshall Award,…
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Longtime CMC geology instructor publishes field guide to local rock formations
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. By Tom Ross This is not a geology textbook, though it contains a good deal of science. Rather, it is a guide for people who would enjoy outings that take them to an interesting mineral deposit, a fossil site or a notable geologic formation, perhaps one they…
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Eleven faculty promoted at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College is promoting four assistant professors and seven associate professors throughout the college’s nine-county service area. Portraits of the eleven faculty are in the slideshow above. Kelli McCall and Jeffrey Runyon at the Leadville campus and Connie Selzer and Rod Taylor at the Spring Valley campus (near Glenwood Springs) are being promoted to…
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CMC Sustainability Students Visit National Ice Core Lab
When Sustainability Studies adjunct Jessica Burley starts off her “Thinking in Systems” class at Colorado Mountain College, she likes to ask her students the following question: “What can our history teach us about a sustainable future?” It’s a question Burley poses to her students without any expectation of what the response might be, but rather…
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Top instructors create optimal learning environments
Sears, Kipfer named CMC faculty of the year for Steamboat By Kristin Carlson [STEAMBOAT SPRINGS] – Colorado Mountain College biology instructor Becky Sears strives for a balance between challenging and supporting the students in her classroom. “I like it when students think I’m tough and I’m fair,” she said. That balance has paid off in…