Tag: Faculty
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CMC Instructor Wins LA Screenplay Festival Award
Jan Hubbell, a local fiction and poetry writer who teaches writing at Colorado Mountain College in Aspen, has won has won an award in the recent LA Film and Script Festival contest. Her screenplay, a romantic comedy titled A Perfect Gentleman, is about two women who recruit a homeless man and transform him into a…
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Learning Spanish in Guatemala
Jennifer le Roux, professor of ESL/Developmental Studies at CMC, traveled to Guatemala last May to take part in a Spanish language immersion. She recounts her adventures in the post below. In May, I traveled to Guatemala for two weeks to study Spanish and live with a local family. I had been told that the small…
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CMC’s Jan Hubbell’s work recognized at 2012 Colorado Film Awards and in Literary Magazine
Aspen adjunct faculty Jan Hubbell’s screenplay “The Perfect Gentleman” was recently honored with the fourth place prize in the 2012 Colorado Film Awards Screenplay Competition. Hubbell’s work was also recently published in Sugar Mule Literary magazine. her poem, His World, was selected for the publication’s “Women Writing Nature” issue, a special issue of Sugar Mule…
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Energy abuzz at Colorado Mountain College
New faculty and integrated energy technology at CMC’s Rifle campus This article was first published in the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Nancy Genova A new school year has started, marked by a new burst of energy from students and instructors alike. But there’s a different kind of energy bubbling at Colorado Mountain College – integrated…
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Thomas Smiley to lead new CMC restaurant program
This news brief first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. Steamboat Springs — Thomas Smiley will lead the new restaurant/culinary management program at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus, according to a news release. “We are delighted to have Tom lead our new program and share his extensive experience and knowledge with our students,” instructional chairperson Sam…
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New Faces at Colorado Mountain College
CMC will be welcoming a handful of new faculty this semester. We’ll be sharing a few of their stories and introductions on eNews. First up, in her own words: Dr. Tina Evans, new Sustainability Studies faculty based in Steamboat Springs. Welcome, Tina! I’m thrilled to begin working in this innovative and forward looking program! I’m…
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Race Across the Sky 2012
CMC Leadville student Becky Aurora offers a quick wrap-up of the plethora of summer endurance races offered in Leadville, Colorado, in the post below, first published in her blog, Life at 10,200 feet. CMC had several staff compete in the races, including Ken Keister, in the Leadville MTB 100, and Johann Aberger, in Saturday’s Leadville…
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Running for their lives
Saturday race a benefit for Nanci Limbach’s Schneegas Foundation This story first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Jeff Caspersen. Nanci Limbach was the child who would bring home a squirrel that had been hit by a car, hoping to nurse it back to health. As an adult, she’s tending to animals of all…
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Stars of Summer
Vertical Dreams – Jackie Kuusinen This article first appeared in Steamboat Magazine. By Murray Selleck. Jackie Kuusinen’s dreams come true. Her dreams are of granite and sandstone, rock faces reaching into the sky, and hanging out on tiny ledges high above horizontal ground. Her dreams are also her job. Kuusinen is a climber. A good…
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Multimedia teaser to be offered at CMC Edwards
Want to learn how to create your own music and movies? Learn to edit and organize your photos like a pro? CMC graphic design student Jordan Callier doubles as a CMC Edwards instructor early in April in order to share the secrets and shortcuts to iLife’11, the latest version of Apple’s powerful, user-friendly multimedia software…