Tag: Faculty
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Two new campus deans named at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College has named Rachel Pokrandt and Linda Crockett as campus deans in, respectively, Rifle and Aspen. The new deans were selected through an internal search process, in which employees could apply to fill positions that were created following the retirement of two long-time campus vice presidents, Nancy Genova and Joe Maestas. The campus…
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Steamboat Mountain Film Festival kicks off this weekend with TGR film showing
CMC professor Mike Martin is the producer of the Steamboat Mountain Film Festival, Steamboat’s annual showcase of local and national snowsport films. The event kicks off tonight with a showing of Teton Gravity Research’s film “Higher,” featuring Jeremy Jones, at The Sheraton Steamboat Resort. This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot. Steamboat Springs —…
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Tom Ross: CMC biology professor witnesses aftermath of rare geothermal event
This article was published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. By Tom Ross. Steamboat Springs — Colorado Mountain College biology professor Shawn Sigstedt was thrilled this week to witness the roar of a towering plume of steam issuing from the Steamboat Geyser. But residents of Steamboat Springs needn’t leap up from their desks to rush…
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Breckenridge woman finds fulfillment in foraging
Colorado Mountain College adjunct Erica Marciniec dines on the wild side The Summit Daily News recently featured CMC adjunct faculty Erica Marciniec and her passion for foraging and wild foods. A reprint of the original Summit Daily News article, by Alli Langley, is below. Walking with Erica Marciniec through the forest is like walking with…
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CMC instructor featured in digital photography text
Unique perspective a resource for photographers In a new photography textbook, author Dennis P. Curtin included photos from and acknowledged review support from Colorado Mountain College photography instructor Matt Lit. Lit’s Holga toy camera film-based photography is featured in “The Wonders of Photography: A Resource for Contemporary Photographers,” even though the book is about digital…
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CMC promotes five faculty from assistant to associate professors
Faculty hail from Eagle, Garfield, Routt counties Five Colorado Mountain College assistant professors from the college’s campuses in Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley and Edwards recently received promotions, said Dr. Brad Tyndall, the college’s vice president of academic affairs. All five faculty were elevated from assistant professors to associate professors. Tyndall explained that the difference…
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Feel the love, Wilderness.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Steamboat Magazine asked people, “What does wilderness mean to you?” The staff talked with artists, ranchers, naturalists, land managers, photographers and many Steamboat Magazine contributors featured in the magazine’s pages throughout the years. CMC professor Tina Evans was one of contributors whose words were featured…
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Jimmy Westlake: Super moon to stifle meteor shower
CMC professor Jimmy Westlake’s Celestial News column appears Tuesdays in the Steamboat Today. Catch his sum up of this weekend’s full moon, first printed in the Steamboat Today, below. For more columns by Westlake here. Steamboat Springs — Ordinarily, I would be writing this week to tell you all about the upcoming Perseid meteor shower, arguably…
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Northern crown adorns summer sky
CMC professor Jimmy Westlake’s “Celestial News” column appears weekly in the Steamboat Today newspaper. This repost of yesterday’s column shines a light on Corona Borealis. Catch the beta on this unique constellation below. Steamboat Springs — One of the smallest of our 88 constellations shines down on us in the late spring and early summer.…
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Life-changing professors at Colorado Mountain College
CMC student Shannon Fatjo will be graduating From Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Two faculty members at the college had an especially important impact on her educational journey. Shannon wrote about those professors in a Letter to the Editor in the Steamboat Today…