Tag: Leadville
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Former CMC Trustee Wes Duran passes away
We are sorry to share that Wes Duran, CMC’s trustee from Lake County during 2007-2011, has passed away. His service to the college and its students was greatly appreciated, including as board treasurer. Duran was a resident of Twin Lakes and a retired 30-year officer of the U.S. Air Force. He brought to the college…
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Colorado’s 2015 Top Adventure Towns
Elevation Outdoor magazine tallied its readers on the best adventure towns in Colorado, and one of our own beloved mountain towns was chosen as the Top Mid-Size Adventure Town for 2015. Read the full article by Doug Schnitzspahn below. THE VOTES HAVE BEEN TALLIED. Elevation Outdoors readers have Spoken and PICKED the top adventure towns…
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Leadville Throwback: Sugar the Leadville Llama
No one was quite sure what attracted the llama named Sugar to the Timberline Campus but she decided to make it her home in the spring semester of 1994 through the fall of ‘95. Sugar belonged to Earl & Nancy Boeve who managed to catch her once only for her to escape again and make…
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High school students invited to First Generation College Day at CMC Oct. 23
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville is hosting the third annual First Generation College Day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, on a day when Leadville schools are not in session. The free event is for high school students preparing for college and future careers, and their family members. The day will start…
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Guest Commentary: Leadville has kept a fresh perspective
This op ed from Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser was published in The Denver Post on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Fifty years ago, Colorado Mountain College was preparing to open its first two campuses in Leadville and in Glenwood Springs, thanks to a few visionary leaders who realized post-secondary education would only be available in hard-to-reach…
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Youth programs make CMC come alive during summer months
By Carrie Click. On a recent summer day, Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville was abuzz with activity, though most of the students at the campus weren’t yet old enough to attend college, at least in a traditional sense. Alongside regular college fare such as faculty member Bob Gilgulin’s midday ethics class, dozens of pre-college…
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1000 Words: First Ascent
Each year, the First Ascent program brings together students from CMC Service areas for a free, five-day residential program at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. The program helps young adults from various social and economic backgrounds develop leadership skills and confidence through activities such as rock climbing, rafting, a Mt. Elbert peak attempt and other…
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Leadville Race Series seeks college interns for summer race crew
Incoming or current Colorado Mountain College students looking for a way to get involved in Leadville’s running and mountain bike racing events while earning college credits may want to take advantage of an internship opportunity with the Leadville Race Series. Cooper Mallozzi, a professor of outdoor education at CMC in Leadville, has been working with…
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Words of wisdom brought Hazel Miller to Colorado
Popular performer to appear in free concerts at CMC. By Mike McKibbin Mom’s advice paid off for Hazel Miller. It led the now-popular singer to leave her home as a young adult in Louisville, Ky., and eventually travel the world, performing jazz, gospel, blues and R&B. “When I was 16, she saw me perform in…
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11th Annual Cloud City Rail Jam March 28th
CMC Leadville hosts annual Rail Jam event at new location Students and terrain park enthusiasts will be excited to learn that this year’s Rail Jam event will be in a brand new location: The backyard freestyle terrain park. The backyard freestyle terrain park at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville is located directly behind the Mountain…