Tag: Leadville
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Outdoor Recreation Leadership Alumni to Embark on Alaskan Expedition
This article was first posted on ‘Education at Elevation,” CMC Leadville’s blog site. By Lauren Swanson, CMC Leadville Social Media Coordinator. Three Colorado Mountain College Leadville alumni, Ryan Edwards, Eric Crosby and Michael Elges, are participating in a fundraising expedition to the Alaska Range with the Boulder Mountain Institute. All three are graduates of the Outdoor…
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Students invited to CMC’s Next Generation College Day on March 7
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville is hosting a free conference for regional middle and high school students and their families preparing for college and future careers. The Next Generation College Day on Saturday, March 7, will be held at the college’s Leadville campus and is open to students in grades 6-12 from Chaffee, Lake, Summit…
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Backcountry Film Festival features 90 minutes of stunning shorts
The Colorado Mountain Club – the other CMC – is bringing the 10th annual world tour of the Winter Wildlands Alliance’s Backcountry Film Festival to Colorado Mountain College in Leadville. This year, the event is on Friday, Feb. 13, as part of its Colorado tour, which wraps up in Grand Junction Feb. 25. Get ready…
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School Helping Make Snow Dreams Come True
Colorado Mountain College is playing a key role in the next generation of ski area groomers, snowmakers and mechanics thanks to its Ski Area Operations program. This article was published in the January, 2015 issue of Snow Grooming magazine. By Jim Timlick. It sounds like a young skier or snowboard enthusiast’s dream – a college…
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Restorative justice event at CMC Leadville
Reprinted from the Leadville Herald Democrat. Full Circle of Lake County will present a program on restorative justice on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Climax Molybdenum Leadership Center at Colorado Mountain College. The main speaker of the night will be Sharletta Evans. In 1995, Evans lost her 3-year-old son in a drive-by shooting.…
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Earth Science Week Speaker Series at CMC Leadville
Curious to learn more about avalanches, the Yellowstone Caldera (more active than you think!), earthquakes, and the environmental impacts of mining? Catch a CMC Leadville Earth Science Speaker Series event, ongoing all week. For schedule, see poster below. Enjoy the learning!
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Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees meets in Leadville
[LEADVILLE] – Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its September 2014 meeting Monday at the college’s campus in Leadville, one of CMC’s three residential campuses. During the meeting the board unanimously voted to approve: Articulation agreements with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, for two dozen associate degrees with specific discipline designations Accepting the…
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Boot camp for Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society held at Colorado Mountain College
Colorado Mountain College in Leadville recently served as the base camp for 32 Colorado leaders of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. Nine PTK chapters from across the state were represented at the first Chapter Officer Boot Camp to be held at a CMC campus. “This is a selective group of students,” said…
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Free CMC youth outdoor leadership program starts June 22 in Leadville
Week-long First Ascent Youth Leadership enrolling students now The First Ascent Youth Leadership program is now accepting applications for its free, week-long course at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville. This is the 20th anniversary of the program, which is an outdoor experiential course for students entering 10th or 11th grade in the fall of…
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Natural Resource Management Summer Internship
How do you plan to spend your summer?! Students in CMC Leadville’s Natural Resource Management Summer Internship program study bighorn sheep, restore streams, and study wetlands in Colorado’s beautiful backcountry. Pretty sweet.