Tag: Leadville
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CMC students tackle coaching roles at Lake County High School
By Kristin Carlson “It can be a struggle in certain sports to find coaches,” said Mike Vagher, athletic director and assistant principal of Lake County High School. He certainly didn’t expect to find two college-age candidates while working out at his local gym. But that’s just what happened. “I was lifting weights,” recounted Vagher, “and…
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Applications available for free CMC First Ascent Youth Leadership program
Applications due April 1 Rising ninth- and 10th-graders in north-central Colorado can attend the free First Ascent Youth Leadership program this summer at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville. Now in its 19th year, this program offers students a chance to learn leadership skills in a residential, outdoor college setting, then return to counsel other…
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Rail Jam 2013
CMC Leadville’s Rail Jam is just around the corner! The 9th annual CMC Leadville Cloud City Rail Jam is slated to take place on March 23, 2013. The entire event is put on by Colorado Mountain College’s Ski Area Operations program students, 95 percent of whom land jobs at ski areas after graduation. Students in…
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Instructors reach new heights for students and peers
Mallozzi, Shelton honored at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville By Stefanie Kilts For two instructors at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Leadville who continually go “above and beyond” for their peers and students, helping a group of CMC students climb 19,341 feet to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro last month was just another day on…
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The Albany Movement: a fight for desegregation in the South
CMC dean to present personal account in commemoration of Black History Month [LEADVILLE] – Jonathan King remembers when he was only 5, sitting in his living room and listening to family friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., discuss with the young Jonathan’s parents, political leaders Slater and Marion King, a movement that would put a…
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Brothers
Colorado Mountain College began offering tuition discounts and other support to veterans, active military and their dependents last year. Those support services include CMC college student Clayton Bolton, who serves as CMC’s Veteran’s Liasion. As part of his position,Clayton blogs about life on campus as a veteran. Recently he wrote a moving post about spending…
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CMC Leadville to host World Book Night 2013
Colorado Mountain College Leadville’s library will be a regional host for the second “World Book Night U.S.” scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. On World Book Night, book givers distribute free books to members of their communities. During last year’s campaign, 25,000 volunteer book givers went out in 5,800 towns and cities…
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CMC speaker Milgram empowers women to enter high-tech fields
Renowned expert on women in the workforce to speak at CMC in Leadville Donna Milgram, the executive director of IWITTS, the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, will visit Colorado Mountain College to talk about how to empower women to enter high-tech fields. In addition to providing intensive training for CMC staff,…
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CMC Nursery would provide wetlands, forest plants
This article was first published in the Pueblo Chieftain. By Chris Woodka. Colorado Mountain College wants to start a high-country nursery near Leadville that could help provide trees for fire-damaged areas or plants to use in wetlands projects. The college wants to set up a solar greenhouse, a shade house to harden plants and an…
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New resources for veterans at CMC
Colorado Mountain College has recently created many initiatives to support veterans who are interested in attending college, including a tuition discount that allows veterans and their dependents to take any class for our low in-district tuition rate. We’ve also hired additional support staff. Clayton Bolton, a student at CMC in Leadville, will be working as…