Tag: Partnerships
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Local teachers learn new ways to make science fun, engaging
CMC hosts teachers for one-week summer science institute By Stefanie Kilts For one week this past June, 24 local elementary and middle school teachers built sun dials, waded in rivers to test water for microorganisms and used ping pong balls to study moon shadows. The activities were all part of Colorado Mountain College’s summer science…
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Taste of Keystone 2013
The annual ‘Taste of Keystone’ events offers visitors a chance to sample dishes from Keystone’s amazing restaurants. Spotted amid the talented chefs from the Ski Tip Lodge, Keystone Ranch and other renowned fine dining establishments were several CMC Culinary Institute graduates and apprentices. Catch a glimpse of them in the slide show below. The event…
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Biodiesel conference grows and returns to Colorado
Collective Biodiesel Conference comes to CMC-Breckenridge Aug. 15-18 By Stefanie Kilts [BRECKENRIDGE] – The Collective Biodiesel Conference, which is returning to Colorado this year, will attract some of the nation’s leading experts, researchers and innovators in the biodiesel industry. But the conference that was first held in 2006 at the Colorado School of Mines in…
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Colorado Mountain College rolls out new mobile energy learning lab
Hybrid energy courses to make classes more accessible to students in Colorado By Stefanie Kilts [RIFLE] – The wheels on Colorado Mountain College’s mobile solar and instrumentation learning lab will soon be rolling as part of the college’s latest hybrid courses in integrated energy. To celebrate the launch of the mobile lab, college faculty, staff…
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GarCo Sewing Works sews 4,500 reusable bags for City of Durango
Local workers, recycled materials align with Durango’s recycling program By Stefanie Kilts When talk of a fee on plastic bags first began circulating in Durango, city employees wanted to be proactive about finding a better option. “We want to give every Durango resident an option other than a disposable bag. But it’s hard to find…
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Steamboat Springs CMC campus to host rare black-and-white photo collection
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. By Luke Graham. Steamboat Springs — George Stranahan has lived a life set for the screen of Hollywood or the pen of Charles Dickens. He founded Flying Dog Brewery, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, the Aspen Center for Physics, Woody Creek Tavern and rubbed elbows with Hunter S. Thompson.…
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Interns help grow Summit County community garden program
This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. Colorado Mountain College interns are helping the High Country Conservation Center provide freshly grown goods in Summit County. Local gardeners said it can be daunting to attempt to grow vegetables in the High Country, but it’s far from impossible. A wide variety of seeds are currently…
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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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Fourth annual fundraiser for the Rifle Animal Shelter is the Cat’s Meow
CMC in Rifle hosts annual Cat’s Meow fundraiser tonight Pianist Linda Jenks of Rifle has been an animal lover as long as she can remember. “My next-to-earliest memory of my life is of me hugging my mother and crying because a rescued baby bird died in the shoebox I provided for it,” she said. “I…
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Colorado Health Foundation awards CMC $559,276 grant
Grant to support potential bachelor’s in nursing The Colorado Health Foundation has awarded Colorado Mountain College a two-year grant of $559,276 to seed the proposed new Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. “We are thrilled, excited and grateful to have the opportunity to advance the educational opportunity for practicing RNs, CMC nursing students and graduates,…