Tag: Partnerships
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Reading Buddies program builds relationships, literacy skills
Colorado Mountain College service-learning project reaches out to young readers By Kristin Carlson [EDWARDS] – After a wave of deep budget cuts at the national, state and local levels, schools across Colorado are seeking innovative ways to deliver more education for less money, and Edwards Elementary School is no exception. So when Evan Weatherbie, developmental…
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Carbondale teen earns CMC scholarship from Alpine Bank
Roaring Fork High School grad Tena selected as one of 13 Hispanic/Latino scholars By Kristin Carlson [CARBONDALE] – Math always came easily to Oscar Tena, but he knew that his college dreams would be hard-won, if not impossible, without a scholarship. Enter Alpine Bank. “When they called,” Tena said, “I was amazed.” The middle child…
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New Welcome Center Aims to Double Tourism Attendance
This article first appeared in the KREX TV News blog. By Cori Coffin GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.- Of the two million tourists that come into Glenwood Springs every year, only about 50,000 of them visited the city’s old commerce center. Officials hope to double that this year through a unique partnership between the chamber resort association…
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Sewing up a skill
GarCo Sewing Works has it all in the bag This article first appeared in the Citizen Telegram. By Mike McKibben. Sewing clothes wasn’t at the top of, or even on, Jessica Lowry’s list of things to learn. But now, the Rifle resident has mastered an important skill she can use in her daily life, if…
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GarCo Sewing Works
CMC grad puts degree to work for sustainable CMC business partnership This article first appeared in Colorado Mountain College student Jordan Callier’s blog, The Art of Visual Communication. As a student in the Graphic Design Program at Colorado Mountain College, I was able to participate in real-life projects. My professor, Brian Tinker, helped me find…
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Explore the soil food web with a true garden expert
Jeff Lowenfels kicks off the Vail Symposium’s summer season with organic gardening lecture at CMC This article first appeared in the Vail Daily. By Tracey Flower. Gardening writer and expert Jeff Lowenfels grew up working, as he describes it, as an indentured servant on his parent’s hobby farm in Scarsdale, N.Y. There he said he…
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Supporters celebrate pre-collegiate grads in
Program looks to make Summit High grads first in families to attend college BRECKENRIDGE — When he started high school, Einar Alejandro Rivera, who goes by Alejandro, didn’t think he would go to college. No one in his family ever had. Then, when he was 15, he joined the pre-collegiate program at Summit High School…
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Collaboration on solar project a bright idea
This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Emily Hisel. When the Garfield Public Library District began construction projects in 2009, having energy efficient buildings was a goal for all six libraries. The Parachute and Rifle branch libraries were the first buildings completed. Both were equipped with solar panels, and the Rifle Branch…
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My Echo Story: Summit pre-collegiate
Local non-profits share how what they do reverberates throughout Summit County This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. By Molly Griffith, Summit School District pre-collegiate coordinator. In an ever-changing global community, educators constantly try to stay ahead of the curve while preparing students to be productive citizens of society. A high school diploma…
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New Media Camp in the Rockies June 17-27
Colorado Mountain College offers hands-on Internet broadcast experience By Kristin Carlson In today’s world of real-time Internet broadcasting, stories travel around the globe with the click of a mouse. The inaugural New Media Camp of the Rockies, at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus, aims to help youth tap into that world, by teaching them…