Tag: Partnerships
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Summer media camp at Colorado Mountain College
High Tech New Media Camp for young adults The New Media Camp in the Rockies, a cooperative venture between Colorado Mountain College and the True Media Foundation, is launching its inaugural residential summer program, for participants ages 16-20, at the college’s campus at Spring Valley near Glenwood Springs. Participants will learn how to tell stories…
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The strongest woman in the world comes to Rifle
Colorado Mountain College partners to screen “Strong!” The next free film screening in the PBS Community Cinema series, sponsored by Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and Chevron, will feature “Strong!” on Friday, May 18. This film tells the story of Cheryl Haworth, a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in…
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Summit County’s fifth Community Garden to be on CMC campus
Summit County community gardens now serving nearly 2oo This article first appeared in today’s Summit Daily News. By Janice Kurbjan. When Breckenridge Community Garden comes into existence this summer, Summit County will tally five community gardens serving nearly 200 plot holders and one elementary school. High Country Conservation Center has largely spearheaded the movement. They…
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Community shows passion for sustainable food
Huge turnout at first Local Food Expo Over five hundred people eagerly participated in Colorado Mountain College’s first-ever Local Food Expo in Edwards. The event was conceived by students in the Slow Food on Campus club who are enrolled in the college’s sustainable cuisine program. Their goal was to connect local food producers and buyers…
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Get your Beacon on!
CMC partners with Steamboat Ski Patrol and Nordica for first annual Beacon and Eggs avalanche beacon hunt event Colorado Mountain College, Nordica, and the Steamboat Ski Patrol teamed up to create the first annual Beacon and Eggs avalanche beacon hunt. The event will take place this Saturday, April 7th, in the “Chutes” area of Steamboat…
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CDOT Open House for Grand Ave Bridge project
CDOT is holding a Public Open House for the SH 82 Grand Avenue Bridge project on Wednesday, April 4th from 4:30 to 7:00 pm at the Glenwood Springs Community Center (100 Wulfsohn Road). At the Open House the public can learn more about and provide input on the bridge alternatives under consideration and other topics…
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My Life…
This past semester, Colorado Mountain College hired student Maria Salinas Gaytan to write about life at CMC from a Latino student’s perspective. One of Maria’s first posts describes the financial and cultural barriers many Latino students face in their attempts to earn a college degree. You can read more of Maria’s words on her blog,…
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Helping Hands: Event to highlight poverty around the world, in Summit
Poverty looks different in Summit than the rest of the country This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. What poverty around the world look like? Attendees at a free event later this month will find out. At the Hunger Banquet, folks will draw a ticket assigned with a level…
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Partnership formed to sew reusable bags
This article first appeared in the Aspen Daily News. By Curtis Wackerle. With the local market for reusable grocery bags about to get bigger, Colorado Mountain College and Garfield County are partnering on an effort to open a light-industrial sewing shop that will serve as a workforce training center and produce the produce haulers. GarCo…
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Celebrate the beginnings of Summit’s four resorts
CMC’s second annual Pioneer on Planks shares ski history this Friday This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Kimberly Nicoletti. It was a time of bear-trap bindings, bamboo poles and lace-up leather boots — or at least visions thereof. Friday, representatives from Summit County’s four ski areas will talk about the years between…