Tag: Partnerships
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School’s in Session
Keystone’s dining scene gets a much-needed boost This article was first published in 5280 magazine. By Kelly Bastone. Ski bums once filled keystone’s kitchens—and churned out lackluster grub. But that’s changing. These days, a small army of food professionals trained at Keystone’s Colorado Mountain College’s Culinary Institute lends aptitude and flair to the resort’s restaurants…
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Awesome Airway Workshop held at CMC
CMC and medical community partner to teach airway refresher Dr. Eman Podgorny, Medical Director for the Paramedic program, and Liz Owen, Colorado Mountain College Paramedic faculty member, facilitate an Airway Workshop each year in partnership with Vail Valley Emergency Physicians. The workshop was originally created for hospital physicians and students in Colorado Mountain College’s Paramedic…
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EcoFlight: Aerial Advocacy
Group puts ‘people in high places’ to encourage responsible resource use Ben Saheb and Jenna Wirtz, students in Colorado Mountain College’s Sustainability Studies bachelor’s degree program, traveled with Ecoflight this fall to study environmental issues in the West from an aerial perspective. Ecoflight uses small aircraft to fly students, media professionals, conservation groups and policy…
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Club Rotario raises scholarship funds for CMC students
Members from many countries unite for common mission This article first appeared in El Montanes. By Veronica Whitney CARBONDALE, Colorado — To Paulino Abarco, the scholarship he got from the Roaring Fork Rotary Club to go to college means he can work a little less as a painter in Aspen and concentrate more on his…
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Pre-Collegiate Program puts kids on track for college success
CMC a partner in successful program for first generation students This article was previously published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. By Jim Noyes. In a country where roughly 25 percent of high school students drop out and never earn their diplomas, and only one-third of the graduates move on to higher education at the…
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Ecoflight Flight Across America Day 3
CMC Sustainability Studies student shares an aerial perspective on western environmental issues Day 3 began with another early start. I totally forgot that we were not in Aspen anymore. It was nice to see that even with the sun nowhere to be found, there was no frost on the hotel windows. We were in warmer…
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Leadership Summit encourages community participation, leadership
CMC Class application deadline is Oct. 5 This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Colorado Mountain College’s Leadership Summit is heading into its seventh year of inspiring Summit County members to not only lead, but actively participate within the area. The program was started in 2004 by a group…
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Nordica Sidecountry line features design input from CMC
CMC Ski & Snowboard Business students get hands-on experience Mike Martin is director of Colorado Mountain College’s respected Ski and Snowboard Business program in Steamboat Springs. He also moonlights as a professional athlete and product tester for Nordica. Martin and his Nordica cohorts were recently in a new video release for the Sidecountry line that…
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CMC’s Ski and Snowboard Biz program featured in Denver Post
This article appeared in the September 13, 2011 Denver Post. By Jason Blevins Ski shops giving Colorado Mountain College’s pioneering business program a big lift One year after Colorado Mountain College received four-year accreditation for its pioneering ski and snowboard business program, shops are stocking a line of skis and boots designed by the school’s…
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100,000 year old Mastodon DNA
Dr. Ron Carsten lectures tonight in Snowmass Village Colorado Mountain College instructors have been presenting a weekly mini-series of presentations, “A Walk Back in (Ice Age) Time,” on topics related to the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site in Snowmass Village. The sessions are free and open to the public. Sessions are held on Fridays through Sept.…