Tag: Programs

TRIO Day at the Capitol

From left, CMC Rifle TRIO Student Support Services students Ashleigh Isley, Rose Mehus, Ivette Salazar, Vanessa Mendoza, Isaac Hinojos, Lisandio Chacón and Adrian Hernandez were among those who spent TRIO Day at the Colorado Capitol. TRIO SSS is a federally funded educational support program that is administered locally through CMC.

CMC students ‘in the room where it happens’

Avalanche science program earns international attention

Colorado Mountain College avalanche science program students Rich Rogers and Tara Vessella answered questions about the program poster behind them from attendees at the recent International Snow Science Workshop 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. The conference offers an exchange of ideas and experiences between snow science researchers and practitioners. Photo Kelly Elder

CMC students, faculty explain program at industry conference in Austria

Opportunities in the outdoors

From left, Paige Flentge of Glenwood Springs, Jackson Houston of Dillon, Mackenzie Cagle and McAllister Glynn of Rifle, Tyler Miller of Parachute, Karuna Owens of Carbondale and Elizabeth Darst of Frisco work together to move marbles along tubing during a trust-building group exercise during First Ascent Youth Leadership at Colorado Mountain College Leadville. Now in its 23rd year, the program provides outdoor leadership activities and problem-solving exercises to regional middle and high school students.

First Ascent Youth Leadership teaches students to lead peers

La escuela está en proceso para el verano

College class, college issues. In their TRIO Upward Bound social sciences class, from left, April Hurtado, who attends Coal Ridge High School, and Piper Vasquez from Rifle High School discuss how biased viewpoints can create inaccurate stereotyping. In June the two students took part in the Upward Bound Summer Academy, a college-preparatory program at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley. Photo Carrie Click

Escrito por Carrie Click Mientras otros adolescentes toman un descanso del salón de clases, un grupo motivado de estudiantes de preparatorias locales están pasando parte del verano descubriendo de qué se trata la vida universitaria. Durante el mes de junio, 25 estudiantes de las escuelas preparatorias de Coal Ridge, Rifle y Grand Valley esencialmente se… Continue reading La escuela está en proceso para el verano

School’s in – for summer

College class, college issues. In their TRIO Upward Bound social sciences class, from left, April Hurtado, who attends Coal Ridge High School, and Piper Vasquez from Rifle High School discuss how biased viewpoints can create inaccurate stereotyping. In June the two students took part in the Upward Bound Summer Academy, a college-preparatory program at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley. Photo Carrie Click

High school students in TRIO Upward Bound give college life a try

CMC to offer teacher education bachelor’s degree in Lake, Summit counties

From left, Victoria Norville and McKenna Miller, members of the first class to earn bachelor’s degrees in elementary education at Colorado Mountain College, graduated at the Spring Valley campus at Glenwood Springs May 5 and have since accepted teaching positions in the region. Starting this fall, the college is offering teacher education degrees in Summit and Lake counties. Photo Ed Kosmicki

Information sessions July 23 in Breckenridge, July 30 in Leadville

Fighting fire with – firefighters!

(This column was published in the October 26, 2017 edition of the Leadville Herald Democrat.) By Terresa Herbst You may be aware that Colorado Mountain College in Leadville offers such intriguing and in-demand programs as ski area operations and natural resource management. But did you know we also host Firefighter 1 (Fire Academy 1) each… Continue reading Fighting fire with – firefighters!

CMC at front of nursing education

Betty Damask-Bembenek, director of nursing education at Colorado Mountain College, was a featured presenter at a recent national conference, hosted by the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, in Dallas. She described how the college recently implemented a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree, one of the few of its kind in the country.

Colorado Mountain College recently demonstrated how it is at the forefront of nursing education during a national nursing conference. At the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing conference in Dallas Nov. 4-6, Betty Damask-Bembenek, the college’s director of nursing education, presented “A Nursing Academic Progression Model,” outlining the college’s Bachelor of Science in nursing degree. At… Continue reading CMC at front of nursing education