Tag: rifle
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CMC instructional designer honored with MERLOT peer reviewer award
Loretta Driskel, an instructional designer in the integrated energy program at Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus, was honored with the MERLOT “peer reviewer extraordinaire” award for her work on peer reviewing educational online materials. MERLOT stands for multimedia educational resources for learning and online teaching. It is an international initiative that enables faculty to integrate technology…
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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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Local grads ready for college in Rifle
They say it takes a village to raise a child. But when that village support leads a motivated young person onto the path of higher education, he or she is empowered to give back an even greater amount than they received. That’s the hope for three students from western Garfield County who earned 2013 Alpine…
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Colorado Mountain College helps working mom transition into workforce
Robyn Kent is first and only bachelor’s student graduating this spring in Rifle By Stefanie Kilts [RIFLE] – Robyn Kent was worried about the gap on her resume. Although she had been a licensed psychiatric technician for the State of Colorado for five years, she had taken time off to raise her two kids until…
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Teachers can share the fun, wonder, value of science
This op-ed column ran as a CMC Corner in the Rifle Citizen Telegram April 4, 2013. By Nephi Thompson What if, by learning a new way of seeing, you could be better equipped to solve problems? Or organize what you observe so that you can make more sense of our complex world? These are some…
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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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Honey Don’t broadens bluegrass to embrace Americana
Free concert hosted by CMC and Chevron in Rifle on Feb. 22 The talented musical duo and husband-and-wife team of Bill Powers and Shelley Gray have deep roots in traditional music – they were half of the popular Paonia-based old-time bluegrass band Sweet Sunny South for 10 years – but it’s an expanded sound that…
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Colorado singer and songwriter weaves music, stories multimedia
Littlebird performs at CMC in Glenwood and Rifle Jan. 17, 18 Colorado singer and songwriter Leon Joseph Littlebird will weave tales of old and new – of Colorado life and Native American ancestry, as told through stunning visuals, flute and guitar –into two mesmerizing performances at Colorado Mountain College in January. Littlebird said the concerts…
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Colorado Mountain College in Rifle receives $150,000 Chevron grant
Supports summer science training for local K-8 teachers Jobs abound in careers involving math and science, and a new program will help local school teachers give their students a start in these subjects. Colorado Mountain College has received a $150,000 grant from Chevron to develop and provide a summer science experience for elementary and middle…
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Jack Robert’s paintings on display at CMC in Rifle
Opening reception to take place November 30 This article was first published in the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Kristin Carlson. Captured by the spirit of the West, in all its glory and infamy, Jack Roberts translated the story of the region into art for more than 50 years. Now, western Garfield County residents can see…