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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” Wednesday’s sunrise, captured by CMC Rifle’s Gethze Hammond. Happy Friday. Enjoy the weekend!
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The Whole Works helps women stitch careers and grow outdoor industry
This article was published in the Denver Post. By Jason Blevins. RIFLE — Kelly Alford remembers the first time she sat down in front of a sewing machine and created something. She was just a child, but she says “my whole world shifted.” That shifting continues today as Alford and three other women, each with…
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New applied engineering degree offers students range of opportunities
CMC expands program to improve job prospects By Carrie Click Luis Pena was just 3 years old when he moved with his family from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Parachute. Growing up amidst Colorado’s Western Slope oil and gas production meant the industry has always had a familiar presence in his life. So when it came…
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La Catrina to perform at CMC in Rifle and Breckenridge
Music is a part of life, but in many cultures it is also a part of grieving, or even in celebrating the passing of a loved one. That may have been part of the thinking when La Catrina String Quartet formed eight years ago. The four-member group will perform Latin American and classical string…
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Ruffley, Jorgensen named local CMC Rifle campus’s full-time, adjunct Faculty of the Year
Every year employees and students at each of Colorado Mountain College’s campuses nominate adjunct and full-time faculty members for the Faculty of the Year Award. eNews will be profiling the 2015 honorees throughout the week. Today’s profile highlights Faculty of the Year from the college’s Rifle campus. . Dr. Dave Ruffley and Gretchen “Greta” Jorgensen…
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Solar workshops planned for governments
CMC Rifle to host workshop on controlling costs with solar Libraries, schools, water plants and town halls in western Colorado are cutting their electrical energy costs by installing solar arrays. Two free workshops will explain how more governments and special districts can get started using solar to cut energy costs. The “Control Your Energy Costs…
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High school students can try college classes with CMC program
This article appeared in the Glenwood Spring’s Post Independent By Will Grandbois. While most Garfield County School District Re-2 teens are sleeping in Friday mornings, two dozen of their fellows are getting a head start on life after high school. Colorado Mountain College’s new Career Academy, a new approach to concurrent enrollment, is under way…
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Colorado Mountain College to offer classes, registration in downtown Rifle
Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus will soon offer class registration and a limited number of classes in downtown Rifle. This is in addition to classes it will continue to offer at the Rifle campus’s Encana Academic Center near the Garfield County Regional Airport, and in Parachute. “To continue to meet community needs, we are leasing…
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CMC Rifle Aspen Prize
Colorado Mountain College is in the running for $25,000 to help put a great idea into motion. And we – and students in one of our communities – need your support by June 1! At our Rifle campus this fall we are launching an innovative Career Academy, which will allow high school students to earn…
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Culinary arts program serves popular course
This article was published in the Rifle Citizen Telegram. By Teresa Hamilton. Isidro Contreras Morales’ knife blade flashes as he slices through the cabbage and peppers on his cutting board. The cuts are intricate and precise. Morales is a senior at Coal Ridge High School, but as his knife flies across the cutting board, he…