Addie overcomes obstacles to graduate May 5

Christian Addie, at left, receives the Outstanding Bachelor Student of the Year award for Spring Valley and Glenwood Springs from Dr. Cynthia Bell at the Colorado Mountain College bachelor’s commencement held at Spring Valley May 5. Photo Ed Kosmicki

Named Outstanding Bachelor Student of the Year for Spring Valley and Glenwood Springs

A real-world photography exhibit

"Crown Fountain," by Maxine Jablonski, an Isaacson School professional photography student, is one of 18 images included in a student photography exhibit at the CMC ArtShare Gallery at Morgridge Commons in downtown Glenwood Springs. An opening reception for the exhibit is being held April 13. Photo Maxine Jablonski

CMC professional photography students show work at public reception April 13

Students enjoy day to give back

At left, CMC TRIO staff member and Mountain Valley Horse Rescue volunteer Heather O’Malley reassures Blondie, a Belgian draft horse at Mountain Valley Horse Rescue, after giving her shots to treat an eye infection. The fly mask protects the horse’s sensitive eyes. During February’s annual National TRIO Day of Service, Colorado Mountain College students (left to right) Alyssa Lowry, Kadia Soulemane, Ryan Kowalik and Maura Reed from Colorado Mountain College Leadville volunteered at the horse rescue, at one of several events where local TRIO students gave back to their communities. Photo Carrie Click

CMC students spend National TRIO Day at horse rescue

Sopris Theatre Company’s season opens Oct. 20

Last season, Sopris Theatre Company’s production of the French comedy “Boeing Boeing” featured, from left, Eric Lamb, Paige Ulmer, Scott Elmore and Shelby Lathrop. The 2017-18 season promises a fresh line-up of theatrical productions for every taste. Photo Scot Gerdes

Five performances in store October through April

CMC history: ‘Giving everybody a chance’

Yesenia Arreola never expected to attend college when she was growing up in Carbondale. But after participating in the Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship program, she earned an associate degree from Colorado Mountain College, a bachelor's from Regis University and, a few weeks ago, a master's in social work from the University of Denver. Here she's with her son Ian wearing his mother's graduation cap. "This is my favorite graduation picture," she said. Photo courtesy Yesenia Arreola

Since 1996, over 200 Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholars have attended CMC

Sopris Theatre Company presents ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ April 14-23

From left, Nurse Ratched (Lisa Langer) struggles to keep control of the psychiatric ward she runs when a new rebellious patient arrives. With Joshua Adamson, Christian D’Arcy Forma, Travis Wilson, Michael Banks, Ben Bookout, Brendan Cochran, Scott Elmore, Alexander Frost and G. Thomas Cochran. Photo Scot Gerdes

It’s a story so embedded in our psyches that many of us refer to it offhandedly. Who hasn’t teased a cold-hearted friend that she’s acting like Nurse Ratched? Sopris Theatre Company is bringing the award-winning play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” to the New Space Theatre at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley April 14-23.… Continue reading Sopris Theatre Company presents ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ April 14-23

CMC finds its ’70s groove in local communities

During the 1970s, Colorado Mountain College's Glenwood Center offered workshops in accounting and customer service to improve job skills among local working adults.

This article first appeared in the March 5, 2016 issue of the Post Independent. In the 1970s mountain towns of the Colorado Mountain College district, the college started to serve a different kind of student, in addition to the first students who’d been attending at CMC’s two residential campuses. Not only did local high school… Continue reading CMC finds its ’70s groove in local communities

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