Tag: Spring Valley Campus

  • Cast your vote for comedy at CMC Theatre’s ‘November’

    Pre-election parody offers irreverent take on politics By Kristin Carlson Just when we all need a sense of humor about the elections, Colorado Mountain College presents David Mamet’s searing satire about a bombastic, incumbent president desperate for reelection. “November,” a comedy about a fictional president’s desperate bid for reelection, opens at Colorado Mountain College in…

  • One-woman show roller-coaster ride of ‘Bad Dates’

    CMC production explores thrills, spills of modern romance in one-weekend run By Kristin Carlson Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates,” a poignant comedy about a single mom who braves the world of modern dating, armed only with her high-heeled shoes, opens at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley Sept. 20. The one-woman play has a one-weekend…

  • Eclectic quartet melds string improvisations, voices

    Bay area musicians to play at three Colorado Mountain College locations How did an all-female group of musicians and vocalists from San Francisco’s Bay Area end up shattering preconceived notions of string quartets, folk harmonies and world music? Real Vocal String Quartet began with violinist Irene Sazer’s inspiration to combine her musical passions: chamber music,…

  • Disc golf courses closed due to fire danger

    Spring Valley and Steamboat courses closed until further notice Colorado Mountain College’s disc golf courses at Spring Valley and Steamboat Springs are closed until further notice due to extreme fire danger and dry conditions. Please help us to ensure the safety of our campuses and the surrounding communities by honoring these closures – and by…

  • Siblings earn Ph.D.s a few days apart

    Education in Roaring Fork Valley schools fueled Derringtons’ thirst for knowledge This article was first published in the Aspen Times. By Scott Condon. CARBONDALE — Janver and Khaila Derrington, of Carbondale, got a double dose of duty as proud parents when both of their children earned their doctorate degrees in a three-week period this spring.…

  • GarCo Sewing Works

    CMC grad puts degree to work for sustainable CMC business partnership This article first appeared in Colorado Mountain College student Jordan Callier’s blog, The Art of Visual Communication. As a student in the Graphic Design Program at Colorado Mountain College, I was able to participate in real-life projects. My professor, Brian Tinker, helped me find…

  • CMC’s PEAK Performance Receives $1,000 YOUTH-Turn It Around Award

    Spring Valley student group turns adversity into action and garners national award Glenwood Springs, CO (June 2012) – To celebrate Global Youth Traffic Safety Month® during May 2012, National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) launched the third annual YOUTH-Turn It Around Awards program to recognize and award cash prizes to youth organizations that utilized the…

  • Summer media camp at Colorado Mountain College

    High Tech New Media Camp for young adults The New Media Camp in the Rockies, a cooperative venture between Colorado Mountain College and the True Media Foundation, is launching its inaugural residential summer program, for participants ages 16-20, at the college’s campus at Spring Valley near Glenwood Springs. Participants will learn how to tell stories…

  • CMC trustees vote on lease for compressor station

    At the May 14, 2012, meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, the board voted to not recognize a land lease between the college and SourceGas. SourceGas has been seeking to build a booster compressor station on the college’s campus in Spring Valley. After hearing feedback from the community this spring, SourceGas approached…

  • Volunteering with nonprofit life-changing for CMC student

    After graduation, Wojan plans to earn bachelor’s, work for NGO or nonprofit This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado —When Richard Wojan signed the dotted line for his volunteer stint with the organization Embrace Dignity last summer, he confesses that initially he had “no idea what I was really getting…