Tag: Students
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Summit for first-generation college students at CMC
Colorado Mountain College will hold a free one-day First Generation College Summit for students and their parents on Saturday, April 6, 8 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., at Glenwood Springs High School, 1521 Grand Ave. The focus will be on educating students who will be the first in their family to attend college, also known as…
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CMC wins $7,000 bike in nationwide, virtual-reality bike challenge
Local campus speeds past Bucknell, University of Iowa to win first place From the seat of one stationary bike in their fitness center, students and staff at Colorado Mountain College’s Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley campus competed against thousands of riders from 70 other colleges across the country. And they won. The College Interactive Cycling Challenge was…
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If You Like to Ski, Thank a Veteran
This post first appeared in CMC student Clayton Bolton’s blog, Out of Uniform. Miners may have settled the mountains, but veterans conquered them. I love to ski. I get out every couple weeks but not nearly as much as I would like to. I like to think that I’m good skier but I’ve seen people…
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“Portraits of Kenya” features photographs by Kenyan children
Opening reception set for March 1 at CMC Aspen Gallery Colorado Mountain College’s Aspen Gallery will feature photographs taken by children living in the slums of Kenya in a “Portraits of Kenya” exhibit opening on March 1. Andrew Braun, a CMC professional photography program student, spent the fall in Africa teaching photography to a class…
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SB33 immigrant student tuition bill endorsed by Colorado Mountain College
This article appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent on February 1, 2013. By John Stroud. GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College’s board of trustees voted unanimously Thursday to lend the college’s support to an immigrant student tuition bill that’s currently working its way through the Colorado Legislature. The move came after members of the local…
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Colorado Mountain College students summit Mt. Kilimanjaro
A group of students taking part in Colorado Mountain College’s East Africa Study Abroad program just returned from a successful summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. “Everyone made it to at least 15,000 feet,” the group reported in a Facebook post from Moshe, Tanzania. “The entire group is doing wonderfully and we leave on our Serengeti safari…
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Semester At Snow
Breckenridge program aims to mentor aspiring professional snowboarders on the hill and off it This article first appeared in ESPN’s digital Action Sports. By Devon O’Neil. From the why-didn’t-someone-think-of-this-sooner department, longtime Colorado-based pro snowboarder Jeff Meyer is debuting a new kind of coaching program this winter, called Semester at Snow. Through the program, Meyer will…
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Backyard Skintracks
CMC student Dustin Eldridge decided to forego a season ski pass this year and earn all his turns via his own sweat and uptrack. Here’s his take on the beauty of carving turns right in one’s own backyard. First published in Dustin’s blog, Steamboat Livin.’ This season I decided to not pay for a season…
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CMC photography students claim international awards in annual contest
Top awards in 67th College Photography of the Year photo contest By Stefanie Kilts Photographs taken by two Colorado Mountain College photography students stood out from more than 14,000 images and received high honors in the international 67th College Photographer of the Year awards. Beth White’s image of two Mennonite women playing pool in Doc…
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From Indecision to Aerospace Engineering: Meet CMC graduate Eric Schaub
When Eric Schaub graduated from CU Boulder with a BS in Aerospace Engineering last summer, he did so with much acclaim. His senior project – a collaboration between Schaub, four fellow Aerospace Engineering students and Ball Aerospace – was chosen as the most outstanding among the prestigious school’s impressive slate of Senior Capstone Projects. He…