Tag: Students
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Roaring Fork student’s research poster illustrates importance of sleep in developing brain
Roaring Fork Campus student Charles (Chaz) Tyler participated as an intern last summer in the STARS Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. He was paired with a mentor, Dr. Benjamin Mullin, to learn about the developing brain of a child and how it is affected by inadequate sleep and…
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Student Spotlight: Thang Khan Sian Khai
The Glenwood Post Independent’s Feb. 11 Student Spotlight by Will Grandbois featured CMC Isaacson School for New Media student Thang Khan Sian Khai and is reprinted below. Thang Khan Sian Khai, known to his friends as Sian Khai, 19, grew up in Myanmar and came to the United States two years ago to attend Colorado…
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Ski Industry Careers Launch in Leadville
This student feature on the inspiring Daniel Burl, Ski Area Operations student at CMC Leadville, was originally published in the Colorado Mountain College in Leadville blog. By Lauren Swanson, Social Media Coordinator for CMC Leadville. Daniel Burl, 20-year-old Ski Area Operations student, has been involved in the ski and snowboard industry for more than a decade. Thanks to…
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Katlin Lowe: EcoFlight 2015
By Katlin Lowe I was recently given the opportunity to join EcoFlight in their annual student Flight Across America program. EcoFlight aims to raise environmental awareness by flying students, government and organization staff and other leaders in small planes to gain an exciting and aerial perspective of the wild landscape below. Ecoflight believes that by…
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‘A Celebration of Haute Cuisine’ features CMC apprentice chefs
Diners at the Colorado Mountain College Culinary Institute’s upcoming benefit dinner will not only enjoy a sumptuous four-course meal while savoring specially selected beverages, they’ll support scholarships for the renowned culinary program’s student apprentices, many of whom have gone on to work at top restaurants. Paired with the courses will be a variety of beverages,…
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New CMC Food Club reducing campus waste
Steamboat Springs — A Food Club formed earlier this year at Colorado Mountain College is impacting the school’s amount of food waste and raising awareness about food sustainability among students and staff. Founded in March, the club is an umbrella organization for two local chapters of nationwide projects, Real Food Challenge and Food Recovery Network.…
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Path to citizenship took hard work, lots of paperwork
CMC students took first steps in ESL classes ASPEN – Learning to speak and write English at Colorado Mountain College was not enough for Zakarya Sidibe or Elizabeth María Ford. Both immigrants to the U.S., Sidibe and Ford were among those to recently become American citizens in a naturalization ceremony on Colorado National Monument outside…
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CMC student elected to national Amnesty International board
This article appeared in the Pilot and Today. By Teresa Ristow. Steamboat Springs — A Colorado Mountain College student is now the youngest member of Amnesty International USA’s Board of Directors. Molly Goldberg, 27, earned a place on the worldwide organization’s board election ballot via a campaign in which she collected 100 signatures of dues-paying…
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Yampah Mountain grads share personal journeys
This article was published in the Glenwood Spring’s Post Independent. By John Stroud. Individuality, hard work and believing in oneself aren’t words that get lost on the graduates of Yampah Mountain High School. In fact, they are the very definition of the alternative public high school in Glenwood Springs that serves students from four area…
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1000 Words: Opportunity
On Monday, May 18, fourteen promising high school students were awarded Alpine Bank Latino-Hispanic Scholarships scholarships to attend Colorado Mountain College in the fall. Their career dreams range from becoming physical therapists to teachers to ecological researchers. Many will be the first in their families to attend college; the scholarships help open up doors to…