Tag: Students
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Summit County challenge: How to make a meal for $10
This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Elise Reuter. Crockpots filled with steaming food lined the Summit County Community and Senior Center, as 11 Colorado Mountain College culinary students vied to have their dish recognized as the best. The competition came with a twist: The sum total of the ingredients could not…
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Phi Theta Kappa brings in new members
By Christie Smith The Roaring Fork Campus inducted 23 new members to its chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of the two-year college. An induction ceremony was held Friday, Mar. 27 with the inductees and about 50 friends and family members. The students represented a wide mix of backgrounds, with five foreign countries…
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Sunday Profile: CMC and Rotary fulfill youngest president
This article was printed in the Glenwood Post-Independent. By Will Grandbois. As the world’s youngest Rotary president, Tony Mendez has had a close-up look at the issues his club is working on. Mendez was 21 when he took the helm of the Rotary Club of the Roaring Fork, better known as Club Rotario, a small,…
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Breckenridge students Brooke Potter and Jake Black balance school with ski comps
This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Phil Lindeman. Jake Black is first to admit he doesn’t quite live a Walden Pond existence. The longtime Summit County resident has for years led the hectic and gear-centric life typical of a top-tier snowboarder who travels all over the world to compete. The 26-year-old…
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Jake Black to compete at international games in Spain
Snowboarder, CMC student among 2,000 at WWUG By Kate Lapides Snowboarding and sustainability: Jake Black has weaved the two together seamlessly throughout his college years, successfully balancing a career as a professional snowboarder while studying for a bachelor’s degree at Colorado Mountain College. Black has an opportunity to compete specifically as a college student this…
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1000 Words: Early Childhood Education’s Caitlyn Shaffer
Caitlyn Shaffer pursued her degree in CMC’s Early Childhood Education program to expand her skills and income potential while working as a teacher at Our School preschool. Learn what she loves about the program – an catch a fun childhood memory of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. https://vimeo.com/116384660
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A whole-system approach to pork
This Aspen Times feature on the good work of CMC sustainability studies student Merrill Johnson, who is reducing waste, upcycling, and creating locally-sourced and sold food on her family’s farm, was published last summer. We’re reprinting it belatedly in Enews as it escaped our media monitor. Enjoy the read! Merrill Johnson never planned to be…
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Defining Sustainability: Riders
CMC sustainability studies student & semi-pro snowboarder Jake Black shares his thoughts on greening up the planet, taking a stand, and the need for positive, creative thinking. First printed in Snowboard magazine. Black is also a talented photographer who shoots conceptual black & white images with a 4×5 Toyo field camera. Nicolas, a lifelong vegetarian,…
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From CMCLeadville Student to Alaskan Heli-Skiing Tour Guide
“Every day I wake up and I do the thing I love.” CMC Leadville Outdoor Recreation Leadership student Brett Menter is pursuing his dream career as a snowboard guide with Majestic HeliSki guiding company in Alaska.
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EcoFlight: Putting it in perspective
EcoFlight is an Aspen-based nonprofit organization that advocates for the protection of wild lands and wildlife by flying people over landscapes located mostly in the American West, to gain a “big picture” perspective of these areas. From Oct. 11 to 14, eight college students – each of whom wrote an essay that won them a…