Tag: Summit Campus
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Leadership Summit class marks graduation
CMC’s Nicole Fazande among Class of 2012 graduates This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. June 21 was graduation night for members of Leadership Summit — 12 community leaders and Summit County residents who successfully completed 64 hours of session time over the past eight months. Leadership Summit educates and connects leaders to…
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My Echo Story: Summit pre-collegiate
Local non-profits share how what they do reverberates throughout Summit County This article first appeared in the Summit Daily News. By Molly Griffith, Summit School District pre-collegiate coordinator. In an ever-changing global community, educators constantly try to stay ahead of the curve while preparing students to be productive citizens of society. A high school diploma…
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Arapahoe Basin Closing Weekend and Summer Internship
CMC Breckenridge student Ali Gingras shares a few views of closing day at nearby Arapahoe Basin, and a few thoughts on an upcoming summer internship in her blog, See What I See. Ahhh… The first day of “summer”. And it’s just like Colorado to kick it off with a morning blizzard. *sigh* This past weekend…
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A return to college, after almost 30 years
Graduating CMC student found school is her ‘fountain of youth’ This article first appeared in the Friday May 4, Summit Daily News. By Kathyrn Corazzelli. Graduating Colorado Mountain College student Stephanie Cheval was a little nervous when she first starting attending classes at the school, and not because she wasn’t sure what college would be…
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Sustainability studies and social entrepreneurship
Earlier this year, we highlighted Erick Becerril, a young Colorado Mountain College sustainability studies bachelor’s degree student who is already putting his degree to work. Becerril created a composting and recycling business last year in Summit County. Catch a glimpse of Erick’s thoughts on the sustainability studies program in his own words in our latest…
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Enquiring minds might get answers, career, thanks to donation
CMC receives $17,000 in science equipment from ex-residents [BRECKENRIDGE] – One day, perhaps some renowned scientific genius will look back and give thanks to two former Breckenridge residents for a gift which launched that scientist’s career. That may be the case, after Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge recently received a generous donation of new scientific…
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Helping Hands: Event to highlight poverty around the world, in Summit
Poverty looks different in Summit than the rest of the country This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. What poverty around the world look like? Attendees at a free event later this month will find out. At the Hunger Banquet, folks will draw a ticket assigned with a level…
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Sailing the Northwest Passage — and then some
David Thoreson will speak in Breckenridge Saturday about an amazing sailing adventure This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Experience a 28,000 mile sailing journey around the Americas — in only an hour — with expedition photographer David Thoreson. Thoreson is speaking Friday at the Breckenridge Colorado Mountain College…
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Celebrate the beginnings of Summit’s four resorts
CMC’s second annual Pioneer on Planks shares ski history this Friday This article was published in the Summit Daily News. By Kimberly Nicoletti. It was a time of bear-trap bindings, bamboo poles and lace-up leather boots — or at least visions thereof. Friday, representatives from Summit County’s four ski areas will talk about the years between…
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The e-textbook trend lands in Summit County
Some find it convenient, others prefer to stick with what they know This article was first published in the Summit Daily News. By Kathryn Corazzelli. Digital textbooks aren’t only gaining popularity across the United States, but among Summit’s college students as well. In the past year alone, the number of textbook titles available for digital…