Garfield, Pitkin combine for No. 1 in Arts Vibrancy Index

January 29, 2015 Comments Off

This article appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Jessica Cabe.

obert Spano conducts the Aspen Festival Orchestra in Beethoven's Ninth in the Benedict Music Tent.

Robert Spano conducts the Aspen Festival Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth in the Benedict Music Tent. Courtesy of the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Glenwood Springs has been named the No. 1 small city in the nation in the first-ever “Arts Vibrancy Index” compiled by Southern Methodist University’s National Center for Arts Research.

“Glenwood Springs” — which in this study represents all of Garfield and Pitkin counties — topped such locations as Santa Fe and Jackson, Wyoming. Overall, western Colorado fared well, with Edwards and Breckenridge rounding out the top five.

The index analyzes the largest database of arts research ever assembled and uses that data to draw conclusions about the state of the arts in America. Read more

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CMC Board of Trustees votes for zero increase for in-district, bachelor’s tuition

January 28, 2015 Comments Off

Keeps tuition among lowest in Colorado

At its meeting on Monday, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees unanimously voted in support of keeping Colorado Mountain College among the most affordable colleges in the state.

Looking ahead to the 2015-16 academic year, they approved a zero increase in the tuition rate for in-district students enrolled in associate-degree-level courses: at $57 per credit hour, the most affordable tuition in Colorado.

Trustees also voted for zero increase in tuition for in-district, in-service-area, in-state and out-of-state students in bachelor’s-level courses. These tuition rates are among the most affordable in the state.

At the associate-degree level, the trustees voted to increase in-state tuition by $6.50 per credit hour to $107. They voted to increase the tuition of students living in the college’s three service area counties – Chaffee, Grand and Jackson – by $6 per credit hour to $103. They also voted to increase out of-state tuition by Read more

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Colorado Mountain College offers info nights at three Colorado locations

January 26, 2015 Comments Off

poster image of CMC Info nightsProspective students and parents from the Front Range and Western Slope can learn more about educational opportunities at Colorado Mountain College during several upcoming information nights.

Colorado Mountain College faculty, staff, students and alumni will be on hand to answer questions about academic programs, residential life, admissions and financial aid. All sessions are scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. on the following dates in Westminster, Colorado Springs and Grand Junction:

• Westminster: Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Westin Westminster Hotel, 10600 Westminster Blvd.; more at coloradomtn.edu/westminster
• Colorado Springs: Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 7290 Commerce Center Dr.; more at coloradomtn.edu/coloradosprings
• Grand Junction: Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Holiday Inn Grand Junction Airport, 2751 Crossroads Blvd.; more at coloradomtn.edu/grandjunction

Colorado Mountain College offers bachelor’s degrees in business, sustainability Read more

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‘Less is More’ in Aspen

January 26, 2015 Comments Off

CMC students, staff, faculty express what sustainability means to them. By Carrie Click

At a time when more people are talking about sustainability and reducing humans’ impact on the environment, an upcoming exhibit at Colorado Mountain College in Aspen is focusing on these principles through artistic interpretation.

In “Less Is More: Sustainable Art and New Media in a Culture of Excess,” exhibit curator and Colorado Mountain College art instructor K Rhynus Cesark has gathered nonjuried work from approximately 25 Colorado Mountain College students, faculty and staff from throughout the college’s nine-county service area.

Colorado Mountain College offers a bachelor’s degree in sustainable studies at several campuses, though the exhibit’s contributors come from not only those locations but from other campuses as well.

“We have participants from Aspen, Spring Valley, Rifle, Steamboat, Leadville and Breckenridge,” said Rhynus. “This call for entries has encouraged dialogue between students and faculty, and faculty to faculty, [about] creating work that Read more

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1000 Words: Colorado alpenglow

January 23, 2015 Comments Off

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1000 Words: Early Childhood Education’s Caitlyn Shaffer

January 22, 2015 Comments Off

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.

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A whole-system approach to pork

January 21, 2015 Comments Off

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!

140816_pigs1_JCMerrill Johnson never planned to be a farmer, but at 25 years old she is running a ranch, raising endangered heritage pigs and contributing to the sustainability of the Roaring Fork Valley. Much like a tomato pulled from the vine tastes much richer, she’s trying out a theory that pigs raised on organic fruits and vegetables taste better than something shrink-wrapped in plastic on the supermarket shelves. Johnson has developed an earth-conscious business model to bring better products to consumers while reducing the environmental impact of waste in the valley.

Less than a century ago small farms covered this valley, and it was not unusual to see a 500-pound hog foraging the land for its next meal. But these old breeds, known as “heritage,” have fallen out of the mainstream because the modern food industry wants a pig that can grow fast for supermarket Read more

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Noted astrophysicist speaks about mission to Pluto

January 20, 2015 Comments Off
NASA's New Horizons robotic spacecraft.

NASA’s New Horizons robotic spacecraft.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – January signals the beginning of a journey to reach a new planet, the first time NASA has launched such an effort since 1989. Between January and July NASA’s New Horizons robotic spacecraft will explore planet Pluto – yes, even the space agency says it’s a planet – and its five moons.

Steamboat Springs audiences will be able to learn about the much-anticipated flyby from University of Colorado professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences Dr. Fran Bagenal this month. Bagenal is a noted researcher in the fields of space plasmas and planetary magnetospheres. Among the planetary sciences missions she has worked on are the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Juno mission to Jupiter.

The free talk, hosted by Colorado Mountain College’s student astronomy club, the SKY Club, will be held at the Allbright Family Auditorium on the CMC campus in Steamboat at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

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School Helping Make Snow Dreams Come True

January 16, 2015 Comments Off
Colorado Mountain College is playing a key role in the next generation of ski area groomers, snowmakers and mechanics thanks to its Ski Area Operations program.

This article was published in the January, 2015 issue of Snow Grooming magazine. By Jim Timlick. 

Photograph of article on CMC in Snow Grooming magazineIt sounds like a young skier or snowboard enthusiast’s dream – a college course that teaches you everything from snowmaking and grooming trails to building a lift and creating a world-class half-pipe.

For a select group of students at a Colorado college, it’s more than just a dream; it’s a reality. About two dozen students enroll each year in the Ski Area Operations program offered at Colorado Mountain College’s Timberline Campus in Leadville, Colorado.

The two-year degree program is designed to prepare students for a career in the mountain resort industry and com­bines technical and academic instruction with on-the-job training at some of Colo­rado’s finest world-class resorts. Read more

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1000 Words: Colorado Mountain College giving elves

January 16, 2015 Comments Off

 

Colorado Mountain College employees and daughter-mother Emma Axelson (administrative technician) and Mary Axelson (professor of developmental education and studies) were among the college’s many Christmas elves this year. In the Roaring Fork Campus’s fourth annual toy drive, employees brought toys to the campus Christmas party, some of which are pictured here. Students attending the Learning Labs in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, as well as students from the Gateway Program, were then allowed to pick out gifts to give to their children. In all, college employees donated close to 1,000 pounds in canned goods to community food banks, “adopted” local families in need by providing food for a holiday meal and gifts, and donated to charities like the Wounded Warrior Project and Camfed.

Colorado Mountain College employees and daughter-mother Emma Axelson (administrative technician) and Mary Axelson (professor of developmental education and studies) were among the college’s many Christmas elves this year. In the Roaring Fork Campus’s fourth annual toy drive, employees brought toys to the campus Christmas party, some of which are pictured here. Students attending the Learning Labs in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, as well as students from the Gateway Program, were then allowed to pick out gifts to give to their children. In all, college employees donated close to 1,000 pounds in canned goods to community food banks, “adopted” local families in need by providing food for a holiday meal and gifts, and donated to charities like the Wounded Warrior Project and Camfed.

 

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