Glenwood Springs visitor center now a lot more central

May 30, 2012

Downtown move a partnership between chamber, CMC

Marianne Virgili and Doug Stewart in the new Glenwood Springs Chamber/CMC visitor's center in Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Glenwood Springs Chamber president Marianne Virgili and CMC director of marketing Doug Stewart admire the new visitors welcome center at 802 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association Welcome Center just got a lot closer to the visitors it aims to serve, and just in time for the Memorial Day launch to the summer tourist season.

The chamber, in partnership with Colorado Mountain College, officially opened the new Welcome Center Friday in the street-front space opposite U.S. Bank in the new CMC Central Services Building at 802 Grand Ave.

“We’ve had discussions going back probably 25 years about being in the heart of downtown Glenwood Springs,” Chamber President and CEO Marianne Virgili said.

“When CMC purchased the building here, we said we would like to be a part of it if they had room,” she said. “It’s a great continuation of Read the rest of this entry »

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Collaboration on solar project a bright idea

May 29, 2012
This article first appeared in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Emily Hisel.
Colorado Mountain College students in front of a 10 kilowatt solar array on top of the New Castle Branch Library.

Colorado Mountain College students and instructors show off the 10 kilowatt solar array they installed atop the remodeled New Castle Branch Library.

When the Garfield Public Library District began construction projects in 2009, having energy efficient buildings was a goal for all six libraries.

The Parachute and Rifle branch libraries were the first buildings completed. Both were equipped with solar panels, and the Rifle Branch achieved LEED Gold certification.

However, when the New Castle Branch remodeling discussions began, it was found that an installation of around 10 kilowatt hours of rooftop solar panels would cost nearly $80,000.

That did not stop library staff from pursuing environmentally and fiscally responsible Read the rest of this entry »

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My Echo Story: Summit pre-collegiate

May 25, 2012

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.

Students in the 2012 Summit Pre Collegiate program standing in front of a schoolbus.

2012 Pre-Collegiate participants get a feel of college life while on a field trip to Northeastern Community College. Special to the Daily

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 is now necessary to apply for the most basic of jobs, and a college degree opens the door to many more opportunities in the workforce.

In 2008, concerned members of Summit County observed a need to support a growing population of first-generation students. These students were not applying for scholarships, were not continuing their education beyond high school, and some were not able to complete high school requirements.

With the support of Vail Resorts Echo, Colorado Mountain College, the University of Colorado-Boulder, and several private contributors, the Summit Pre-Collegiate Program was created. We strive to connect first-generation students in Summit School District with Read the rest of this entry »

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Stars of Summer

May 24, 2012

Vertical Dreams – Jackie Kuusinen

This article first appeared in Steamboat Magazine. By Murray Selleck.

Photo of climber and CMC instructor Jackie Kuusinen.

Photo of climber and CMC instructor Jackie Kuusinen. By Corey Kopischke.

Jackie Kuusinen’s dreams come true. Her dreams are of granite and sandstone, rock faces reaching into the sky, and hanging out on tiny ledges high above horizontal ground. Her dreams are also her job.

Kuusinen is a climber. A good climber. Her imagination was first captured by the thought of climbing as a middle school student here in Steamboat Springs. It was at school, on an artificial climbing wall, that she first tied into a harness, grabbed a hold, and stepped up onto the wall. She began thinking of bigger climbs, steeper cliffs, and what might be next.

All through high school and college, as she earned her master’s degree in library science, Kuusinen found her next climbing goals and worked hard at achieving them. As each goal was met, others were set. This is climbing at its core.

Internships, guiding professionally, earning her single-pitch accreditation from the American Mountain Guides Association, and assisting lead instructors at Colorado Mountain College all led to her current job of teaching and leading rock climbing courses back home at CMC. (As if that weren’t enough, Kuusinen is also the reference librarian at Read the rest of this entry »

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Tell us what you want to learn!

May 23, 2012

Colorado Mountain College opens Continuing Education survey online

By Jonathan Satz

Jonathan Satz, director of continuing education and director of CMC's Glenwood Center.

Jonathan Satz, director of continuing education and director of Colorado Mountain College’s Glenwood Center, wants to hear what you want to learn.

Over the past two years you may have heard about Colorado Mountain College’s new four-year degrees.  Many people already know about CMC’s great tradition, for more than 40 years, of offering two-year degrees and occupational certificates.

But perhaps you already have a college degree or you’re not looking to earn one at the moment. So how can your local community college benefit you?
Equal to our mission of offering degrees and certificates, Colorado Mountain College provides lifelong learning opportunities, which we at CMC refer to as continuing and community education. Continuing and community education is often defined as noncredit, non-degree classes, or they may also include credit classes that are oriented towards learning a new skill (computers, business workshops and languages, for example) but are not necessarily tied to a degree.

These types of classes usually are offered in nearly every discipline, from business to art, science to Read the rest of this entry »

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New Media Camp in the Rockies June 17-27

May 23, 2012

Colorado Mountain College offers hands-on Internet broadcast experience

By Kristin Carlson

In today’s world of real-time Internet broadcasting, stories travel around the globe with the click of a mouse. The inaugural New Media Camp of the Rockies, at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus, aims to help youth tap into that world, by teaching them the skills to create meaningful content, produce powerful media segments and broadcast their stories.

“Youth are very interested in topical issues,” said Chris Tribble, camp director. “It’s important that they have a platform and the skills they need to make their voices heard.”

Camp offers comprehensive experience

Colorado Mountain College has teamed up with Tribble’s brainchild, True Media Foundation, to provide students with a 10-day immersion experience using state-of-the-art new media tools, including high definition cameras, a multi-camera tricaster, audio mixers and software such as Read the rest of this entry »

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