March 12, 2010
Students can enjoy courses ranging from writing to ranch tours with the Encore! program.
A pilot program at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle last fall attracted nearly 100 baby boomers to a dozen classes — and this spring has led the college to add more classes in Rifle and debut others in Glenwood Springs and Aspen.
“They’re nice courses for old guys like me,” said Bob Kelley of Glenwood Springs, a retired U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Mountain College employee who still teaches biology at the Rifle campus. He took part in an Encore! writing class last fall and plans to take several more classes this spring.
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Posted by suzieromig
March 11, 2010
From the Colorado Dept. of Transportation:
Open: I-70 1 lane each direction, 14-foot width restriction, Glenwood Canyon, call 511 or go to cotrip.org
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Posted by cmceagle
March 10, 2010
By Carol Efting
About six years ago, Silt resident Raquel Villezcas was investigating going to college, but fear and finances held her back. She always wanted to go back to school, but she was married at 20 and started her family soon afterward. Time and money were always tight.
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March 5, 2010
By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus
It’s been nearly a year since the planet Venus graced our evening sky. Venus spent last spring, summer, and fall, as our morning star, rising in the east an hour or two before the sun. Then, on January 11, Venus passed behind the sun as viewed from Earth in an event called superior conjunction and officially entered our evening sky.
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Posted by namrats13
March 4, 2010
Bill now moves forward to House of Representatives
GLENWOOD SPRINGS – One more hurdle has been passed in Colorado Mountain College’s appeal to the state legislature to allow the college to offer a limited number of bachelor’s degrees, as the Colorado Senate voted 33-1 today to pass Senate Bill 10-101. One additional senator was absent from the session.
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Posted by Mike McK
March 3, 2010
By Dennis Webb, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
When Colorado Mountain College employee Erin Furman heard her employer wanted to begin offering four-year degrees, she immediately began thinking about going back to school.
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March 3, 2010
Colorado Mountain College makes the Wall Street Journal’s list
The Wall Street Journal recently posted an article listing the top Winter Olympian-producing colleges in the United States – and Colorado Mountain College makes the list! Read the full story here, and check out the full list after the jump.
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