Older students enjoy fun, short classes in Encore!

March 12, 2010
Students can enjoy courses ranging from writing to ranch tours with the Encore! program.

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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I-70 through Glenwood Canyon is now open

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


Artist sells Summer of Jazz paintings to support concert series

March 11, 2010

This painting of the Hot 8 Brass Band by Glenwood Springs artist and Colorado Mountain College art instructor Dean Bowlby is one of several of his past Summer of Jazz paintings on exhibit and for sale at the CMC Gallery in Glenwood Springs. Bowlby will give half of the proceeds from the sale of these jazz paintings to support the community-funded concert series. The paintings are on display through March 26.Longtime Glenwood Springs artist and Colorado Mountain College art instructor Dean Bowlby wants to give back to the Summer of Jazz by helping to raise money so it can continue.

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CMC Foundation helps students pay for college

March 10, 2010

Carol EftingBy 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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Glenwood Canyon closed – major rock slide

March 8, 2010

From the Denver Post:

A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 has been closed in western Colorado after a rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on the highway.

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Celestial News: Welcome back, evening star

March 5, 2010

The dazzling planet Venus will pass by the familiar Seven Sisters star cluster on April 24, providing a stunning view just as darkness falls. The event will look much like it did on March 31, 2004, as captured in this image. Watch for Venus to meet up with the Moon and planets many times in the coming months as she enters our evening sky. Photo by Jimmy Westlake, 2004.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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Colorado Senate passes CMC baccalaureate bill 33-1

March 4, 2010

Bill now moves forward to House of Representatives

The Colorado Senate voted 33-1 today to pass Senate Bill 10-101, which would allow Colorado Mountain College to offer four-year degrees.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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Colorado Mountain College seeks 4-year degree program

March 3, 2010

Claire Helmick, a student at Colorado Mountain College’s West Garfield campus in Rifle, checks on a vial of fruit flies Thursday in biology class. A Rifle firefighter, Helmick said she’d like to eventually pursue a four-year degree in fire science. But she has three children and said she wouldn’t be able to move elsewhere for schooling. If Colorado Mountain College could offer a four-year degree program, “it would definitely help,” Helmick said. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel photo.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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Which schools produce the most Olympians?

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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Scholarship fund created for bachelor’s degrees

March 1, 2010

Community and club members gathered at the Aspen Glen Club near Carbondale recently for an evening of fine wine tasting and fundraising to kick off the new Aspen Glen Scholar Fund to benefit local Colorado Mountain College students.

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