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New algae process for biofuel production earns patent for CMC instructor

May 17, 2013 No comments

By Nancy Genova

Nancy Genova, chief executive officer of Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and a college vice president

Nancy Genova, chief executive officer of Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and a college vice president

Colorado Mountain College’s Rifle campus strives to stay on the forefront of leading integrated technologies.

Dr. Dennis Zhang is one example of the outstanding faculty bringing this leading technology into classrooms. In March, he received approval for an exciting patent for a process used for biofuel production from algae.

Last August Zhang joined our talented faculty as the associate professor of integrated energy. In addition to having a background in teaching, he has also built his career on process engineering associated with energy.

Before starting at CMC, he served as a senior chemical engineer at Solix BioSystems, Inc., in Fort Collins, with a focus on downstream processes for algae biofuels and bioproducts.

His patent – U.S. Patent No. 8,399,239 – is a new process for separating biomass from algae for use in biofuels production and generation of related algae products. Algae production for biofuel occurs in four steps: the algae are grown Read more

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Graduate Profiles: Jacqueline Kniss, Natural Resource Management

May 16, 2013 No comments

The Natural Resource Management degree program at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville provides valuable, on the ground training for students interested in natural resource work with government agencies. Graduate Jackie Kniss found a position with the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife after graduating from the program, studying bighorn sheep and lamb survival rates in the Arkansas River Valley for the agency. Jackie shares her thoughts of the program’s value in the video below.

 

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DU, CMC partner to offer master’s degree

May 14, 2013 No comments

Glenwood Center new home for advanced degree in social work

Dr. Walter LaMendola, professor in the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work, and Dr. Brad Tyndall, senior vice president of academic affairs at Colorado Mountain College, are among those in the DU-CMC partnership bringing a Master of Social Work program to western Colorado. Photo Stefanie Kilts

Dr. Walter LaMendola, professor in the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work, and Dr. Brad Tyndall, senior vice president of academic affairs at Colorado Mountain College, are among those in the DU-CMC partnership bringing a Master of Social Work program to western Colorado. Photo Stefanie Kilts

In a partnership that will strengthen the Western Slope’s network of social support services, as well as create career opportunities for people already living in the region, Colorado Mountain College and the University of Denver are working together to bring a master’s degree in social work to Garfield County.

The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) at the University of Denver has recently started enrolling students into its Master of Social Work (MSW) program in western Colorado. Colorado Mountain College will host the program at its Glenwood Center, which is located at 1402 Blake Avenue (behind the City Market) in Glenwood Springs.

Classes will start in fall 2013. Available spots are already being filled, so applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

“By partnering with the University of Denver, we’re able to help empower our local residents with greater access, so they can earn an advanced degree from a well-respected university,” said Dr. Charles Dassance, interim president of Colorado Mountain College. “Not only will this degree prepare people for Read more

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Eleven faculty promoted at Colorado Mountain College

May 14, 2013 No comments

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Colorado Mountain College is promoting four assistant professors and seven associate professors throughout the college’s nine-county service area. Portraits of the eleven faculty are in the slideshow above. Kelli McCall and Jeffrey Runyon at the Leadville campus and Connie Selzer and Rod Taylor at the Spring Valley campus (near Glenwood Springs) are being promoted to associate professor. Tal Hardman, Derek Johnston, Bruce Kime and Becky Loth Luetke at Spring Valley; Susanna Spaulding at Leadville; Lindsay Royce at Steamboat; and Carol Turrin at Breckenridge are being promoted to full professor.

Four associate professors at Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Spring Valley are being promoted to full professor. Dr. Kime has taught social Read more

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CMC students take helm of athletic shoe companies

May 9, 2013 No comments

Those in college’s first class to graduate with bachelor’s degrees score in top 100 in world

Corey Milar and his business partners decided to take a big risk with their athletic shoe business.

They sold all their plants and moved production to the Asia-Pacific region to take advantage of cheaper labor and higher efficiency. The risk paid off in the long run, leading their company to be ranked the 64th top company worldwide.

“We changed our strategy every year,” Milar said. “We have tried to forecast what other companies were going to do in the next year and differentiate from other companies.”

However, this wasn’t a real company. Instead of making the decision from an office in a big city, Milar and his teammates Kyle Bata and Kerry Lofy worked on their strategy from a classroom at Colorado Mountain College in Read more

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CMC offers high-tech adventure for sixth- through eighth-graders

May 8, 2013 No comments

Registration opens for Colorado Mountain College Summer Technology Institute

By Kristin Carlson

As parents plan family vacations, they’re also looking for local opportunities to keep kids engaged and entertained during the long summer days. The Summer Technology Institute at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge offers young people a chance to explore the digital landscape with a group of experienced guides.

Founder and lead teacher of the Summer Technology Institute, Robert Cartelli, a technology and e-commerce instructor at the college, saw a need to support local schools in their efforts to stay ahead of the technology curve. So, with the help of several expert instructors, he launched the first Summer Technology Institute Read more

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New Media Storytelling class work on Vimeo

May 7, 2013 No comments

Colorado Mountain College’s Professional Photography Program has started a Vimeo Channel to showcase the work being done in our New Media Storytelling class. The students have recently put up some compelling, beautiful work. You can check out a promotional pieces for the program created by our students below:

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Healing after the Shoah explored through mixed media

May 6, 2013 Comments Off

ArtShare Gallery features exhibit by Holocaust scholar, adjunct faculty

This mixed-media piece by carolyn h. manosevitz, mfa, hole in the landscape, is part of an upcoming exhibit titled healing on display at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in Glenwood Springs May 6-June 24.

This mixed-media piece by carolyn h. manosevitz, mfa, hole in the landscape, is part of an upcoming exhibit titled healing on display at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in Glenwood Springs May 6-June 24.

By Stefanie Kilts

“We all need to heal,” said carolyn h. manosevitz, mfa. Her artwork – three-dimensional paintings on paper and paper sculptures – addresses the human experience after a catastrophe.

In manosevitz’s case, this catastrophe is the Shoah, a Hebrew term used by contemporary scholars in reference to the Holocaust. She has been involved in the world of Holocaust studies both in her art and her teaching for the past 15 years.

“I use the Shoah as a vehicle, a bridge to connect with my Christian and Muslim brothers and sisters,” she said.

The artist was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, the child of Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine. Her father was the youngest in a family of 12 children and emigrated to Canada in the early part of the 20th century ahead Read more

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Registration underway for summer classes at Colorado Mountain College

May 6, 2013 Comments Off

Registration is underway for summer semester classes at Colorado Mountain College. Many classes start the week of May 13 and others start throughout the summer. CMC offers associate and bachelor’s degrees, certificates, adult basic education and continuing education at 11 locations or online. More information is at coloradomtn.edu, 1-800-621-8559, or your local campus.

CMC Aspen

Classes begin May 13 and throughout the semester.

Each household should receive a course schedule in the mail. More information and registration is available online at www.coloradomtn.edu/register or by visiting the campus in Aspen, 0255 Sage Way.

Students new to the college and those who have not taken classes within the past 12 months can apply and register in person, or can go to the college’s website to apply online and then fax or mail in a registration form. Students who have taken classes within the past 12 months can also sign up by mail, phone or fax, or online. Students can also register by emailing cmcAS@coloradomtn.edu.

For more information, call 925-7740 or 1-800-621-8559.

CMC Breckenridge and Dillon

Many classes at Breckenridge and Dillon are starting the week of May 13.

Each household should receive a course schedule in the mail. Information also is available by visiting either Colorado Mountain College in Dillon at 333 Fiedler Avenue, two blocks east of the Dillon post office, or Colorado Mountain College i Read more

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Colorado Mountain College helps working mom transition into workforce

May 3, 2013 Comments Off

Robyn Kent is first and only bachelor’s student graduating this spring in Rifle

Robyn Kent, a working mother, is finishing her Bachelor of Science in business administration at Colorado Mountain College. Kent, the only student from CMC’s Rifle campus receiving a bachelor’s degree this spring, will be the student speaker at the May 3 graduation ceremony. Photo Stefanie Kilts

Robyn Kent, a working mother, is finishing her Bachelor of Science in business administration at Colorado Mountain College. Kent, the only student from CMC’s Rifle campus receiving a bachelor’s degree this spring, will be the student speaker at the May 3 graduation ceremony. Photo Stefanie Kilts

By Stefanie Kilts

[RIFLE] – Robyn Kent was worried about the gap on her resume. Although she had been a licensed psychiatric technician for the State of Colorado for five years, she had taken time off to raise her two kids until they reached kindergarten.

“I hadn’t worked since 2005,” she said. At that point, she was living in New Castle and as she thought about getting back into the workforce, she found that Colorado Mountain College was an easy choice to make. In addition to the location and flexibility of the classes, affordability was a big plus for Kent.

“I could afford to pay cash for my education so I didn’t have to take out any student loans,” she said.

When she looked at universities outside Colorado, she said she was looking at $27,000 to $30,000 a year. She estimates she spent $5,000 last year at CMC for her education.

“I saved $22,000 to $25,000 [each year] on my education,” she said. “It’s a Read more

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