What do people living in Parachute, Battlement Mesa want to learn?

September 2, 2010

By Robin Haney

Robin Haney

Robin Haney

From time to time over the years, Colorado Mountain College has held some noncredit classes for residents in Parachute and Battlement Mesa, even though we didn’t have a physical home in either of the two communities.

That may change slightly, as we’ve leased the former Grand Valley Educational Career Center in Parachute from School District 16 and have scheduled several classes for the facility this fall. And we want to hear what additional classes and programs that residents, businesses and community leaders in Parachute and Battlement Mesa would like Colorado Mountain College to offer.

Concurrent enrollment (or dual-credit) college classes for high school students and some noncredit, energy industry training classes were held at the center over the past few years, but the school district closed the building at the end of school this year due to budget cuts. This gave Colorado Mountain College the opportunity to lease the building and start thinking about what additional educational opportunities we could present in the community. Read the rest of this entry »


College seeks input in Parachute, Battlement Mesa

August 18, 2010

PARACHUTE – Residents, businesses and community leaders in Parachute and Battlement Mesa can soon tell Colorado Mountain College administrators what types of classes and programs they would like the college to offer in their neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »


College will run in the family, thanks to Clough program

August 16, 2010

Western Garfield County high school graduates able to follow their dreams

Some of this year’s 54 high school graduates from western Garfield County who received financial help to attend college gather around their benefactor, Genevieve Clough of Rifle (center, front row). Since its inception in 2007, the Clough Fellowship program has awarded more than $1.6 million to 155 students through the Colorado Mountain College Foundation and Western Colorado Community Foundation. Photo Ed KosmickiBy Mike McKibbin

RIFLE – Just like her brother, Kami Keeling of Battlement Mesa will attend college thanks in large part to the generosity of a longtime Rifle resident. Read the rest of this entry »


Leadership Summit celebrates

August 11, 2010

Locals learning how to help area communities and businesses

Members of the Leadership Summit graduating class of 2010Leadership Summit, Summit County’s community leadership program offered this year in partnership with Colorado Mountain College and The Keystone Center, celebrated 15 graduates from the nine-month program at a reception held at The Keystone Center in late July. Read the rest of this entry »


Trustees direct college staff to keep looking at Steamboat options for building

August 9, 2010

Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat SpringsOn Friday, Aug. 6, Colorado Mountain College’s board of trustees directed college staff to continue examining options for a new student services and academic building at the college’s campus in Steamboat Springs, despite the recent termination of a contract to buy 1.49 adjacent acres from the Dike family. Read the rest of this entry »


Eagle County college rides high through the downturn

July 27, 2010

Paramedic students Eric Daninger, left, and Steve Wille, right, demonstrate pediatric incubation techniques to their instructor Ken Rogers, center during student testing in the paramedic program Thursday at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. Photo by Dominique Taylor courtesy of the Vail Daily.Colorado Mountain College thrives as students look to reinvent themselves for a tough job market

By Sarah Mausolf, Vail Daily

EDWARDS, Colorado — John Avery had been thinking about changing careers for a while but he turned his full attention to it after losing his job. Read the rest of this entry »


Colorado Mountain College student wants Amnesty International chapter

July 20, 2010

Faculty member Bob Gumbrecht is CMC’s Amnesty International sponsor in Steamboat Springs

Larry Haines wants Steam­boat Springs residents to think beyond the mountain paradise they live in. Thousands of miles beyond. Read the rest of this entry »


Elementary students linked to Pakistani children

July 19, 2010

These elementary schoolchildren in Pakistan express how they feel about their participation in a project that linked them via the Internet with students at Sopris and Crystal River Elementary Schools in the Roaring Fork Valley. A team from the Roaring Fork Leadership program oversaw the project this spring. Photo courtesy Roaring Fork LeadershipRoaring Fork Leadership project helps community connections

Young schoolchildren in Pakistan had a chance to get to know about 40 elementary school students from Carbondale and Glenwood Springs, and vice versa, thanks to a project led by a team in the Roaring Fork Leadership program. Read the rest of this entry »


CMC board votes to buy land in Steamboat

July 15, 2010

Colorado Mountain College recently purchased land to expand services in Steamboat Springs with a new building.The purchased land is to the left of this photo.In a special meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, held via telephone on June 14, the trustees voted in favor of a resolution authorizing the purchase of 1.49 acres belonging to Harry and Mary Dike, and located at 1306 and 1312 Lincoln Ave. in Steamboat Springs. Read the rest of this entry »


Rescuers, boaters helped by swift water rescue classes

July 14, 2010

Students in a Colorado Mountain College swift water rescue class work as teams on river crossing procedures. The May class included several Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue members and college adjunct instructors Chris Welch and Rob Meeker (front center) taking part in several exercises in the Yampa River. Photo Sam RushBy Mike McKibbin

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Michael Arce learned how to throw a rope to someone who fell into a river, when he took a class at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. Read the rest of this entry »