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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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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Senate committee passes CMC baccalaureate bill 7-1

February 17, 2010

Bill now moves forward to vote of full Senate

The state Senate education committee voted 7-1 today in support of SB 101, the bill that would allow Colorado Mountain College to offer a limited number of bachelor’s degrees.GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Colorado Mountain College students, staff and faculty are celebrating some good news from Denver, after hearing that a bill supporting expanded degree offerings at the comprehensive community college has passed its first hurdle in the state legislature.

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Four-year degrees a good idea for north-central Colorado

February 16, 2010

Colorado Mountain College President Dr. Stan JensenBy Dr. Stan Jensen

Because there’s some confusion about a bill now in the state legislature, which would permit Colorado Mountain College to offer a limited number of bachelor’s degrees, we wanted to clarify a few points.

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Education essential to turn around economy

December 22, 2009

Guest editorial for Aspen Daily News, December 19, 2009

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CMC trustees approve pursuit of bachelor’s degrees

November 10, 2009

Goal to meet students’, communities’ unmet needs

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