Looking for more information about four-year degrees at CMC?

August 3, 2010

Visit www.coloradomtn.edu/4year to learn more about four-year degrees at CMC. Colorado Mountain College hopes to begin offering four-year bachelor’s degrees in fall 2011. And now you can stay informed of our progress as we work toward building these programs and gaining approval and accreditation! Read the rest of this entry »


Rifle mom tackles life’s obstacles to reach educational goals

June 21, 2010

Angela Herrington of Rifle thanks her family and friends at Colorado Mountain College in Spring Valley, after she received both her Associate of Arts degree and her certificate of occupational proficiency from the college's Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy. Herrington, a single mother of three, overcame the loss of her job, a pregnancy, commuting hassles and other hurdles over an 18-month period. Looking on is Lisa Doak, Colorado Mountain College assistant campus dean for student services. Photo Mike McKibbinRecent CMC graduate earns certificate, degree with honors

By Mike McKibbin

RIFLE – The road was anything but smooth and straight for a divorced Rifle mother of three, but Angela Herrington stayed on course through the bumps and curves of her 18-month-long journey. Read the rest of this entry »


Governor signs Colorado Mountain College ‘baccalaureate bill’

May 28, 2010

Still needed: approval of accrediting body, CCHE

BRECKENRIDGE – In front of an enthusiastic gathering in the auditorium of Colorado Mountain College’s newest building, today Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed Senate Bill 10-101 in Breckenridge. The bill permits the comprehensive community college to offer up to five bachelor’s degrees.

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Faculty support, transferable credits help CMC grads pursue 4-year degrees

April 8, 2010

Jerilynn Nine, left, and her twin sister, Juliana, credit Colorado Mountain College in Rifle with preparing them to continue their higher education at Cedarville University in Ohio. They took dual enrollment courses while in high school, which allowed them to earn associate degrees through CMC in 2008.Twin sisters need fewer classes after earning associate degrees

By Mike McKibbin

RIFLE – Two years after graduating from Colorado Mountain College’s campus in Rifle, Jerilynn and Juliana Nine credit their instructors, and college classes they took as high school students, for preparing them to continue toward their educational goals.

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Colorado Mountain College 4-Year Degrees Approved by House

April 5, 2010

Colorado House of RepresentativesRIFLE – During today’s meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, the trustees and college administrators learned that the Colorado House of Representatives voted 55-9 (with one absence) to pass Senate Bill 10-101. The bill would permit the comprehensive community college to offer up to five bachelor’s degrees.

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CMC bill heads back to House for final OK

April 2, 2010

Dan GibbsState Sen. Dan Gibbs hopes bill will be signed into law in Summit County

By Caitlin Row, Summit Daily News

Colorado Mountain College is just steps away from being allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees to mountain-community students. The state House of Representatives OK’d state Sen. Dan Gibbs’ CMC bill on second reading Thursday. A third approval is needed to send the bill to Gov. Bill Ritter for a signature.

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Colorado House’s education committee passes CMC baccalaureate bill

March 18, 2010

Yesenia Arreola was one of six people who testified in support of the bill.Bill now moves forward to full House of Representatives

Following a unanimous vote, the education committee of Colorado’s House of Representatives voted today (March 18, 2010) in support of SB 101, which would allow Colorado Mountain College to offer up to five bachelor’s degrees.

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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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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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