CMC SKY Club annual fundraising raffle arrives March 23rd!

March 17, 2011

Black holes, dark energy, telescopes ( and free cookies too…..)

The student astronomy club at the Alpine Campus, the SKY Club, is having its annual fundraising raffle. The prize is a beautiful matted and framed photograph of “Orion’s Nebula,” taken by Jimmy Westlake through his 11-inch Celestron telescope.  Read on if you’re interested in supporting SKY CLUB and a chance to win this gorgeous print! Following are the invite details from Professor Westlake.

Orion's Nebula, seen through the Alpine campus Celestron telescope

Orion's Nebula, seen through the Alpine campus Celestron telescope

What you Get: A framed and matted 10″ x 15″ glossy print of the Great Orion Nebula taken on January 30, 2011, signed and dated by moi.  Overall framed size is 16″ x 20″ and is valued at $250 (not counting my signature).  Oh, and it would look awesome in your office or living room.  You really need something on that blank wall. 

Raffle Tickets: $2  each or 5 for $10.  What a deal!  Your chances of winning?  We anticipate selling around 500 tickets by the time of the drawing.  If 100 of those tickets are yours, then you stand a pretty good shot of being the winner!  If you only buy one ticket, well then, not so much.

Raffle Drawing: The winning ticket will be Read the rest of this entry »

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Annual Poetry Slam offers creative fun for St. Patrick’s Day

March 2, 2011

Colorado Mountain College student Kaitlyn Schlicht reads an original poem during last year’s Poetry Slam. Her work was a lament about broken friendships. Photo Jim Lamb

Community members and budding poets are invited to a St. Patrick’s Day evening of creative fun at the fourth annual Poetry Slam at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge.

Poets in the community and college faculty, staff, students and friends are invited to recite, perform or read an original poem of up to three minutes at the Poetry Slam set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 17. The event is free and open to the public in the college’s auditorium in Breckenridge.

In preparation for this year’s event, members of the creative writing faculty at the college will host four open writing and performing workshops for poets to practice and receive feedback.

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Came to Help, Stayed for Student Learning

February 18, 2011

Two faculty members who came to help and stayed for the love of student learning recently were named top instructors for the year at Colorado Mountain College’s Summit Campus, which has sites in Breckenridge and Dillon.

“I never saw myself as an instructor. I was asked to help and pitched in as a substitute teacher,” said Carol Turrin, who filled in teaching a nursing class. “It was so much fun. I had a great time.”

Associate Professor Carol Turrin, who teaches nursing at Colorado Mountain College, was named full-time faculty member of the year for the campus in Breckenridge and Dillon.

Associate Professor Turrin, who serves as the nursing program site director in Breckenridge, was honored by students and peers as the full-time faculty member of the year for the campus. The award is part of the annual, collegewide faculty recognition program.

With bachelor’s and master’s degrees in hand, Turrin has amassed 40 years of Read the rest of this entry »

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Celestial News: Monday’s Total Lunar Eclipse

December 16, 2010
Lunar Eclipse, 2008

The last time the Moon was totally eclipsed for Coloradoans was February 20, 2008, as seen in this telescopic image. If you miss the spectacular winter holiday eclipse next Monday, you'll have to wait until April 15, 2014 for your next chance. Photo by Jimmy Westlake, 2008.

Our final full moon of autumn occurs just before dawn on Tuesday December 21, 2010. This full moon traditionally is called the Long Night’s Full Moon because it falls close to the time of the winter solstice when the days are short and the nights are, indeed, very long.  Our winter solstice — the moment that winter begins in the northern hemisphere — occurs at 4:38 pm on December 21.  After that, the days will start getting longer again as we move toward spring.

This year’s Long Night’s Full Moon is more exceptional than most because Read the rest of this entry »

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Celestial News: Behold the Charioteer

November 12, 2010

Third brightest star in Colorado shows itself

Look for the familiar pentagon outline of Auriga, the Charioteer, rising in the northeastern sky. Photo by Jimmy Westlake, 2010.

What’s that flashy, golden star hovering over the northeastern mountains as darkness falls in mid-November?  It’s Capella, the third brightest star visible in Colorado skies and the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer.

Auriga represents the mythological character Erichthonius who was born lame and invented the four-horse chariot so he could get around more easily.

In the sky, he is shown holding a nanny goat and her three kids under his arm.  The star Capella represents the nanny goat and a cute little trio of stars Read the rest of this entry »

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Celestial News: Whale Watching

November 5, 2010

Cetus constellation rises in the southeastern sky

Cetus the Whale sprawls across our southeastern horizon on chilly November evenings. Catch the variable star Mira this month before it fades from view for another year. Photo by Jimmy Westlake, 2010.

Wedged in between the bright star Fomalhaut to the south and the glittering Pleiades star cluster to the east is the huge, lumbering constellation of Cetus, the Whale.  It ranks fourth in overall size among the 88 official constellations; only Hydra, Ursa Major, and Virgo cover more area of the sky.  Yet, despite its large size, Cetus claims no star brighter than second magnitude, and has but one of those.

Since ancient times, Cetus has been identified with the mythological beast created by Poseidon’s anger at Queen Cassiopeia for daring to boast that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the daughters of Poseidon. This mythological sea monster bore little resemblance to a whale, but Read the rest of this entry »

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