CMC News

A Colorado Mountain College Leadville student from Breckenridge received top honors at the recent Elevations Geospatial Summit Conference held at CMC Steamboat Springs. Read more: Colorado Mountain College GIS student wins big at geospatial conference

In response to a growing number of vacant hospitality jobs in the Aspen area, Colorado Mountain College is excited to announce a new state-of-the-art teaching and learning kitchen at CMC’s Aspen campus. The new culinary laboratory, expected to be completed before the 2023 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, is made possible thanks to a $1 million donation from the Morgridge Family Foundation. Read more: Colorado Mountain College to construct state-of-the-art teaching kitchen facility in Aspen

We’ve seen evidence that smaller, rural institutions like Colorado Mountain College can be highly nimble, pivoting to adapt to changing conditions. It is an honor to recognize the entire team at CMC that handled the persistent, colossal and unplanned adversity of the pandemic. Together, we adjusted quickly to meet the needs of our students and communities, waiving tuition, expanding technologies and shifting hundreds of courses to remote modalities. And while the pandemic was a once-in-a-lifetime public health crisis — we hope — the adaptability exemplified by CMC is an enduring characteristic. Innovation is what we do. Read more: CMC’s innovation, grit land big results for western Colorado

This year, CMC Steamboat Springs recognized Athena Murray, professor of communications, as its full-time Faculty of the Year. Murray also received the full-time collegewide Faculty of the Year. Read more: CMC names collegewide full-time Faculty of the Year