Community invited to CMC Leadville library open house

Colorado Mountain College Leadville will host an open house at the Pinnacle Library on Sept. 9.

Join students, faculty and staff to celebrate the Leadville campus’s new learning space. Welcome Ben Cairns, former Lake County High School principal, to his new role as CMC vice president and campus dean for Leadville and Salida and meet new staff members at this free community event. Read more: Community invited to CMC Leadville library open house

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CMC Steamboat opens nursing simulation lab; first of three labs planned on West Slope

Vernon Watkins wasn’t doing so well, evident by the hospital bed he was in. He has a line of stitches in his abdomen from surgery, and when nurse Mikaelyn Sullivan checks them, he can’t help but cry out in pain.

While Sullivan, a nursing professor, has his recovery on track, Watkins won’t be leaving the recreated hospital suite at Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs Campus anytime soon. Rather than a patient, Watkins is the teaching tool at the heart of three planned nursing simulation labs, the first of which opened last week in Steamboat. Read more: CMC Steamboat opens nursing simulation lab; first of three labs planned on West Slope

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Una promesa es “una promesa”

La resistencia, las agallas y la obstinada determinación nos definen. Ganarse la vida en el remoto oeste de Colorado nunca ha sido fácil ni está garantizado. Aunque tenemos la suerte y el privilegio de vivir aquí, hace falta un auténtico amor por el lugar para soportar las dificultades comunes a nuestra región–escasez de viviendas asequibles, grandes interrupciones del transporte, incendios, inundaciones, ventiscas, sequías y ahora un virus. Read more: Una promesa es “una promesa”

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