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A Promise is a Promise
Resilience, grit and stubborn determination define us. Carving out a living in remote western Colorado has never been easy or guaranteed. While we are lucky and privileged to live here, it takes a genuine love of place to withstand the hardships common to our region—scant affordable housing, major transit disruptions, fires, floods, blizzards, drought and now a virus. Read more: A Promise is a Promise
Read MoreCOVID Procedures for CMC Employees and Students
The purpose of this memo is to provide the CMC community with general guidance regarding the college’s COVID protocols and related activities. Read more: COVID Procedures for CMC Employees and Students
Read MoreMasks required for fall semester start
CMC is requiring that students wear masks on campus for at least the first few weeks of the fall semester. The college will also require proof of the COVID-19 vaccination for students who are living in the college’s residence halls. Read more: Masks required for fall semester start
Read MoreAugust 2021 Update
Colorado Mountain College looks forward to welcoming students back for the fall semester on August 23, 2021. We will be open and holding most classes in-person, in addition to other classes that will be offered in online or hybrid formats.
The college will announce its fall semester COVID-19 protocols on Wednesday, August 18. Read more: August 2021 Update
Read MoreCMC remembers one of its greatest champions
Colorado Mountain College lost an advocate and friend over the summer when Doris Dewton passed away on July 22.
Dewton was a two-time (three terms) CMC Trustee, member of the Foundation Board and President’s Advisory Council, donor, scholarship application reviewer, commencement usher, and anything else that the college needed for all the years she and her late husband, Dick Gretz, lived in the Vail Valley. Read more: CMC remembers one of its greatest champions
Read MoreColorado Mountain College names Cairns as campus vice president
After an extensive national search, Colorado Mountain College has named Lake County High School Principal Ben Cairns as the next vice president and campus dean for its Leadville and Salida campuses.
Cairns will begin the transition from the high school to CMC effective August 2.
Read more: Colorado Mountain College names Cairns as campus vice president
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