Students
Back to Work: Ana Gallardo
“I started school as a young mom, years ago, but I wasn’t financially stable, so I dropped out,” she said.
Ana was able to return to school thanks to a Back to Work scholarship, which has allowed her to focus more clearly on her studies, as well as her clinical work in the community and at facilities in Grand Junction and Denver. Read more: Back to Work: Ana Gallardo
Read MoreFinish What You Started: Nikki Johnson
“It’s nice to know there are these kinds of [financial] programs available for people who don’t go to college right out of high school.” Read more: Finish What You Started: Nikki Johnson
Read MoreFinish What You Started: Katie Anderson
“It’s been super helpful,” she said. “Especially at this stage of my life, with kids and a family. I’m getting great experience working on an ambulance and I’m slowly taking classes for the paramedic certificate.” Read more: Finish What You Started: Katie Anderson
Read MoreFinish What You Started: Miranda Murphy
“I was coming back to college after 20 years so it was right down my alley,” Miranda said of the grant. “It really helps out because I’m a full-time student, I’m an older student and have things like a mortgage.” Read more: Finish What You Started: Miranda Murphy
Read MoreFinish What You Started: Erikka Saueressig
“Last semester, we had to get rabies vaccines shots [for a class] for ourselves and I paid for it with that money,” she said. “That was around $800. It’s also helped me pay my bills.” Read more: Finish What You Started: Erikka Saueressig
Read MoreAn uncommon encounter with Craig Childs
Ravens are superior to humans – and to every other creature. That’s the way these large, smart and sometimes boisterous black birds perceive it anyway, according to Craig Childs. Childs writes of numerous profound encounters he’s had around the world with ravens and dozens of other animals, from mosquitoes to jaguars to bighorn sheep, in “The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild.” The book is Colorado Mountain College’s 2022 Common Reader. Read more: An uncommon encounter with Craig Childs
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