CMC Rifle to hold two commencement ceremonies on May 3 and 6

April 20, 2024 – Colorado Mountain College Rifle graduates will participate in two ceremonies on May 3 and 6. Both ceremonies will take place at the Clough Auditorium at CMC Rifle, 3695 Airport Road in Rifle.

Collegewide, 12 ceremonies total will be held at 11 locations throughout CMC’s region on May 3, 4 and 6 to celebrate the accomplishments of the college’s graduating class of 2024.

Reflecting CMC’s range of educational offerings, students will receive bachelor's and associate degrees, certificates of occupational proficiency and high school equivalency, general education, adult high school and workforce diplomas. Additionally, regional high school students in CMC’s concurrent enrollment program will walk alongside graduates to receive their college-level certificates and degrees.

Rifle’s general commencement

At CMC Rifle, the general commencement ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 3. Mario Carrera, former chief executive officer of Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy and Research Organization, and former chief revenue officer of Entravision, will give the keynote address.

As a media and marketing communications professional with over 20 years of experience, Carrera works to strengthen Colorado's Latino community and voice and has a passion for empowering Latinos through leadership development, advocacy and policy research.

No one in Carrera’s family spoke English when they immigrated to the United States from Mexico when he was 9 years old. Eight years later, Carrera was awarded a full scholarship to Harvard University.

With his work at CLLARO and Entravision, Carrera has been recognized with multiple awards such as 14 Emmys and honors for his professional and community contributions, such as the Hispanic Heritage Award from the Denver Broncos and the NFL.

Carrera will also give the keynote address at Spring Valley’s general commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4.

Rifle concurrent enrollment commencement

At 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6, high school concurrent enrollment, or CEPA, students who have earned college credentials will celebrate with a ceremony at the Clough Auditorium at the Rifle campus. Giving the keynote address will be Collin Weeks, a CEPA and Grand Valley High School alumni who is now the employee relations specialist at Grand River Hospital District in Rifle.

Weeks earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2019 and is just completing an MBA from Colorado Christian University. He began working for the Grand River Hospital District in 2019 as a human resources generalist and was promoted in 2021 to his current position.

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