‘A Woman’s Touch’ Art Show Featured in Glenwood Springs

May 28, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

“Fully Operational Black Hole” by Susan Oehme will be one of the works featured in “A Woman’s Touch,” a collaborative exhibit curated by the Glenwood Springs Arts Council and CMC Glenwood Center on Blake.

‘A Woman’s Touch’ Art Show Featured in Glenwood Springs

The Glenwood Springs Arts Council and Colorado Mountain College will present “A Woman’s Touch,” an opening reception featuring the work of three renowned Colorado artists, at the CMC Glenwood Center on June 14. The exhibit will remain on display through Aug. 30.

Printmaker Susan Oehme of Steamboat Springs is known statewide and nationally for her work and workshops, and is the master printer at Oehme Graphics.

Wendy Kowynia, also from Steamboat Springs, has 20 years of experience in mixed media and woven textiles; her work has appeared in juried national exhibitions.

Jane Lee from Glenwood Springs creates oil paintings that capture the natural beauty of her surroundings. She was awarded a National Show Award at the Salmagundi Club in New York, one of the oldest art organizations in the country.

The free opening for “A Woman’s Touch” will be June 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. Community members are invited and welcomed to attend.

For more information, contact Alice Beauchamp at 970-309-3106 or beauchamp@q.com, or visit the Glenwood Springs Arts Council.

Watercolor Artists of Colorado Creative District Art Show

April 29, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

Watercolor Artists of Colorado Creative District

Opening Reception Friday, May 17 / 6-8pm — On view through June 23

Gallery is open Monday through Friday 11am to 5pm

CMC ArtShare Gallery at Morgridge Commons
815 Cooper Avenue, 2nd Floor
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

Sustainability Conference 4/16, CMC Vail Valley at Edwards

April 8, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

CMC Vail Valley at Edwards Presents the 2019 Sustainability Conference

Empowering our Community through Research & Practice

Tuesday, April 16 from 3:30-8:30pm

Free and Open to the Public

3:30-5:30 / FACULTY & STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

6:00-6:30 / RECEPTION

6:30-8:30 / KEYNOTE SPEAKER – FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ FOLLOWED BY Q&A & BOOK SIGNING

About Frances Moore Lappe:

Author of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, including Diet for a Small Planet
Recipient of Right Livelihood Award, Outstanding Public Scholar Award, Humanitarian of the Year Award, Nonino Prize, among others
Awarded 18 Honorary Doctorates from U.S. Universities
Co-Founder of the Small Planet Institute, Food First, and the Small Planet Fund
Advisory Board Member of UN Working Group’s New Development Paradigm, Union of Concerned Scientists, People-Centered Development Forum, and Earth Corps

For more info on Frances Moore Lappé see the Small Planet Institute website.

This event is graciously underwritten by Virginia Browning

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT:

Mercedes Quesada-Embid at membid@coloradomtn.edu

TRIO Day at the Capitol

March 29, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

photo: TRIO students inside the Colorado Capitol.

From left, CMC Rifle TRIO Student Support Services students Ashleigh Isley, Rose Mehus, Ivette Salazar, Vanessa Mendoza, Isaac Hinojos, Lisandio Chacón and Adrian Hernandez were among those who spent at TRIO Day at the Colorado Capitol.

By Monica Sanchez, TRIO SSS student, CMC Steamboat Springs, and Laurie Lawrence, TRIO executive director, Colorado Mountain College

Feb. 22 was a special day for a group of Colorado Mountain College students and staff. The group – all involved in TRIO Student Support Services, a federally funded educational outreach program that is administered locally through CMC – visited the Colorado Capitol in Denver. Not only that, but because it was TRIO Day across the country, they got an inside look at how the state’s government works.

Twenty-two Colorado Mountain College students in the college’s TRIO SSS program visited the Colorado Legislature at the Capitol in Denver. The students met with legislators, celebrated the importance of TRIO programs and attended a legislative session.

CMC’s TRIO SSS students and staff from the college’s campuses in Summit County, the Vail Valley, Steamboat Springs, Rifle and Spring Valley near Glenwood Springs joined over 100 TRIO participants and staff from across Colorado.

The day started with happy chatter and breakfast with Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia and Rep. Daneya Esgar, the state representative for District 46 in the Colorado House. Rep. Esgar had previously worked for Upward Bound, TRIO’s federally funded college-preparatory program. She took a few minutes to speak to the group before she had to leave for a legislative session.

At breakfast, several CMC students spoke about TRIO in an open public forum. They talked about TRIO’s impact on their lives and how the program has helped them navigate college successfully.

After breakfast, the CMC students and staff walked to the Capitol to participate in a legislative session in the House Chamber. Participants witnessed an acknowledgment of Colorado TRIO programs and the reading of a TRIO Day tribute on the floor of the House.

The students also heard Colorado legislators read stories from American Gold Star Mothers. The nonprofit organization is for those who have lost sons or daughters serving in the military.

“While we were there, at least 20 different representatives stood up and read letters from families who had lost a soldier in combat,” said Adolfo Vasquez, a TRIO SSS student from CMC Summit County. “Some of them actually cried when they read the letters. It made me feel like they were in touch with the people they represent.”

Afterward, students decorated meal bags for Project Angel, an organization that prepares and delivers meals to community members living with life-threatening illnesses.

“My favorite things about TRIO Day were meeting with some representatives, meeting other TRIO students from different schools and hearing their amazing stories,” said CMC Rifle TRIO SSS student Adrian Hernandez. “The best part was seeing for the first time the Denver Capitol inside and out and being able to see where the action happens.”

CMC photography students featured at ArtShare Gallery

March 18, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

Dustin Gregory's surreal mountain photo, "Titcomb Falls"

“Titcomb Falls” by Dustin Gregory

Photo by Antonio Tavoletti named "Green River Passing" of Green River, Utah building

“Green River Passing” by Antonio Tavoletti

CMC ArtShare will host an opening reception for “Current Works: Students of the Colorado Mountain College Professional Photography Program” at the CMC ArtShare Gallery March 22.

The show provides an opportunity for students in the college’s Isaacson School of Communication, Arts and Media to experience exhibiting their work in a public gallery and to share and discuss their work with members of the community. “Our students enjoy this real-world experience that goes beyond what they’re taught in the classroom,” said Derek Johnston, photography professor and program director.

The reception for “Current Works” will be held 6-8 p.m. on March 22 at the ArtShare Gallery at Morgridge Commons, 815 Cooper Ave., 2^nd floor, in downtown Glenwood Springs. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. Community members are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

The exhibit will remain on view in the gallery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 20 through April 25. For more information, contact Julia Bennett at the CMC Foundation at 947-8360 or jlbennett@coloradomtn.edu, or visit cmcfoundation.org/events/.

"My First Idol" photo of model by Murphy McCoy

“My First Idol” by Murphy McCoy

CMC Earns Honorable Mention in National Climate Leadership Awards

February 21, 2019 By cmctestgenesis

Adrian Fielder charging his electric car at CMC.

Adrian Fielder, assistant dean of instruction at CMC Spring Valley, fuels up at CMC Carbondale, at one of the college’s electric vehicle charging stations. Photo Julie Albrecht

By Heather McGregor

For its collaborative work on electric cars, wildlife surveys and a broad range of other efforts that address climate change, Colorado Mountain College recently earned national recognition.

In January, the U.S. Green Building Council and Second Nature honored the college as one of eight U.S. institutions receiving the 2018 Higher Education Climate Leadership Awards.

CMC’s award, an honorable mention, is for cross-sector collaboration. It recognizes the college’s students, faculty and administration for partnering with many other organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, monitor changes in climate and support land preservation.

Collaborative efforts cited for the award include working with the Colorado Energy Office to install electric car charging stations at 10 CMC locations, strategizing with community and utility leaders to accelerate renewable energy, and using student scientists to help land and climate organizations create biological baselines.

For example, students in the Roaring Fork Valley are monitoring soil moisture content at stations throughout the valley to provide valuable data for the Aspen Global Change Institute, according to Adrian Fielder, assistant dean of instruction at CMC Spring Valley.

In another project, students and faculty are working with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program to conduct a “bio-blitz” survey, documenting plant and animal life in and near the Spring Valley campus and setting a biological baseline.

In Aspen, students and faculty are working with The Farm Collaborative at Cozy Point Ranch to create a demonstration farm, tool library and incubator space for food entrepreneurs, with the aim of building local food resilience as the climate changes.

CMC’s Bachelor of Arts in sustainability studies program hosts annual conferences open to students and invited members of the public. The conferences feature workshops on efforts to develop clean energy jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the changing climate.

College connects on local, national stage

CMC is an active member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, a national organization for college-level climate and sustainability programs. The association’s resources help keep CMC’s faculty and staff on the leading edge of sustainability education.

These and many other examples of cross-sector collaboration were included in CMC’s successful award application, written by Dr. Kevin Hillmer-Pegram, associate professor of sustainability studies at Spring Valley, and Ed Chusid, CMC grant coordinator.

“Recognition for cross-sector collaboration is an honor and truly symbolic of our sustainability successes here at the college,” said Nathan Stewart, chair of the college’s sustainability studies bachelor’s program and associate professor at CMC Steamboat Springs.

The Higher Education Climate Leadership Awards focused on three key areas in which colleges can make a difference: climate innovation, student preparedness and cross-sector collaboration.

CMC offered examples of its work in all three sectors. For the U.S. Green Building Council and Second Nature, CMC’s collaborative work stood out.

“Combining the expertise of higher education institutions with businesses, cities, states and other stakeholders creates climate solutions at the scale needed to meet today’s environmental challenges,” said Betsy Painter, communications manager for Second Nature.

Award winners are being recognized at the 2019 Higher Education Climate Leadership Summit February 2019 in Tempe, Arizona.