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Calaway leaves behind a deep legacy of philanthropy and wisdom
The Roaring Fork Valley – and the world beyond it – lost a giant today Jim Calaway, noted philanthropist and businessman, passed away Dec. 12 in Carbondale. “They just don’t make people any better than Jim,” said Walter Isaacson. “He was not only a good person, he made everyone around him into a better person. You couldn’t help but want to be more like him.” “It will be hard to imagine a world without Jim Calaway in it,” said Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Colorado Mountain College. “Jim was such a force for generosity. He not only gave constantly of himself, he nudged and encouraged many other leaders within our community to live a philanthropic life. My heart goes out to his wife, Connie, to his sons and their families, and to the many friends he’s made over the years. He will be deeply missed.” The valley’s arts, educational, health care, media and even four-legged communities will feel the loss of his guiding hand. He was a towering patron – physically and figuratively – of Colorado Animal Rescue (CARE), the Aspen Institute, Thunder River Theatre Company, the Sopris Sun, the Third Street Center, Valley View Hospital, Habitat for Humanity and many more local nonprofits and organizations. Calaway served on the executive committee of the Aspen Institute and he belonged to the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist congregation of Carbondale. Jim and his wife Connie gave generously to the KIPP Foundation. At Colorado Mountain College alone, Jim and Connie Calaway have impacted the lives of more than 100 students who’ve received the Calaway Scholarship. Both Jim and Connie Calaway have served on the CMC Foundation Board, of which Connie was the chair. He founded and has been chairman emeritus of the CMC Board of Overseers, a volunteer advisory board.… Read more: Calaway leaves behind a deep legacy of philanthropy and wisdom
Read MoreAvalanche science program earns international attention
Avalanche science program earns international attention By Mike McKibbin At the conference, CMC student Rogers, who works on the ski patrol at Monarch Ski Area, and Vessella, a backcountry ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park, answered questions about a poster that outlined the college’s program. LEADVILLE — For a two-year-old, Colorado Mountain College’s avalanche science program gets around. You could say it has gone international. Two second-year students and two faculty members participated in the recent International Snow Science Workshop 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. Students Rich Rogers and Tara Vessella made the trek to Europe with Dr. Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, and Dr. Kelly Elder, U.S. Forest Service research hydrologist. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners worldwide and rotates among the U.S., Europe and Canada. The goal is to offer an exchange of ideas and experiences between snow science researchers and practitioners. At the conference, CMC student Rogers, who works on the ski patrol at Monarch Ski Area, and Vessella, a backcountry ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park, answered questions about a poster that outlined the college’s program. “It was not a scientific presentation, but the poster presented the CMC program to the international community,” said Roger Coit, program faculty leader at CMC Leadville. Coit called CMC’s avalanche science program “a novel model, perhaps the only one of its kind in the world,” and the only one of this duration and content. Students take courses online and make three multi-day visits throughout each winter season to the college’s 10,200-foot-elevation campus in Leadville. On campus and in the rugged mountains that overlook the campus, they meet for intensive classroom time and field studies. While in Austria, Rogers and Vessella also gained contacts and networked with industry officials. These interactions can help the students land jobs… Read more: Avalanche science program earns international attention
Read MoreSki area operations education launched emergency medical career
Reed Clawson had his mind set on being a professional ski patroller. He never expected to be working as a flight paramedic with a helicopter team.
“I wanted to make ski patrolling as viable a career as I could. But all these doors opened because of the training and schooling, and led me in the direction I went,” said Clawson, 34, of New Castle, a 2012 graduate of Colorado Mountain College. Read more: Ski area operations education launched emergency medical career
Read MoreFrisco ER nurse ‘confident, caring’
Frisco ER nurse ‘confident, caring’ By Mike McKibbin SUMMIT COUNTY — When someone is seriously injured and brought to the emergency room at the St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, ER nurse Tim Putz is often one of the first to offer care. Along with the center’s emergency room doctors and other staff, Putz sometimes provides help in life-or-death situations. He is able to do this thanks in large part to the skills and knowledge he obtained at Colorado Mountain College Breckenridge. In addition to educating nurses, CMC also trains EMTs, law enforcement officers and firefighters who serve communities throughout the college’s nine-county service area. Putz, 48, earned his associate degree in nursing and was one of the college’s first graduates to earn a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2016. His first nursing job was in a Denver hospital, where he worked for about two years before joining St. Anthony’s in his hometown. Centura Health’s St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco is a Level III trauma center that includes the Flight For Life® Colorado emergency helicopter service. “CMC gave me a good grasp of what it means to be a nurse, but there’s not much that can truly prepare you for the weight and responsibility you have on your shoulders in the ER,” Putz said. “That’s the whole ballgame, how you provide the right care and when.” That’s especially the case in critical, life-and-death situations. “Other than going through those situations, I don’t know of any other way to prepare yourself,” he said. “You just get better with time.” Betty Bembenek, interim dean of the college’s School of Nursing, Health Sciences and Public Safety, noted male nurses are still a minority in the profession. Jill Boyle, former director of emergency services at St. Anthony’s in Frisco and… Read more: Frisco ER nurse ‘confident, caring’
Read MoreCreating healthy ecosystems
This summer, Colorado’s smoky haze, wildfires, low water levels and hot temperatures provided reasons to worry about the state, the American West and the planet, for that matter.
For a group of sustainability studies students taking permaculture courses at Colorado Mountain College, the effects of climate change and a passion for the environment are motivating them to discover ways to help solve real ecological challenges. Read more: Creating healthy ecosystems
Read MoreWoodward Copper's Newest Terrain Park Builder
Steve Nicosia, a 25 year-old student from East Aurora, NY has been enrolled since fall 2017. One year into the two-year program, and he’s landed a position as a Snowcat Operator and Terrain Park Builder for Woodward Copper.
“I definitely believe that CMC helped me get this position,” says Steve, who is expected to graduate next spring, “Before coming to school, I had no snocat operating experience with minimal heavy equipment practice. Going to CMC gave me experience in a dozer, back-hoe, and a snocat.” Read more: Woodward Copper’s Newest Terrain Park Builder
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