Breckenridge-Dillon
Sue Daley: It Really was a ‘Community’ College
When Sue Daley started with Colorado Mountain College in the early 70’s, the college’s footprint in Summit County wasn’t more than a small studio condo. “I moved to Breckenridge where my brother and his friends were working as carpenters,” recalls Sue. “And I didn’t know what I was going to do.” But when she…
Read MoreJoyce Mosher: CMC is All Grown Up
The big FIVE – O, all grown up! I feel honored to celebrate this milestone because, for the past forty-two years, Colorado Mountain College has been central to my life as a learner and as a teacher. We have proven to our communities, our students, our licensing entities, and ourselves that Colorado Mountain College can…
Read MoreGail (Roach) Smith: Singing, Songwriting & Guitars
CMC Breckenridge once held several singer-songwriting workshops. For me it began when I performed at a CMC “talent show” held sometime in the mid-1980’s. Tom Hart, who was a CMC program director at the time, heard my performance and asked if I would like to teach a beginning guitar class. The following semester, I had…
Read MoreBeau Sibbing: Rescued Becomes Rescuer
It was a snowy day in January. The kind of day that snow worshippers pray for. Conditions that persuade you to call out of work and head to the hill. Beau Sibbing and his best friend were skiing in a remote area of Breckenridge Ski Resort when tragedy struck. A high-speed impact left Beau hanging…
Read MoreSuleyma Martinez-Lopez: Student Entrepreneur
It’s not easy being a first generation college student and full-time business owner, but it seems to come naturally to 18-year-old Suleyma Martinez-Lopez. Just weeks after graduating from Summit High School in May 2016, Suleyma became the owner of Avalanche Communications in Dillon. Now she is working towards an associate degree in general studies at…
Read MoreSteven Nguyen: Keystone Kitchens Come Full Circle
Steven Nguyen moved to Summit County from Glenwood Springs in 1999 to pursue a career in the culinary arts at Colorado Mountain College. Seventeen years later, it has all come full circle for Chef Nguyen, who was promoted to executive chef for Keystone Hospitality in July 2015. It’s a well deserved role for Nguyen, who…
Read MoreMark Arriola: Chef by the Sea
Mark Arriola had never seen snow until he moved to Summit County to begin his culinary education at Colorado Mountain College. Originally from coastal Texas, he fell in love with snowboarding and the natural beauty of the mountains. But after graduating with a culinary arts degree, he traded his snowboard for a surfboard once again.…
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