Rifle
Samantha Blea: CMC to the Naval Academy
If you looked up the definition of “hard worker” in the dictionary, you would see a picture of Samantha Blea. The Rifle native earned her associate of arts at Colorado Mountain College while still a teenager. By taking dual credit class, she graduated from both CMC and Rifle High School in 2007. From there, she…
Read MoreGenevieve Clough: One in a Million
Genevieve Clough believed in the transformative power of an education. “Her belief was that everyone is special,” says Carol Efting, coordinator of scholarships and records for the Colorado Mountain College Foundation. “And those with the motivation and commitment to successfully achieve an education, whether or not it is for a vocational or professional career, should have the financial…
Read MoreBarbara & Crissi Boe: Fewer Doubts and More Options
Barbara Boe was a ranch wife and mother when the bottom dropped out of her life. “All I had known was taking care of five children,” says Boe, recalling how she felt when she and her husband separated in 2005, leaving her with their children, aged 4 to 14, and a ranch on Silt Mesa…
Read MoreRobyn Kent: Huge Value to Me
Robyn Kent was worried about the gap on her resume. Although she had been a licensed psychiatric technician for the State of Colorado for five years, she had taken time off to raise her two kids until they reached kindergarten. “I hadn’t worked since 2005,” she says. At that point, she was living in New…
Read MoreMarge Lowderback: Mud for Marge
It’s not often that you see a college dean go out mud bogging to help raise money for a scholarship. But that’s one of the things that makes Colorado Mountain College different. The event was a fundraiser for a special scholarship to be named after one of the most memorable students at the Rifle campus…
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