Posts Tagged ‘Spring Valley’
Dave & Christine Ayers: It All Began at CMC
I was one of Christine’s outdoor leaders on the Mountain O trip. She had just moved out from Connecticut to begin college at CMC. I am from the Roaring Fork Valley and was a “multi-year” student at CMC when we met. We both felt a friendship connection on that trip as we did with most…
Read MoreAnthony Hurd: Growing Up at CMC
I am one of only four people who can say they permanently lived on the Spring Valley campus grounds from the spring of 1969 until the fall of 1982. My mom and dad were two of the original staff members. My mom, Kathy, was one of the first ” lunch ladies.” She worked in the…
Read MoreAndy Corra: CMC Made My Life!
In 1979, working as a janitor after graduating from high school in Denver, I had an epiphany one day while eating lunch in my janitor’s closet: “I need college!” Having been a thoroughly disengaged student to that point, I hoped to find a school that could inspire, guide, and help me find my passions (as…
Read MoreAaron Brassard: X-Games & the Rio Olympics
Aaron Brassard’s “Road to Rio” started at the Isaacson School for New Media. The 2016 graduate says the program help him build a career in digital sports production by not only teaching him video production and graphics work, but because of hands-on experiences such as working at the Winter X-Games in Aspen. These real-world experiences…
Read MoreScott LeBaron: CMC Couldn’t Have Been a Better Fit
It was 1978. I was coming over the top of the hill and seeing the Spring Valley campus for the first time. I was a bit nervous coming from a high school graduating class of 750 and now a college with about half that! Yikes! But it couldn’t have been a better fit! Great people…
Read MoreCraig Tate: Great Place to Learn and be Enlightened
Why CMC? Because my high school counselor said with my GPA, I wouldn’t make it at any other college in Colorado. So, I arrived at the Spring Valley Campus in the fall of 1978. I came to CMC with the anticipation that I would raise my GPA and get into a music engineering school. A…
Read MoreRachel Mayoral: Love of Storytelling
Rachel Mayoral’s journey to Colorado Mountain College could have been lifted from the page of a movie script. “When I got here the campus was just breathtakingly beautiful,” Mayoral says. “It just seemed like a really great fit. I just had this feeling that this is where I’m supposed to be.” During her visit, the…
Read MoreLeah Bouchard-Lundberg: Seeing CMC Thrive
I was married to Rolland “Rolly” Bouchard, one of the first faculty members at the Colorado Mountain College Campus in Spring Valley. After attaining his master’s degree from Colorado State University, Rolly taught at Rifle High School, hoping that an opportunity would open up to teach at CMC. He was promoted after three years to…
Read MoreLucas Turner: Past, Present and Future of RadioCMC
Listen to “Past, Present and Future of RadioCMC”, first broadcast on College Radio Day 2016. Programmed and managed by students, RadioCMC is the voice of Colorado Mountain College. Its vision is to serve as a creative and educational springboard and professional training ground for students by offering substantive, thoughtful and creative content made by students…
Read MoreDebbie Novak: A CMC Family
My history with Colorado Mountain College began in 1993 when I took an art class. I’ve taken art classes on and off since that time. My son took a few classes in 1998, and in 2004 my daughter began taking Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEPA) classes. (They weren’t called that at the time.) In 2005, we…
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