Posts Tagged ‘Steamboat Springs’
Robert Sides: Yampa Valley College Pioneer Student
I am so very grateful to have had Lucile Bogue make a visit out to my high school in Los Angeles, leaving literature about her new college in Steamboat Springs. Going over things with the headmaster of my school, I made the decision to enroll at Yampa Valley College*. I remember well in the fall…
Read MoreWillie Samuelson: CMC is a Guiding Light
Chances are Willie Samuelson’s life would be much different had it not been for Colorado Mountain College. Willie, a longtime facilities employee at CMC Steamboat Springs, started at the college in 1983 as a student in the Electrical Technology program; he was later hired as the first night custodian for the campus. But after five…
Read MoreKris Combs: Grateful for the Excellent Start
I attended CMC in the 80’s. I am so grateful for the opportunities this education provided for my family and me. Olive Morton, Bud Romberg and Dan Schaffrick are the people I remember most. Olive was always so encouraging as I pursued my education while waitressing and becoming a new mom. Bud Romberg was my…
Read MoreNoelle Brigden: Fulbright Scholar
Looking for direction, Noelle Brigden found it at Colorado Mountain College. Noelle was recently out of the army and recovering from a severe back injury. She hadn’t done well in high school but received a California Proficiency Exam Diploma, so she decided to give college a try with her veteran’s benefits. “CMC helped me find…
Read MoreJoshua Loubek: The Perfect Place for Me
As a 19-year-old freestyle skier from Seattle, Washington, Joshua Loubek could not imagine a magical place where he could ski world-famous powder in the morning and attend college classes in the afternoon. But that is exactly what he found when he enrolled at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs. It was an environment where he…
Read MoreZach Borngraver: Chain Reaction
During my time at CMC, I often doubted myself and asked why I was going to school for “Sustainability.” I knew deep inside it was what I actually believed in and what I wanted to do, to leave the world a better place, but I never fully understood the impact one person could make in…
Read MoreRobin Hoffmann: The Cuban Experience
I recently traveled to Cuba on a study abroad opportunity with Steamboat Springs Professor Bob Gumbrecht and his merry band of students and faculty. For me, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to not only visit Cuba, but to be thrust into its culture, politics, customs, and beauty. Colorado Mountain College, Bob Gumbrecht…
Read MoreGeorge Tolles: Professor Emeritus & Dowser
By Mike McKibbin Starting a college is never easy, and in Steamboat Springs, colorful characters like longtime professor George Tolles played a key role in helping those early efforts lead to today’s Colorado Mountain College campus. In the early 1960s, George – originally from Ohio – and Lucile Bogue were among the teachers at the…
Read MoreSean Kerrick Sullivan: Photographic Inspiration
Professional commercial and editorial outdoor photographer Sean Kerrick Sullivan fondly remembers the time he spent in Steamboat Springs more than a decade ago earning his associate degree from Colorado Mountain College. Sean was still on campus when he sold his first photograph commercially. Big Agnes, at that time a local outdoor start up, bought his…
Read MoreGill Thompson: Everything Happens for a Reason
In 2002 I was a senior in high school and I thought I had life figured out. I was going to attend CU Boulder, get a degree in Business and then be on my way to a million dollar salary. Oh man, was I wrong. I got denied from CU Boulder, and then I turned…
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