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News from the Colorado Mountain College Foundation

Greetings, here is your monthly CMC Foundation news update

High School Mountain Biking Championships descend on CMC Spring Valley

The scene at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley on Saturday, 10/22, resembled a mix between a World Cup ski race and a soccer match. More than 840 mountain bikers competed on the campus's new trails while fans lined the course, all part of the Colorado High School Cycling League Mountain Bike State Championships.

Athletes representing 86 teams from across Colorado, as well as from Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming, Spearfish, S.D. and Taos, N.M. took part in boys and girls categories for freshmen, sophomores, junior varsity and varsity races. Locally, six varsity racers cracked the top 20 in their respective events.

Colorado High School Cycling League Executive Director Kate Rau from Boulder said Spring Valley was an ideal venue for the state championships. “It couldn’t have gone better,” Rau said. “We’re so grateful for Colorado Mountain College to put this whole venue together and really rallying around our needs.”

During the post-race banquet, CMC President Carrie Hauser announced that the Spring Valley campus plans to host a collegiate-level club mountain biking team starting next year. The team would participate in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference, and is another opportunity for high school athletes to continue their sport into college, Hauser said. “We’ve hosted events at the Leadville campus, and Spring Valley with its natural terrain and the work we’ve put into the trail system, it just makes a lot of sense,” she said.

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Celebrate Halloween with CMC at Leadville and Steamboat Springs

At CMC Leadville, it’s time for the sixth annual Haunted Hills bike and run races that will zig zag through the campus’s trails on Saturday, Oct. 29. Participants are encouraged to wear costumes.

Racers can choose either scary or non-scary races on the Leadville campus. The event starts at 3 p.m. with a non-scary mountain bike race. At 4 p.m., it’s time for the Haunted Hills races. The kids’ 1.5K race is not spooky at all and family friendly, while the 6.66K foot race also begins at the same time before it veers off into scary terrain after the first mile. At 5 p.m., awards will be given out to top overall male and female racers in the mountain bike race, kids' run, and 6.66K run, not to mention the best-dressed racers will receive a prize.

Up north, the CMC Steamboat Springs Sky Club once again is presenting its Screamboat Chamber of Horrors. Now in its 23rd year, this haunted house transforms the campus’s Allbright Auditorium into a spine-tingling freak hideout. For three nights from 6-10 p.m. each night – Friday, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 29 and Halloween night, Monday, Oct. 31 – those who dare are invited to stop in.

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Apartments for CMC students set to open in 2023

The footprint for a more than 24,000-square-foot, three-story student apartment complex is taking shape in the location of a former parking lot below Bristol Hall at CMC in Steamboat Springs.

The housing project in Steamboat is part of an overall $45 million investment in apartment-style housing at four CMC campuses including Edwards, Breckenridge and Spring Valley outside of Glenwood Springs, said Sean Nesbitt, CMC director of facilities. 

The project was designed to the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code building regulations and will be fully electric powered with no natural gas connection. The electrical system and roof are being built to support the possible future installation of a solar array, Nesbitt said.

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CMC Spring Valley vet tech farm throws its doors open

CMC Spring Valley is inviting community members to visit the program’s 220-acre farm and teaching hospital from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 29 to learn about the college’s veterinary technology program. This is a free, family-friendly open house. Kids are encouraged to wear costumes and some of the animals will be wearing costumes too. An area will be set up to take photos with the animals.

There will also be a scavenger hunt, a silent auction, a jack-o-lantern smashing extravaganza (pumpkin pieces will then be fed to the farm’s animals), as well as Halloween treats for humans. Some of the farm’s animals will be available to pet and feed, too.

In addition to the vet tech lab, small animal hospital and equine teaching barn, the college’s veterinary technology program houses a variety of large animals including horses, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep chickens and ducks. Small animals include rodents, snakes, birds, ferrets and chinchillas.

Visitors are asked to leave their own pets at home, as USDA regulates that no unauthorized animals be permitted on the premises or in vehicles.

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SCHOLARSHIP SHOWCASE

For a full list of scholarships available at CMC please visit

https://coloradomtn.edu/scholarships/

Ryan Matthew Williams Memorial Scholarship

QUALIFIED STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE UP TO $2,375 / Ryan lived his life to the fullest; he also enjoyed mountain biking, sky diving, scuba diving, white water rafting, hiking and golf. Ryan attended Colorado Mountain College to recertify as an EMT so he could be a member of the Ski Patrol. Sadly, Ryan lost his battle with cancer in 2014. His family wishes to honor his memory by helping students attain their dreams. Learn More »

November 7

CMC Glenwood Springs

LABOR MARKET SUMMIT / Summit will give attendees an understanding of labor market dynamics and the workforce needs of the region’s mountain communities while learning the results of a CMC School of Business labor needs survey conducted earlier this year. Mountain community leaders from business, education and government will share how educational attainment can contribute to business success in CMC’s service area. Attendees will have opportunities to network with business and community leaders. 

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November 9

CMC Leadville

LABOR MARKET SUMMIT  / Summit will give attendees an understanding of labor market dynamics and the workforce needs of the region’s mountain communities while learning the results of a CMC School of Business labor needs survey conducted earlier this year. Attendees will have opportunities to network with business and community leaders. Learn More »

November 19

CMC Steamboat Springs

BALL OBSERVATORY STAR PARTY / Join the Colorado Mountain College Sky Club from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm for an exciting evening (weather permitting) of exploring the universe at CMC’s Ball Observatory on campus here in Steamboat Springs. All are welcome. No previous knowledge necessary. Learn More »