MOOTS is best known for its premium titanium bikes, all of which have been made by hand for over a quarter-century in the idyllic Colorado mountain town of Steamboat Springs. https://moots.com/
Emerald Mountain's Blackmer Trail is a closed service road so it's nice and wide with open views of the Yampa Valley including downtown Steamboat and Mt Werner Ski Mountain. The walk is a steady incline to the top of Emerald Mountain where the Quarry is located... one of the best views in town. This trail is not a loop so you can turn around and head back to the trailhead at any point. Be sure to bring water and sun protection. The out and back length is approximately 3.8 miles with just under 1,000 ft of elevation gain.
Rising as a visual icon in the community’s backyard, Howelsen Hill is a family oriented ski area where generations of local kids have learned to ski alongside world class athletes. There are more Olympic athletes in Steamboat Springs than any other town in North America. Recognizing the record setting possibilities of the steep north-facing hill across the Yampa River from downtown Steamboat Springs, skiing pioneer Carl Howelsen built a ski jump on its slopes for the 1915 Winter Carnival. On his first test run of the hill, he jumped 127 feet. In comparison, Orville Wright’s first piloted airplane flight in 1903 lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Carl Howelsen, and the hill named for him, launched a ski jumping and skiing legacy of enduring institutions in Steamboat Springs including: the Winter Carnival, the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, and has instilled a tradition of winter sports as a lifelong pursuit in young local athletes and aspiring Olympic competitors. Please wear good walking shoes and plan for Steamboat's potentially variable spring weather!
Learn some Pickleball basics. Pickleball is a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. Two, three, or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a wiffle ball, over a net.
LiftUp of Routt County provides emergency assistance to unemployed or impoverished individuals and families in Routt County, Colorado. Through donations and volunteers, they provide a myriad of services that assist those in need, while building a foundation for sustainability. In 2017, LiftUp distributed 331,935 pounds of food to 2,307 low-income residents at our Food Banks in Routt County. Part of their expanded effort is to grow their own food for families in need. We will be working in the LiftUp Greenhouse & Garden planting and pruning. Please bring work gloves, wear outdoor clothes with sun protection (sunscreen, sunhat, glasses). There is a variety of work for all abilities available.
You are welcome to come at the start and leave early, or come later and join us for whatever period of time you’d wish!
Have or wish you had a green thumb? Want to learn more about permaculture, or help us build an outdoor classroom? We’d love your help at the Bear Park Permaculture Center! We have a lot work in order to prepare the site and we’d love your help to potentially build an arch, make pea trellises and do general planting, mulching, weeding, and more. There is plenty of work for everyone and we’ll have a team guiding you along the way. Prepare to spend the afternoon making a difference! We ask that you bring gloves, mud boots, sunscreen, hat, and water. We will provide the snacks and the tools! Please note that this event is weather dependent.
Join us for an afternoon of rafting on the Yampa River through the town of Steamboat Springs. This trip will be a fun ride through class I-II white water with beautiful scenic views of the Yampa Valley. We will float for about 1-2 hours from Fetcher Pond to the Transit Center. The Outdoor Studies Program will be providing the equipment needed for this trip (PFD, wetsuits, rafts, paddles). It is recommended you bring a water bottle, base layers (what you would wear skiing), good river shoes (old tennis shoes work great). Come join the fun on the YAMPA RIVER!
Did you know that most car horns honk in the key of F? come show off your useless knowledge in a friendly competition of trivia, laughs, and fun! Register as a team or an individual , but register quickly because space is limited. Your Quizmasters look forward to leading you on a quest of random facts to determine who reigns supreme at CMC!
Spring Creek Trail is a beautiful singletrack with old-growth aspen groves, a dozen bridges, cool rock formations and a beautiful creek making this one of the most popular trails among the locals. From the bottom, this trail cruises up an easy dirt road for half a mile to a pond and picnic area. Continue up the dirt road another couple tenths, cross the creek, then ascend a steep rocky section of road. From here, the singletrack begins and gets better and better. The trail is not a loop so you can turn around and head back to the trailhead at any point. Be sure to bring water and sun protection.
Always a classic good time, join your colleagues from across the college for dinner provided by CMC! Please note this is an EMPLOYEE-ONLY event (no family members unless they work for CMC too).
Bring your musical instruments to join a song circle/jam session hosted by Frank Martin toward the end of Wednesday night's dinner! Original songs encouraged, and covers are welcome. Acoustic instruments preferred. We may setup light amplification, if someone wants to bring a keyboard. Check out Frank's music: http://frankmartinmusic.com/
Hot Old Fashioned Oatmeal with Brown Sugar and Raisins (DF, V) Vanilla Yogurt (GF) Whole Fresh Fruit (Oranges, Bananas, Apples) Mini Muffins (May Contain Nuts) Freshly Brewed Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Assorted Black & Herbal Teas. 2% Milk, Skim Milk & Half and Half Creamers. Non Dairy Almond Milk Upon Request
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are necessary strategies for the strength of higher education institutions in the twenty-first century. This keynote address will describe the national context of diversity and explain how DEI matters for the success of any college in our complex and changing world. Working definitions of core concepts will be provided.
As CMC is about to embark on an update of the Facilities Master Plan, how should we be thinking about the design of classrooms in the future? This session will be a high level overview of current strategies for contemporary pedagogy. What are the environments, furniture, and equipment that support this strategy? This will be one continuous session spanning the entire afternoon.
The purpose of this roundtable discussion will be to share best practices and protocols for addressing and preventing crisis events on campus. Come ready to learn about behavior threat identification and assessment, and response protocols that promote a safe campus environment focused on student success, health, and wellbeing. This will also be an opportunity to identify and coordinate future training needs and opportunities. The roundtable format is intended to promote active participation and conversation among all participants. The session is open to anyone interested in the topic, and Behavioral Intervention Team, Early Alert Team, Threat Assessment, and/or safety committee members are particularly encouraged to attend.
Gives each campus a chance to share what has been happening in their concurrent enrollmment program with best practices and time to discuss presenting at the upcoming NACEP conference this fall
Employee benefit representatives will be available the entire afternoon to answer questions and teach more about benefits available to employees. HR will also be on hand for questions.
This workshop will introduce Dr. Ryan Evely Gildersleeve’s 3x3 model for supporting historically marginalized students in higher education. The model assumes that all staff and faculty have an opportunity and an obligation to support all students’ success. It provides a framework for organizing individual and organizational efforts that seek to disrupt cycles of marginalization. Participants will put the model to work in relationship to their functional responsibilities at CMC.
Despite an individual's level of intelligence, talent and luck, a person's willingness to persevere, to continue with a task in the face of difficulty, appears to be the secret of success. Based on the research and writing of Angela Duckworth, this session will explore GRIT, which is essentially a person's passion, their willingness to stick to a physical challenge, a job, or a college education. Discussion will include evaluating a person's GRIT and helping students achieve higher levels of perseverance by refusing to give up on their goals and ambitions.
A conversation about the most relevant reports, best practices and tips for Informer. Reports for discussion include "Faculty Contract Information", "Grades Due", "Office of Innovations, Course Attendance and Grade Report", "Course Catalog by Subject", and "Course Sections for Web Calendar".
Lianne Pyle, LMP lead and a representative from vendor eCampus will be on hand to answer questions from faculty and staff. Provide best practices and practial tips.
Webex has exciting new and useful features. Hear and see how they work and what that means for your IVS and Webex classes or meetings. Also, hear how existing IVS rooms are being upgraded and where new video-enabled rooms are being added.
See what is new in academic affairs. During this session, participants will receive an overview of the process and procedure changes over the past year. The newly revised Curriculum and Instruction Manual will be viewed with process changes highlighted.
As CMC is about to embark on an update of the Facilities Master Plan, how should we be thinking about the design of classrooms in the future? This session will be a high level overview of current strategies for contemporary pedagogy. What are the environments, furniture, and equipment that support this strategy? This will be one continuous session spanning the entire afternoon.
We have an effective campus safety program at RFC and have been able to employ some effective strategies and practices to make this a regular part of our processes. We would like to share best practices and resources with other campuses who want to operationalize staff/faculty/student training, regular drills, security steps, etc. We’ll also touch on the emergency notification system and how it ties in now, and what the new system will feature.
This will be an opportunity for the Community Education and Continuing Education staff to connect face-to-face and discuss the upcoming year of programming and offerings college-wide. We will also discuss Elevate registration software and opportunities to expand into our respective communities.
Take a break and let your creative side out! We'll take everyday blobs and turn them into imaginary animals using colored pencils and whimsy. It's a great way to release your perfectionism!
Employee benefit representatives will be available the entire afternoon to answer questions and teach more about benefits available to employees. HR will also be on hand for questions.
Quality academic advising can make a big impact on our students. How can we, as faculty, be effective, excellent advisors? Join us to improve your knowledge, share best practices and be the best resources possible for our students.
What are we willing to learn from our students? How do you experience and respond to your own vulnerability as an “expert”? In this workshop we invite you to explore cultural humility as a practice of being. We will share practical strategies that can be adapted according to your teaching context and students.
Lianne Pyle, LMP lead and a representative from vendor eCampus will be on hand to answer questions from faculty and staff. Provide best practices and practial tips.
Come learn more about CMC’s Permaculture Design Certificate. Get a brief introduction to the projects our students are working on and how permaculture is influencing many areas of study here at CMC Steamboat. Weather permitting, the group may tour outdoor sites on campus where permaculture is being studied through hands-on implementation.
If you have applied, interviewed, or been accepted to the 2019 DU Cohort for the EdD program, let's get to know each other! If any participants from the first class want to join us and pass down some wisdom, that would certainly be welcomed!
This session focuses on the implementation of WAC principles in content level transfer courses, and how to best support student writing at the campus and college level.
With this timeframe it is a 'snapshot' of Emotional Intelligence. We'll work with it as a conflict management skill covering: understanding and managing your emotions, self-concept and its impact, identifying what pushes your buttons, responding rather than reacting, and concluding with techniques on how to navigate interactions in an emotionally intelligent/resourceful way. There will be a handout of the Emotional Intelligence Key Principles. I will need a minimum of 45 mins. for the session - 60 mins. would be better if possible :-)
Employee benefit representatives will be available the entire afternoon to answer questions and teach more about benefits available to employees. HR will also be on hand for questions.
Presentation of research on employer perceptions of graduates from online versus traditional degree programs. Presentation of research results from dissertation preparation will be discussed and reviewed.
This workshop will introduce Dr. Ryan Evely Gildersleeve’s 3x3 model for supporting historically marginalized students in higher education. The model assumes that all staff and faculty have an opportunity and an obligation to support all students’ success. It provides a framework for organizing individual and organizational efforts that seek to disrupt cycles of marginalization. Participants will put the model to work in relationship to their functional responsibilities at CMC.
A special population is arriving at our campuses next year. Known as Generation Z, these students want flexibility, speak their minds through social media, and are extremely averse to debt. This session will highlight the strategies our campus is taking to help these students (and their parents) become connected, find support, and retain for success.
Faculty are looking for easy ways to get students engaged in and outside the classroom, so learn about the hot new tools that are available in Canvas. Increase student interaction, retention and engagement with a variety or video and other tools.
Lianne Pyle, LMP lead and a representative from vendor eCampus will be on hand to answer questions from faculty and staff. Provide best practices and practial tips.
The purpose of the LIFT program is to help rising leaders at the college gain awareness of the major issues facing higher education in the 21st century, to different leadership styles and approaches (including their own), and, perhaps most important, to a common appreciation of the attitudes, beliefs, and dispositions that reflect an authentic "one college culture" at Colorado Mountain College. This session includes past and present LIFT candidates to describe the program, talk about their projects, and share how to get involved.
The session will provide an overview of CMC's IT Master Plan v2.0 and the opportunity for participants to provide feedback on what should be included as part of the plan.
This session will showcase a new internal Tableau dashboard of current and historical CCSSE data as well as present findings based on the most recent administration of the CCSSE at CMC (2018). Special attention will be paid to lessons or recommendations for persistence and retention of students at CMC
This session will provide an overview of recent research that illustrates what happens in our brains when we move from reading deeply to simply skimming. The session will discuss implication for teaching, and the importance of pushing students to engage with text on a deeper level.
Explore the new Learning Hub for all employees. Learn about your employee transcript, registering for training courses, and how to enter professional development on your transcript. Learn how to become an instructor or curator for employee training courses, whether it be face-to-face, online, hybrid or on-demand.