{"id":32501,"date":"2020-04-07T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/?p=32501"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:36:00","slug":"were-waiving-summer-tuition-to-support-students-and-our-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2020\/04\/were-waiving-summer-tuition-to-support-students-and-our-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re waiving summer tuition to support students and our communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CMC Responds: Today, Tomorrow, Together<\/h2>\n<p>We are taking action during these difficult times to help\u00a0our mountain\u00a0communities through a multi-pronged effort called\u00a0<strong>CMC Responds: Today, Tomorrow, Together.<\/strong>\u00a0For the summer 2020 semester, the college is waiving tuition, books and fees for new or returning students who\u00a0qualify as in-district, in-state students who took credit courses in spring 2020, and displaced workers\u00a0due to COVID-19 public health orders\u00a0who live in the CMC district.<\/p>\n<p>The CMC Board of Trustees approved the plan to pass along\u00a0the estimated\u00a0$1.6 million Colorado Mountain College will receive in federal stimulus dollars as well as\u00a0internal savings from hiring freezes, elimination of all\u00a0travel, canceled commencement ceremonies, reductions in energy usage, and revenues realized by exercising 7D, the 2018 ballot measure overwhelmingly approved by local voters authorizing CMC to recoup financial losses triggered by the Gallagher Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative also includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extending (starting in fall 2020) the <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/scholarships\/presidents-scholarship\/\">President\u2019s Scholarship<\/a> to students who have graduated from local high schools within the past three years and extending the deadline for current high school seniors<\/li>\n<li>Donating all available personal protective equipment (PPE) to local hospitals and clinics<\/li>\n<li>Making CMC facilities available where they might be needed during this public health crisis<\/li>\n<li>Activating the <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/financial-aid\/no-barriers\/\">No Barriers Fund<\/a> in the CMC Foundation to support students facing particular financial hardship that prevents them from staying in school<\/li>\n<li>Making <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/student-services\/academic-support\/tutoring\/\">tutoring services<\/a> available to help local parents with home schooling<\/li>\n<li>Distributing donated laptops to students who need them<\/li>\n<li>Continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/suenos\/\">Fund Sue\u00f1os<\/a> for students not eligible for Federal Financial Aid<\/li>\n<li>Providing internet service to students and families without broadband access<\/li>\n<li>Offering complimentary <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/CMCResponds\/#business-support\">business consulting\/training<\/a> for local businesses affected by the pandemic<\/li>\n<li>A special\u00a0 condensed Introduction to Hospitality Supervision series that starts April 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Go to College Now \u2013 We\u2019re Waiving Summer Tuition, Fees and Books<\/h2>\n<p>In-district residents, currently enrolled in-state students, and local employees recently displaced due to public health orders and others will have their tuition, fees, and books waived for summer term 2020.<\/p>\n<p>ESL and GED courses are included, as well as classes for local high school students hoping to earn college credits after a disruptive spring semester. <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/cmcresponds\/waive-tuition\/\">LEARN MORE: SUMMER TUITION ELIGIBILITY &amp; DETAILS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"business-support\">Get Help with a Business<\/h2>\n<p>Colorado Mountain College is offering no-cost business coaching and consulting services to local businesses in this time of need. Get help and support, from general business principles to website design.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with local chambers and business incubators, our team is organizing to aid the hundreds of small businesses courageously seeking to reopen or rebuild. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coloradomtn.edu\/cmcresponds\/help-for-businesses\/\">SIGN UP FOR BUSINESS CONSULTING &amp; SUPPORT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMC Responds: Today, Tomorrow, Together We are taking action during these difficult times to help\u00a0our mountain\u00a0communities through a multi-pronged effort&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2020\/04\/were-waiving-summer-tuition-to-support-students-and-our-communities\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17931,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[723,2354,835,2165,838,2355,2219,2263,2233,1649,741,2353,1357,2351,366,2352],"class_list":["post-32501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-press-releases","tag-business","tag-class","tag-cmc","tag-college","tag-colorado-mountain-college","tag-consulting","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid","tag-covid-19","tag-education","tag-edwards","tag-school","tag-support","tag-tuition","tag-vail-valley","tag-waive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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