Colorado Mountain College International Students

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	We may be a small college in the Colorado mountains, but we're connected internationally. The word is out from Japan to Brazil Colorado Mountain College is a great place to go to school. One year, the Swedish population at Alpine Campus doubled because a group of students went home for Christmas break and couldn't stop talking about the place. Miyano Sakai heard about Colorado Mountain College from a New Zealander who was visiting her home in the resort town of Hakuba, Japan. But you don't have to come from Hakuba or Auckland to connect. All three residential campuses have addresses in the global village.
	Timberline Campus For two-weeks in the summer, Timberline Campus students study language and science in Latin America. Last summer ellos hablaron Español, as they lived with families in San Jose, Costa Rica.The second week they studied ecology among quetzales, howler monkeys, crocodiles and coto mundis in the Monte Verde rainforest. They set mist nets to capture bats, and visited local farmers to see rainforest preservation techniques. Study abroad programs are coordinated from Timberline Campus by Professor Mary Ebuna.
	Spring Valley Campus At Spring Valley Campus international politics and world hunger are the topic for students in the World Awareness and Action Society (WAAS). The student club is sponsored by Dave Harmon, a sociology professor who spent his sabbatical last year in Washington working with Congress on hunger issues, and in El Salvador observing elections for the United Nations. WAAS sponsors the World Hunger Conference each year, drawing nationally-known hunger activists and authors. Five Nicaraguans came one year from the village of Teotecacinte to give their perspective. Teotecacinte has become the college's unofficial Latin American campus. Every summer, students join Professor Harmon on a trip to Nicaragua,volunteering part of their summer vacation to help the small village with water projects, schools and clinics.
	Alpine Campus Students at Alpine Campus come from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, France,Switzerland, Brazil, Korea, Japan, Mexico and Canada. They're lost in America and loving it. The Lost in America (L.A.) Club brings together world students at Alpine Campus. And sometimes the world comes to them. When Nordic World Cup events came to Steamboat, L.A. Club (The back of club sweatshirts say "Found in the Powder.") members hosted and cooked for the international competitors. While some helped their country folk around town, the Swedish students volunteered for late nights on the ski jump,packing it hard for competition. During fall semester, L.A. Club members took over the cafeteria menu for a night, loaning their recipes to the cooks for an international food fair. Throughout the semester they get together to celebrate each other's festivals, and every Sunday afternoon with some of their American friends at sponsor Pam Burwell's house. All flights now departing...London,Tokyo, Paris, Rio and Colorado Mountain College. Get started by checking the international admissions requirements in our catalog. Great resources for international students: Study in the USA , ELS Language Centers & International Education Service.