{"id":800570,"date":"2019-10-21T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373304"},"modified":"2019-10-21T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:30:52","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-mary-axelson-is-the-choice-for-colorado-mountain-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-mary-axelson-is-the-choice-for-colorado-mountain-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Mary Axelson is the choice for Colorado Mountain College"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/LettersWebCard-SDN1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Mary Axelson has dedicated her career to student success,<br \/>\nteaching, learning and mentoring.&nbsp; She<br \/>\nunderstands and has always demonstrated the need for accountability. Her<br \/>\npassion was knowing that her students succeeded and that Colorado Mountain<br \/>\nCollege was the best it could be in the classroom, in the community and in the<br \/>\neyes of the public the college served. Axelson was a faculty leader at Colorado<br \/>\nMountain College, and she had the courage to speak up for the students and<br \/>\nfaculty when sometimes administrators veered off the path in making a decision<br \/>\nthat might not have been in the best interest of our students. She is respected<br \/>\nfor speaking the truth and being dedicated to the success of students who<br \/>\nweren\u2019t always at the top of their class.&nbsp;<br \/>\nHer enthusiasm for CMC has never waned. Her passions were history,<br \/>\ndevelopmental studies and English. She built strong relationships throughout<br \/>\nthe college.<\/p>\n<p>How wonderful it would be to actually have an educator on<br \/>\nthe board of trustees for CMC. Not all decisions in education are made with<br \/>\nstudent success and fiscal responsibility as the focus.&nbsp; Axelson would bring these gifts to the board.<br \/>\nYes, she loves education, teaching and learning, but in addition, she actually<br \/>\nhas real-life experience and a deep understanding of all that encompasses.<br \/>\nOften education gets lost in trying to emulate a business model or pleasing<br \/>\npolitical allies or enhancing one\u2019s resume. Axelson\u2019s focus has always remained<br \/>\non the individual student. CMC is a strong and well-respected college with<br \/>\nexceptional faculty and staff. Axelson is an educator that understands the<br \/>\ncollege and is always working to see that it succeeds and continually improves.<\/p>\n<p>CMC would be fortunate to have a former full-time faculty<br \/>\nmember that treasures her experiences to represent the college and its<br \/>\ncommunities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-mary-axelson-is-the-choice-for-colorado-mountain-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Axelson has dedicated her career to student success, teaching, learning and mentoring.&nbsp; She understands and has always demonstrated the need for accountability. Her passion was knowing that her students succeeded and that Colorado Mountain College was the best it could be in the classroom, in the community and in the eyes of the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-800570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 09:07:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}