Extended Studies

SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS: Gunnison – $115
Instructor: Karen Immerso
Date: 01/12 – 03/02, 2022
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 5:15 – 6:30PM
Location: Taylor Hall 200
This 8-week session is an introduction to the Spanish language. It introduces students to basic vocabulary and conversation with other adults in an active and fun learning environment. It is designed for the beginner second language learner who has never studied Spanish or wants to review from the very basics. The class includes activities, speaking practice and some homework assignments. Opportunities for interaction with native speakers may take place. No text required; hand-outs will be used.

SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS: Crested Butte – $115
Instructor: Karen Immerso
Date: 01/11 – 03/01, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 5:15 – 6:30PM
Location: Crested Butte Community School
This 8-session class is an introduction to the Spanish language. It introduces students to basic vocabulary and conversation with other adults in an active and fun learning environment. It is designed for the beginner second language learner who has never studied Spanish or wants to review from the very basics. The class includes activities, speaking practice and some homework assignments. Opportunities for interaction with native speakers may take place. No text required; hand-outs will be used.

SPANISH FOR ADVANCED BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Gunnison – $115
Instructor: Karen Immerso
Date: 01/12 – 03/02, 2022
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 6:45 – 8:00PM
Location: Taylor Hall 200
This 8-session class is for advanced beginners and intermediate Spanish Language Learners interested in reviewing and expanding their vocabulary, gaining a greater understanding of grammar, speaking conversationally with other adults in an active and fun learning environment. The class includes activities, speaking practice and some homework assignments. Opportunities for interaction with native speakers may take place. No text required; hand-outs will be used.

SPANISH FOR ADVANCED BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Crested Butte – $115
Instructor: Karen Immerso
Date: 01/11 – 03/01, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 6:45 – 8:00PM
Location: Crested Butte Community School
This 8-session class is for advanced beginners and intermediate Spanish Language Learners interested in reviewing and expanding their vocabulary, gaining a greater understanding of grammar, speaking conversationally with other adults in an active and fun learning environment. The class includes activities, speaking practice and some homework assignments. Opportunities for interaction with native speakers may take place. No text required; hand-outs will be used.

BEGINNER GUITAR-$225
Instructor: Jesse Irons
Date: 01/25– 03/08, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 5:00 – 6:00PM
Location: Taylor Hall 200
Materials: The Guitar Handbook is highly recommended. Student must provide their own guitar.
Want to learn to play Guitar? Designed for beginners only, this class starts with the basics and educates students about the history of the guitar and its diverse styles of music. The class smoothly transitions into learning how to play the guitar. Basic music theory principles are taught and students are shown how to apply them to the guitar. Students also learn how to tune the guitar, play chords and get their hands and fingers comfortable with actual guitar playing. Participants also learn strumming patterns, how to read fake sheets, music tablature, and start playing songs.

INTERMEDIATE GUITAR-$225
Instructor: Jesse Irons
Date: 01/25– 03/08, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 6:30 – 7:30PM
Location: Taylor Hall 200
Materials: The Guitar Handbook is highly recommended. Student must provide their own guitar.
Can you play a little guitar? Want to learn more? This class helps students progress in that endeavor. Students learn open position chords, key signatures, strumming patterns, barre chords, hammer-on/pull-offs and using a capo. The course then focuses on scales, chord structures (root, 3rd, 5th), major and minor as well as extensions (7th, 9th, etc.). Progressions and theory are discussed. Students must have some previous guitar experience.

ADVANCED GUITAR/BASS: MODEL THEORY AND IMPROVISATION-$225
Instructor: Jesse Irons
Date: 01/25– 03/08, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 7:30 – 8:30PM
Location: Taylor Hall 200
Materials: The Guitar Handbook is highly recommended. Student must provide their own guitar.
Do you want to expand your musical knowledge and technique? This class will focus on the art of improvisation as well as advanced theory and technique. Topics include; modes, legato, tapping, sweep arpeggios, speed picking, harmonics and more. Students must have a solid grasp of the instrument. Bass guitarists are welcome, electric instruments preferred.

GROWING FOOD IN A COLD CLIMATE – $130
Instructor: Susan Wyman
Date: 02/22 – 04/19, 2022
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 5:30 – 7:00PM
Location: Taylor Hall 201
Learn to grow your own vegetables and overcome the challenges of our cold climate and short growing season. Join Master Gardener Susan Wyman and other gardening gurus to learn what vegetables to plant and when. Learn about seed starting, transplanting, direct sowing, frost protection, pest management, amendments, compost teas, worm composting, and more. Field learning at Gunnison Gardens will be announced during course. For more information about Susan Wyman, please visit gunnisongardens.com.

INTRODUCTION TO FLY FISHING – $90
Instructor: Jeffrey J. Ewert
Date: 04/04 – 04/25, 2022
Day: Mondays
Time: 5:00 – 7:00PM
Location: WCU Mountaineer Fieldhouse Court
Materials: Students should bring their own fly rod and reel, some rods are made available by instructor.
Learn the basic fundamentals of fly-fishing including equipment, rods, rod weights, line types, leaders, tippets, flies, and accessories. Learn the value and application of using waders, polarized sunglasses, vests, etc. Learn the use of all this equipment, including an emphasis on casting instruction, application and types of flies and knots, as well as reading waters for trout with emphasis on presentation to enable the student to begin to fly fish successfully on local waters. This enables the student to practice the art of fly fishing in some of the West’s best fly-fishing waters right here in the Gunnison basin!

DESIGN YOUR LIFE & GET AFTER YOUR GOALS! – $45
Instructor: Erica Rasmussen
Date: 02/02 – 03/02, 2022
Day: Wednesdays
Time: Session 1: 12:00 – 12:45PM, Session 2: 5:00 – 5:45PM
Location: Taylor Hall 201 (option for Zoom and/or Video Recordings available upon request)

This course is to help you create goals and take action-steps toward having more life balance. Course instructor Erica Rasmussen is a certified Oola Life Coach. Oola is short for Ooh-la-la… the French expression that describes what life feels like when you’re happy, growing, and looking forward to what the world has in store for you. Oola means living life firing on all cylinders—joyful, wholehearted, and ready to take advantage whenever good times and opportunity appear. Upon completion of the course, participants will have created a personalized plan to have more balance in the 7 F’s of Oola, fitness, finance, family, field (career), faith, friends, and fun! This course also utilizes a digital application to help you stay accountable with your goals. This personal application will be $77.00, which is in addition to the course fee.

INTRODUCTORY HORSEMANSHIP LEVEL 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SAFE HORSE HANDLING, HORSEMANSHIP AND BEGINNER RIDING – $325.00
Instructor: Shawn Olsen
Dates: 05/01 – 06/12, 2022
Days: Sundays
Time: 3:00 – 5:00PM
Location: Lost Miner Ranch and Equestrian Center, 200 Homestead Road, Gunnison, CO

If you have ever wanted to learn about horses from the ground up, this course is for you! We will cover horse care, safe horse handling, horsemanship, care and use of equipment, beginning riding skills and much more. Absolutely no prior experience with horses is necessary.

GRANT WRITING BASICS – $77
Instructor: Maryo Ewell
Date: 02/22 – 03/08, 2022
Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 6:00 – 8:30PM
Location: Taylor Hall 205
This practical course will demystify the grant-writing process. Ms. Ewell will introduce you to basic vocabulary; key concepts of grantsmanship; how to prepare an all-purpose proposal that will serve many uses; how to prepare a budget; and how to avoid common pitfalls. There will be written homework assignments culminating in a project proposal for a nonprofit organization (real or made up!) using the Colorado Common Grant form.

LEADERSHIP AT THE EDGE: ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PRACTICES FOR COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION – $200
CREDIT: ROE 510: $170 1 Credit + $200 Course Fee
NON-CREDIT: $200 Course Fee
Instructor: Paul Duba, MPA, PCC, ACC
Date: 04/14 – 05/19, 2022
Days: Thursdays
Time: 8:00AM – 12:00PM
Location: Crawford Hall 114

Leadership is a practice that requires the courage to ask others to imagine a different future with you. Sometimes the future is easy, a matter of helping others make progress toward reliable results through practiced execution. But, for problems without easy answers, leadership requires us to help others commit to a path of discovery, an invitation to join in collaboration and innovation, where curiosity and being “OK not knowing” are important steps along the way to new knowing. Leadership at the Edge is a course for those who want to understand this road less travelled; what leaders do (and teams need) to reach for breakthrough results. This course is hands-on, highly experiential, and built to help you grow your team’s collective ambition, creativity, and motivation.  This course is for leaders in business, banking, education, hospitality, civic, and non-profit organizations. For those whose teams must perform in the face of uncertainty, change, and complexity, this course will help build your reach and influence as a leader.