S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Jaywalker U students are taking one day at a time, a skill they learned in treatment. But now that they have amassed months of living a day at a time, they are also looking toward a future that is much brighter than the future of their past. Each new student who enters into Jaywalker U […]
Jaywalker U Students Celebrate 3.93 GPA, Summer 2013
Summer semester grades are in! Everyone here at Jaywalker would like to congratulate the Jaywalker U students for completing the 2013 summer semester with a house GPA of a 3.93. During our addiction a lot of us found it impossible to get good grades but when we entered into recovery it became a whole different […]
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is September 10, 2013, and for those of you who do not know, it is World Suicide Prevention day. I remember sitting in math class as a child and debating large numbers with fellow students. What came before infinity? 1,000,000. It is an extremely large and staggering number. It is also the approximation of […]
Changes in GED Testing
There will be a change in the current GED test on January 1, 2014. Colorado Mountain College is encouraging all students and the community to complete every section of the test beforehand. Those who do not pass every section before the end of 2013 will have to start over in January. For anyone seeking support […]
Congratulations Janet
Today the Jaywalker U director and Jaywalker U “House Mother”, Janet DeMars, celebrates 28 years of continuous sobriety. Janet came to Jaywalker a little over a year ago and has since been a huge asset in the development of Jaywalker U. With more years sober than I am old, Janet has been my number one source […]
Collegiate Recovery
As more and more Collegiate Recovery Programs are sprouting up across the nation, it makes sense that a magazine which promotes and supports this valuable and necessary programming would also sprout. Trent Boozer, the founder of Recovery Campus, launched a trial issue in the spring of 2013, and just recently published Issue One/2013. Not only […]
Lower tuition costs
Colorado Mountain College(CMC) has entered into an agreement with the Western Interstate Commission to provide qualifying out-of-state residents with lower tuition costs. Students from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the U.S. Pacific territories are eligible for up to a 52% discount on […]
What is Masculinity?
Dave Landers from St. Michael’s University in Vermont and Steve Rissman from Metro State in Denver helped Jaywalkers understand how masculinity is socially constructed and they discussed the myriad ways it can impede, facilitate or destroy a man’s recovery. On Tuesday, July 30, the men from the Lodge, Solutions, and Jaywalker U worked together in […]
