"Breaking Ground for Our Future" Annual Fall Dinner

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Pictured above from left to right: Assemblyman Paul Cook, Field Representative Tim Itnyre, CMCCD Superintendent/President Dr. Roger Wagner, CMCF Board President Jane Smith, CMC Professor Cathy Itnyre, CMCF Board Member Bob Burke, and CMC Professor Greg Gilbert.


 

The Copper Mountain College Foundation held its annual Fall Dinner Saturday evenin­g, October 25th at the Hi-Desert Medical Center’s Helen Gray Education Center in Joshua Tre­e, with almost $5,000 in proceeds benefiting both the Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club.

“Breaking Ground for Our Future” was a tribute to the long-awaited Bell Center which began construction in October, and a look to the future of the growing campus on the eve of its 25th anniversary. Occupying the entirety of the Helen Gray Center, the CMCF Fall Dinner featured historical articles, displays of the upcoming Bell Center, and photos of early supporters and pioneers of higher education in the Basin.

 


Foundation Board Member, Bob Burke, wears the President's Volunteer                     Assemblyman Paul Cook
Action Award Medal presented to the Foundation by President                                    addressing the audience with
Reagan in 1984, with wife Carolyn at his side.                                                           stories of his days as a CMC professor.

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