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AUTHOR DAVID JESSE MCCHESNEY TO SPEAK AT CMC
Author David Jesse McChesney will read from his book, Muir Roots: At One with the Wild on Wednesday evening, March 17 at 6pm at CMC's cafeteria.
12TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION REAPS RECORD PROFITS FOR SMALL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Copper Mountain College, just about the smallest of California’s Community Colleges, set an all time high for proceeds from its 12th Annual Art Auction held Saturday, February 27, in Joshua Tree. The event, hosted by the college’s charitable Foundation, raised over $12,000 that will be used to support scholarships and the college’s Art programs.
CMC Foundation Accepting Applications for the F. Roy Greenleaf Jr. Scholarship
JOSHUA TREE, Ca- The Copper Mountain College Foundation is now accepting applications for the F. Roy Greenleaf, Jr. Scholarship for the 2010-2011 school year. The Greenleaf Scholarship will be awarded to a local high school senior that demonstrates: a strong determination to succeed; an abiding desire to help others in their school, family and community; financial need; and an interest in serving the Morongo Basin upon completion of their education.
Harry Cauley reading at Copper Mountain College
JOSHUA TREE, Ca - Author Harry Cauley will hold a reading at Copper Mountain College on February 10, 2010 in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ALUMNI ART AUCTION SCHEDULED
The Copper Mountain College Foundation will host its 12th Annual Alumni Association Art Auction, on February 27, 2010 at the Helen Gray Education Center, 6601 White Feather Road, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252. Proceeds from the auction will support the CMC art program and provide funding for scholarships.
The main parking lot at Copper Mountain College will be closed for the first week of classes. Temporary parking has been created behind Student Services in a dirt lot to help accommodate students. There will be additional over flow parking located at the new Bell Center Parking lot on campus with shuttle service running to the main buildings of the campus. No pedestrian traffic will be allowed. All students parked in this area must utilize the shuttle. Students are encouraged to arrive early to avoid being late for class due to the multiple constructions projects currently underway.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE ADDS MORE EXPERIENCE TO ITS TEACHING CORE
Beginning spring semester, Copper Mountain College will add two new faculty members to its full-time ranks at the Joshua Tree campus.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENTS READ THEIR WAY TO $2,700
Students at Copper Mountain College read 270 books towards scholarships that they will receive from the Townsend Press for fall semester.
GILLICK TAKES REINS AS PRESIDENT OF THE COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Owen Gillick moved into the Presidency of the Copper Mountain College Board of Trustees at a reorganization meeting on December 10th.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RECOGNIZES NEW EMTS
Copper Mountain College will recognize its newest Emergency Medical Technician graduates during a ceremony on December 18th at 6:00 p.m. in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen on the Copper Mountain College campus.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MOVES TOWARD GREEN
Copper Mountain College moves toward green this week with the installation of a new solar parking structure.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE VISIT TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
Copper Mountain College students made a special visit to the Yucca Valley Boys and Girls club last week to spend some time with the clubs kids.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE HOSTS RGB MULTI MEDIA COMPETITION
The Copper Mountain College Art Department will be hosting the thirteenth annual RGB Multi Media competition on November 18th.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENTS ADOPT GRANDPARENTS
Copper Mountain College's federally funded TRiO grant program, also known as The Transfer Empowerment Program (TEP), has generated a new community activity for their students. The students have recently begun to serve the elderly in our community with their Adopt-A-Grandparent Program.
CHARLES CARROLL READING AT COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Charles A. Carroll will be the featured author at Copper Mountain College on November 17th at 6:00 p.m.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RECOGNIZES NEWEST CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
Copper Mountain College will pin 15 Certified Nursing Assistants during a ceremony on November 9th at 2:00 p.m. in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen on campus.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION'S 25th ANNIVERSARY FALL DINNER RAISES $12,000
JOSHUA TREE, Ca -The Copper Mountain College Foundation raised almost $12,000 at its annual Fall Dinner "25 Years: Living the Dream," held on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at the Helen Gray Education Center. Master of Ceremonies Huell Howser delighted attendees with anecdotes about each guest speaker in a way that reminded the crowd of his many years of insightful interviewing as the host of PBS' California's Gold.
MARI COLLIER READING AT COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Author Mari Collier will hold a reading at Copper Mountain College as part of an author's series on Tuesday, November 3rd beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen.
JR. PHILHARMONIC GUITARIST AND QUILT AUCTION FEATURED AT CMC FOUNDATION FALL DINNER
Local classical guitarist Megan Roberson will be the featured soloist at the Copper Mountain College Foundation's Fall Dinner on October 24, 2009, at the Helen Gray Education Center.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SEES A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
Copper Mountain College has been given hope in its quest to find funding for a traffic signal to be installed at the intersection of Highway 62 and Rotary Way in Joshua Tree.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENTS SHOW IN PHOTO EXHIBITION
Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree will present a student photography exhibition entitled Water in the Desert on October 22, in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen beginning at 4 p.m.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION WILL HAVE HUELL HOWSER AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES
In 1984, after years located in only temporary facilities, Copper Mountain College finally moved into its permanent location in Joshua Tree. 25 years ago our own local citizens transformed a "diamond in the rough" into the "jewel of the Morongo Basin," and for their efforts the CMC Foundation was honored by President Ronald Reagan with a Volunteer Action Award.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE TO HOST UNIVERSITY DAY
Copper Mountain College will host its annual University Day on October 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for students interested in transferring to or attending a four-year college or university.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION TO HOST UNITY HOME SPEAKER
Copper Mountain College will host a presentation on "Domestic Violence and its Effects on Women and Children" by Unity Home's Susanna Barnett on October 13, 2009, from 6-8:00 p.m.
CHANCELLOR JACK SCOTT TO SPEAK AT FOUNDATION FALL DINNER
In support of the 25th Anniversary of the CMC campus, the Copper Mountain College Foundation is holding their annual Fall Fundraising Dinner Saturday October 24, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. at the Helen Gray Center in Joshua Tree.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STARTS FALL SEMESTER
Students started returning to class last Monday as Copper Mountain College began gearing up for brimming fall enrollments fueled, in part, by a sluggish economy.
MOJAVE WATER AGENCY SUPPORTS COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENTS
The Copper Mountain College Foundation has received a second year of scholarship funding from Mojave Water Agency to help increase their potential labor pool.
STATE RAISES COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE STUDENT FEES
The 2009-2010 school year will start with an increase in enrollment, as well as an increase in tuition for all California Community College Students.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AMERICAN GRADUATION INITIATIVE AND COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
Last Tuesday, President Obama laid out his $12 billion plan to reform the nation's community colleges as part of a larger push to retrain unemployed workers and prepare the U.S. workforce for an increasingly competitive global economy.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RECEIVES THE ACCREDITING COMMISSION REPORT
Copper Mountain College (CMC) has received the Accrediting Commission's Report that continues CMC on warning. On April 13, 2009, a team representing the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges visited CMC. The team's visit was a follow-up to the April 2008 visit and Progress Report which resulted in the Commission's action placing CMC on warning at its June 2008 hearing.
COLLEGE FOUNDATION INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
Copper Mountain College Foundation held its Annual Installation Dinner on Wednesday, June 24th at the Roadhouse Café in Yucca Valley.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BELL CENTER 50% COMPLETE
Copper Mountain College (CMC) is pleased to announce that as of this week, the construction of the Bell Center passes the 50% completion mark.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE PREPARES FOR STATE BUDGET CUTS
JOSHUA TREE, Ca - Copper Mountain College students and faculty began receiving phone calls late last week informing them that some of the summer classes they had registered for had been cancelled.
The 2009 graduating class of Copper Mountain College, will don their caps and gowns on Friday May 22nd at 6:45 p.m. in Phase III of the Copper Mountain College campus located at 6162 Rotary Way, Joshua Tree, CA 92252.
CMC FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION BELL CENTER CAMPAIGN
The Copper Mountain College Foundation announces "Living the Promise: 25 Years Later," a $5 million capital campaign to equip the new multi-use Bell Center and its adjacent baseball and track/soccer field.
COPPER MOUNTAIN COLLEGE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS
Copper Mountain College proudly announces that we are celebrating our 25th anniversary on April 24th at 10:00 a.m. on the Copper Mountain College Campus.
CMC FOUNDATION HOSTS ROY GREENLEAF, JR. EDUCATION FUND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY
The Copper Mountain College Foundation will hold its annual Roy Greenleaf, Jr. Education Fund Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 29th at 5:30 p.m. in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen on the CMC campus and the public is invited to attend.
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