Copper Mountain College Invites Community to “AI and Community: Co-Creating Our Future” Conference

April 24, 2026

Copper Mountain College will host its 2026 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Conference, “AI and Community: Co-Creating Our Future,” on Saturday, May 9, 2026, bringing together students, faculty, and community members… Read more »


Human Made: Artistic Intelligence Student Art Show

April 23, 2026

CMC’s talented, and very human, student artists from the college’s Art Department will be featured at Human Made: Artistic Intelligence, coming to Copper Mountain College on Saturday, May 9, 2026…. Read more »


Copper Mountain College Foundation is proud to announce Kambria Henry of Yucca Valley High School as the 2026 Greenleaf Scholarship winner

April 02, 2026

Through a rigorous application process, Kambria Henry of Yucca Valley High School was selected as the Copper Mountain College Foundation’s 2026 Greenleaf Scholar from a strong and deserving group of… Read more »


CMC Earns 2026-2027 Military Friendly Schools® Designation

March 25, 2026

Copper Mountain College has earned the 2026-2027 Military Friendly® Schools Designation recognized as a Military Friendly and Military Spouse Friendly School. Institutions earning the Military Friendly Schools® designation were evaluated… Read more »


President Daren Otten Chosen for Aspen Institute Presidents Fellowship

March 25, 2026

Joshua Tree, March 25, 2026 – Today, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) announced that Daren Otten, Superintendent/President at Copper Mountain College, is one of 23 community college presidents… Read more »


CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for January 2026

January 13, 2026

Hi folks, Darren Otten, Superintendent/President at Copper Mountain College. This is your follow up report from last week’s board meeting of Thursday, January 8, 2026. Coming out of closed session,… Read more »


CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for December 2025

December 12, 2025

Hi folks. This is Daren Otten, Superintendent/President of Copper Mountain College. This is the follow-up from yesterday’s December 11, 2025 board report. The board did have a closed session where… Read more »


CMC’s EMT Students Conduct Food Drive

December 08, 2025

CMC’s EMT students are a compassionate and caring bunch. EMT students participate in ride-outs with local agencies to provide care in the field, but this year’s students wanted to do… Read more »


CMC Stories: Notes from the fire line

December 02, 2025

Note from Cody Almanza, graduate of Copper Mountain College Wildland Fire Academy #10, summer 2025, veteran, now working in the Umqua National Forest, Oregon: This summer marked a major turning… Read more »


CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for November 2025

November 18, 2025

Hi, folks. Daren Otten, Superintendent/President here of Copper Mountain College, with a recap of last week’s board meetings. And I say board meetings, plural, because we had the joint meeting… Read more »