CMC President’s Board of Trustee’s recap and news for July 2024

July 18, 2024

Hi Copper Mountain College. This is Daren Otten. This is the board report from Thursday, July 11, 2024. I do want to start just with a couple of things that… Read more »


Copper Mountain College Foundation Installs New Board and Officers for 2024-2025

June 25, 2024

Board – L to R Front Row: Kevin Cosgriff, Karen Coghill, Chuck Uyeda, Kristie Mitchell, Graciela Di Giovanna. L to R Back Row: John Zaccaria, Brandon Burdett, Kristina Suydam, Ariana… Read more »


CMC Designated as a Teaching College on California Virtual Campus

June 05, 2024

Copper Mountain College (CMC) has been designated as a Teaching College on the California Virtual Campus (CVC) – Online Education Initiative Exchange.  This online platform allows any student across the… Read more »


CMC Physics & Astronomy Professor John Watkins Honored

May 30, 2024

On Wednesday, May 29, 2024, part-time CMC Physics & Astronomy Professor, John Watkins, was honored with the 2023-24 Outstanding Teacher Award at the Twentynine Palms Rotary Interact meeting. With his… Read more »


President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for May 2024

May 20, 2024

All right, Fighting Cacti family. This is Daren Otten, your Superintendent/President with the report from the May 9th Board of Trustees meeting as normal. We started with a closed session,… Read more »


What’s Behind Hugging the Cactus?

April 19, 2024

By Mike Danza, Sociology Instructor As a part of accreditation, Copper Mountain College is required to have goals/outcomes.  Every course at Copper Mountain has goals/outcomes.  Every program/major has goals/outcomes and… Read more »


Hugging the Cactus 2024

April 19, 2024

Copper Mountain College is hosting Hugging the Cactus 2024 – A Conference on Trauma Informed Education and Ethics in an Era of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, on Friday, April 26. … Read more »


President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for April 2024

April 18, 2024

Transcript: Hi folks. This is Daren Otten, Superintendent/President here at Copper Mountain College. And this is my opportunity to share with you all a few things that happened at the… Read more »


CMC Foundation hosts Out of this World 2024 Annual Fundraising Dinner honoring Eva Kinsman

April 08, 2024

The Copper Mountain College Foundation invites you to join us in honoring Eva Kinsman, CMCCD Trustee from 1999-2022, on Saturday, May 4, 2024 in the Alumni Courtyard of Copper Mountain… Read more »


S.E. Davis of Yucca Valley Selected as 2024 Greenleaf Scholar

March 22, 2024

The Copper Mountain College Foundation is proud to announce S.E. Davis of Yucca Valley as the 2024 Greenleaf Scholarship winner. Through a rigorous application process, Davis along with seven other… Read more »