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 »
Read the November 2025 Issue of the Cacti Chronicles
November 12, 2025
Read the digital edition of the November 2025 issue of CMC’s award-winning print/digital newspaper, the Cacti Chronicles. Featuring a photo of CMC student Kei Bjork on the cover as she… Read more »
16th Annual Festival of Wreaths Returns November 23, 2025
November 12, 2025
Join the local tradition that keeps on giving – Copper Mountain College Foundation’s annual Festival of Wreaths. Started in 2010, Copper Mountain College Foundation’s Festival of Wreaths has evolved into… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for October 2025
October 29, 2025
Hi, folks. Daren Otten, Superintendent/President at Copper Mountain College, and this is the Board of Trustees regular meeting agenda from October 9, 2025 follow up report. There were a couple… Read more »