The 2021 Minerva Hamilton Hoyt Internship Announced
January 05, 2021
The Joshua Tree National Park Association recently announced Copper Mountain College’s Ms. Meghan Udell as the 2021 recipient of the Pasadena Garden Club’s Minerva Hamilton Hoyt Internship. Now in its third year, the internship is awarded annually to a student from CMC majoring in Environmental Studies or General Sciences and maintaining a GPA of 3.0… Read more »
Copper Mountain Closed for Winter Break
December 21, 2020
Copper Mountain College will be closed for Winter Break Thursday, December 24, 2020 through Friday, January 1, 2021. Please be aware services such as the Online Help Desk and waitlist notifications will not be operating during the break. Online registration will continue through CMC’s Winter Break via the MyCMC Portal with your student ID. New… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Updated Guidelines for Students
December 10, 2020
As part of the state’s critical infrastructure, CMC will remain open to serve students with the following updated protocols to reduce the possibility of virus transmission: Any in-person campus activities will be by appointment only and will continue to require face coverings and a self-administered health screening. Students are encouraged to continue to engage with… Read more »
Full-Ride College Scholarship Opportunity Now Available
December 07, 2020
The application for the prestigious Greenleaf Scholarship is now available. Copper Mountain College Foundation encourages all graduating seniors in the Morongo Basin to submit their paperwork by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. The F. Roy Greenleaf, Jr. Education Fund was established by the estate of F. Roy Greenleaf, Jr. Mr. Greenleaf came to… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Celebrates 2020 Graduates
November 25, 2020
Copper Mountain College will recognize its 2020 Graduating Class with a live-streaming commencement on December 12th at 5:00 pm. You will be able to view this live event on the following platforms: Copper Mountain College YouTube channel Copper Mountain Fighting Cacti Facebook page Yucca Valley TV For Fall 2019, Spring, and Summer 2020, CMC awarded… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Opting Out This Season
November 23, 2020
Copper Mountain College announced today that the Fighting Cacti will opt out of late start basketball season that would have started in January 2021. The decision was made after polling the students, several meetings with our Athletic Director and senior staff, and based on information from other regional colleges. The decision in part was made… Read more »
Annual Foundation Festival of Wreaths Kicks Off the Holiday Season
November 05, 2020
Kick off your holiday season with Copper Mountain College Foundation’s virtual Festival of Wreaths! It’s going to be an exciting event this year, so join in the fun beginning November 9th. Over 40 local businesses, individuals, and clubs have created one-of-a-kind wreaths, trees, gift baskets, and desserts to auction off to benefit CMC students. Nine… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Rolls out Inaugural Student Art Gallery
October 27, 2020
Copper Mountain College launched a new virtual Student Art Gallery on its website last week. The inaugural exhibition opened on October 23rd and will run through November 30th. “This is a challenging time for academic Studio Arts courses due to the pandemic. My salute to the art instructors, and most of all to our students… Read more »
Honorary Life Directorship Bestowed
October 12, 2020
Copper Mountain College Foundation was pleased to present a Resolution of Appreciation and Honorary Life Directorship to Nancy Huntington and Cathy Larson at a private luncheon recently. Mrs. Huntington joined the Foundation’s Board of Directors in 2009. She served as Secretary of the Board of Directors for four terms and reigned as the Foundation’s policies… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Students Create Online Art and Science Exhibition
September 08, 2020
The Art and Science students of Copper Mountain College (CMC) are engaging in a creative collaboration for Desert Bounty, an online art and science exhibition featuring native desert plants as subjects. The exhibition is created in partnership with the Morongo Basin Big Read, which aims to build community and inspire conversation through the joy of… Read more »