Copper Mountain College Foundation at Work
September 03, 2020
Copper Mountain College Foundation is excited to present virtual Fall FUNdraising Week, September 12-19, 2020, to raise money for Copper Mountain College’s Health Sciences Department. Every September Copper Mountain College Foundation hosts a Fall Fundraising Dinner to raise funds for our students, programs, and facilities at Copper Mountain College. As with many events, our team… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Foundation Participates in Our Promise
August 27, 2020
For the last 60 years, the Our Promise: California State Employees Giving at Work campaign has shown a commitment and dedication to California communities; its impact is truly historic and has been the single largest effort among state employees to support nonprofit organizations. This is our promise to California. Our Promise speaks clearly to the… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Foundation Supporting Students
August 24, 2020
These are trying times for all of us, and this is why the Copper Mountain College Foundation (Foundation) is helping the nearly 2,000 students at Copper Mountain College (CMC) in many ways. One way the Foundation does this is through funding bus rides for CMC students through Morongo Basin Transit Authority (MBTA). This school year… Read more »
Jeff Tabor Memorial EMT Scholarship Established With the CMC Foundation
July 29, 2020
It was with sad hearts that Copper Mountain College heard about the sudden death of Alum Jeff Tabor, an Emergency Medical Technician here in the Morongo Basin. Jeff attended CMC and completed a Certificate of Proficiency in EMT on July 15, 2008. He graduated with an Associate of Science in Fire Technology degree on May… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Moves Many Face-to-Face Classes to Online
June 16, 2020
In accordance with updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Bernardino County, the Chancellor’s Office, and to substantially limit in-person interactions, Copper Mountain College is increasing the availability and offerings for a wider range of classes online for the Fall semester. Melynie Schiel, Dean of Instruction, shared, “We have moved many… Read more »
Summer Hours for Copper Mountain College
June 08, 2020
Copper Mountain College resumed its summer schedule on June 1, 2020. The business hours for the College will be Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and closed on Friday. However, please continue to adhere to the guidelines and restrictions that are posted on the CMC website when you are on campus. The… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Foundation Selects This Year’s Student Representative
May 29, 2020
Incoming college freshman, Annie Hilderbrand of Yucca Valley, has been appointed by Copper Mountain Community College District Superintendent/President Dr. Daren Otten as the 2020-2021 Student Representative to the Copper Mountain College Foundation Board of Directors. The CMC Foundation’s board is fiscally and legally responsible for the health and well-being of over seven million dollars in… Read more »
CMC Student Art Show Goes Virtual
May 20, 2020
Copper Mountain College Spring 2020 Figure Drawing students took their art show virtual. Socially Distanced Art Show opened May 15th with a series of self-portraits in this year’s exhibition. CMC art students created a photo gallery on Flickr to share their works digitally. Virtual Participants were able to meet the artists, see their works, and… Read more »
Annual Alumni Association Casino Nite Cancelled
April 29, 2020
It is with deepest regret that the 2020 Copper Mountain College (CMC) Annual Alumni Association Casino Nite has been cancelled. This is the largest fundraiser for the Alumni Association scholarships; however, the Association will still award the 2020-21 scholarships in the coming weeks. The seven scholarships will be awarded to local high school seniors for… Read more »
Foundation 2020 Greenleaf Scholar Announced
April 03, 2020
Copper Mountain College Foundation is proud to announce Dejejuanice (Deje) Brewer of Twentynine Palms as the 2020 Greenleaf Scholarship winner. Through a rigorous application process, Brewer along with four other finalists – Anwyn Hilderbrand and Anthony Rodriguez Rojas from Yucca Valley High School, and Diego Hernandez and Teagan Thompson from 29 Palms High School –… Read more »