CMC Recognized as 2025 Pathway Champion of Placement
October 17, 2025
Every year, the Campaign for College Opportunity honors California Community Colleges and California State University (CSU) campuses for their efforts in implementing two landmark policies: equitable placement implementation (AB 705 and 1705, Irwin), which maximizes student success in transfer-level courses at California Community Colleges, and Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) implementation, which has empowered more… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for September 2025
September 17, 2025
Hi folks. Darren Otten, Superintendent/President at Copper Mountain College, with your follow up report from last Thursday, September 11th, 2025 board meeting. The Board of Trustees did have a closed session. There was no action taken coming out of that. And then they moved into all kinds of activities, discussions and presentations as well as… Read more »
Copper Mountain College and Arizona State University Partner to Offer College Students Transfer Pathways with MyPath2ASU®Collaboration
September 10, 2025
Copper Mountain College is pleased to announce a new alliance with Arizona State University to provide students a seamless transfer experience with the MyPath2ASU® program. MyPath2ASU allows students to take the steps needed, at the start of their college experience, to successfully plan their transfer to ASU, ensuring a smooth transition process and student success. MyPath2ASU is… Read more »
Copper Mountain College Ranked 23rd in Niche’s Best Community Colleges in America
August 26, 2025
The national college rankings from Niche, a college platform that connects students and families with colleges and schools, have been released. Covering more than 4,000 U.S. colleges and universities, these rankings are designed to help students identify institutions of higher education that best match their academic goals, values, budgets, and campus preferences. In the 2026… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for August 2025
August 20, 2025
Hi, folks. Darren Otten here, Superintendent/President of Copper Mountain College. This is a follow up from last week’s board meeting on Thursday, August 14, 2025. First and foremost, I want to hope everybody had a great Flex Week. Appreciated seeing everybody at All Staff Day last week and then I hope everybody’s off to a… Read more »
Welcome Week Returns for Fall Semester 2025
August 13, 2025
Copper Mountain College welcomes new students, and current students back, for the beginning of Fall Semester, on August 18, 2025. August 18 – 22 is Welcome Week on the CMC campus in Joshua Tree, with a number of activities planned through Student Life, to orient students, make them feel welcome, and get them ready for… Read more »
HomeStreet Bank is the presenting sponsor for Sabor y Sonido at CMC
July 31, 2025
HomeStreet Bank has become the presenting sponsor for CMC’s Sabor y Sonido event on Saturday, September 27. Sabor y Sonido, presented by CMC’s Latinx Association, is a celebration of Latin food, drink, and music, with the event headlined by Nacho Bustillos and his band. “At HomeStreet Bank, we believe in investing in the communities we… Read more »
Celebrating 25 Years of Copper Mountain College: A Legacy of Community and Growth
July 31, 2025
Copper Mountain College is marking a major milestone this year, its 25th anniversary as an independent community college in California. This yearlong celebration honors not only the institution’s growth and achievements but also the deep connection it has built with the hi- desert community that helped establish it. The festivities officially begin on Saturday, June… Read more »
The Little College That Could – CMC Celebrates 25th Anniversary
July 31, 2025
Copper Mountain College began as a remote extension of College of the Desert in 1966, with classes held wherever space could be found. The campus opened in its present location, 120 acres, north of State Route 62 in the unincorporated area of Joshua Tree, after years of fundraising by the Friends of Copper Mountain College,… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for July 2025
July 31, 2025
Hi, folks. Daren Otten here, Superintendent/President at Copper Mountain College. This is a belated report from the July 10th general and study session meetings. Myself and our chief marketing guru, podcast guru Steve Brown, both were on some competing vacation times and so it took us a little bit of time to get through this…. Read more »