Copper Mountain College’s Fall Semester Community Education Program Provides Exciting, Eclectic Courses – by and for – the Community
September 05, 2024
The Community Education program at Copper Mountain College is beginning it’s Fall Semester of classes in mid-September. This semester’s courses provide something for everyone, from yoga to AI, CADD to dance, acting, film production, and much more. “Fall Semester’s Community Education program is the most diverse and exciting collection of courses offered since pre-pandemic days,”… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for August 2024
August 19, 2024
Hi CMC family. This is Darren Otten, Copper Mountain College Superintendent/President, with your board report from the August 8th, 2024 meeting. But before I jump into a lot of the details associated with that, I want to welcome everyone back with All Staff Day as well as Flex Week going on this week and all… Read more »
CMC President’s Board of Trustees 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 I think is important to update theentire campus around our trustees. First and foremost, Trustee Liz Meyer has served on the Board of Trustees at… 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 Muniz, Renee Anderson, Diane Durden, Victoria Moore. Administering the oath of office, CMCCD Board President Trustee Greg Gilbert. On June 24, 2024, Copper Mountain College… 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 state to quickly enroll in online courses offered at other eligible community colleges without having to complete another college application, and the same applies for… 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 NASA background, Professor Watkins brings a passion for our dark desert skies, a zeal for teaching, and a collaborative spirit to Copper Mountain College. Over… 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, specifically reviewing a couple of different items with no action that ultimately the board took coming out of that particular meeting. Moving into the open… 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 the institution has goals/outcomes. Many years ago, a student named Matthew Pavesic (who has gone on to earn his PhD in biology at Johns Hopkins)… 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. Everyone is welcome to this all day conference at CMC… Whether you’re a student, teacher, or you’re just curious about the topic, there will be… 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 study session, the regular board meeting, and subsequently the joint Board meeting here in the last week or so. A couple of things that I… Read more »