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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, ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College is required to have goals/outcomes.  Every course at ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ 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

¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ 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 ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ… 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 ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ 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 »


¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Foundation hosts Out of this World 2024 Annual Fundraising Dinner honoring Eva Kinsman

April 08, 2024

The ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College Foundation invites you to join us in honoring Eva Kinsman, ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµCD Trustee from 1999-2022, on Saturday, May 4, 2024 in the Alumni Courtyard of ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College. Kinsman has been a champion of education for 50 years, having served as a teacher and principal for both elementary and secondary levels.  She… Read more »


S.E. Davis of Yucca Valley Selected as 2024 Greenleaf Scholar

March 22, 2024

The ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College Foundation is proud to announce S.E. Davis of Yucca Valley as the 2024 Greenleaf Scholarship winner. Through a rigorous application process, Davis along with seven other finalists, Cassidy Albrinck, Ruth Kanuch, Kassandra Nealy and Chloe Philippi from Yucca Valley High School and Jessica Burke, Sarah Cerna, and Tyler Luke from Twentynine… Read more »


¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for March 2024

March 21, 2024

Hi folks, Daren Otten, Superintendent President at ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College with your recap of the Thursday March 14, 2024 Board Meeting. Coming out a closed session, the board did uphold an employee appeal regarding a district’s administrative determination, so that was an action out of the board meeting. But then coming back into the general… Read more »


President’s Board of Trustees Meeting Recap and News Podcast for February 2024

February 22, 2024

Transcript: Hi, ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ family. This is Daren Otten, your Superintendent/President of ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College. This is my podcast report from the Thursday, February 8 Board of Trustees meeting. As we kicked off that meeting, I want to welcome Mariam Hussain to the Board of Trustees as our Student Trustee. She was sworn in on that… Read more »


President’s Board of Trustees recap and news for December 2023

December 18, 2023

Hi folks, Daren Otten, Superintendent/President here at ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College. This is your recap from the December 14, 2023 board meeting. There were several items that were discussed within closed session, including that the board ultimately did announce that they have completedmy annual evaluation, which I’m truly appreciative of. Additionally, the board moved into their… Read more »


Apply for the Greenleaf “full-ride” Scholarship

December 11, 2023

Graduating Morongo Basin high school seniors are eligible to apply now for the ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College Foundation’s 2024 Greenleaf Scholarship. The Greenleaf Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship that supports students by covering tuition, fees, and living expenses for students during their two years at ¿ì²¥ÊÓÆµ Mountain College, and then through their transfer to a four-year… Read more »