Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.6.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Mines Magazine The Colorado School of Mines Magazine Website ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://minesmagazine.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [More than a one-size-fits-all solution](https://minesmagazine.com/18519/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”4.16″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” alt=”A Mines faculty member and graduate student inspect a sample - 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[What comes next](https://minesmagazine.com/16509/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Winter2021_Cover-scaled.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] As a child growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, - [An evolutionary education](https://minesmagazine.com/16661/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_blurb title=”Tom Jorden ’80” image=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_BoardofTrustees_TomJorden.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″]Board of Trustees ChairmanPresident and CEO,Cimarex Energy Co.[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_blurb title=”Tim Haddon ’70” image=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_BoardofTrustees_TimHaddon.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″]President and - [Making room at the table](https://minesmagazine.com/16667/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LucySanders-1.png” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Being a professional leader takes more than business acumen and - [Keeping space conflict-free](https://minesmagazine.com/16659/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_AlumnusProfile_JamesDickinson.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Over a 35-year career in the U.S. Army, Gen. James - [The big boom](https://minesmagazine.com/16655/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_BoomSupersonic_XB-1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Flying faster than the speed of sound may still seem - [Intelligent design](https://minesmagazine.com/16653/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_LUCI_Group.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Four years ago, Jered Dean ’04, MS ’09 got an - [No risk, no reward](https://minesmagazine.com/16663/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021__AlumnaProfile_JackieHaney.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Throughout her life, Jackie Haney ’01 has always asked the - [Safety in the cyber age](https://minesmagazine.com/16656/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_Cybersecurity_Keyboard.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]On the night of Oct. 7, 1996, early in the - [George Saunders turns an engineer's lens toward writing, reading](https://minesmagazine.com/16670/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_GeorgeSaunders.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_SaundersBookCover.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” - [Creating businesses, leaders and prosperity](https://minesmagazine.com/16647/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_PresidentsLetter_PCJ.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]“Success stories abound throughout America,” Warren Buffett wrote in his - [Igniting the entrepreneurial spark](https://minesmagazine.com/16672/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_Feature_Welding4.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]He didn’t realize it at the time, but in his - [Emphasizing technical expertise with community awareness](https://minesmagazine.com/16881/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_HumanitarianEngineering_Colombia.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Engineering, by nature, is a problem-solving field. But with an - [Building blocks for the global energy future](https://minesmagazine.com/16878/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_CarbonCapture_AerialCity.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Concrete is the world’s most-used building material and one of - [Bold decisions](https://minesmagazine.com/16895/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_IndustryQA_BrianWiesner-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Oil and gas plays an important role in our global - [A longer lasting eye in the sky](https://minesmagazine.com/16879/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_HydrogenFuelCells_FuelCell.png”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]About a decade ago, the U.S. Navy was working on - [A head start for the workforce](https://minesmagazine.com/16892/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpeg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines graduates are well known in industry for their sharp - [Facing the crossroads](https://minesmagazine.com/16890/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SEC_8661-1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Ian MacGregor ’12 was torn. It was 2002, and he - [Sky high](https://minesmagazine.com/16886/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_KelseyOlsonProfile_KelseyOlson.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When she’s hundreds of feet above the ground while climbing - [The Oredigger Experience](https://minesmagazine.com/16883/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC05669-paint.jpg” align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.23″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” sticky=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]The Mines - [Getting from Point A to Point B—autonomously](https://minesmagazine.com/16876/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” global_colors_info=”{}”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_EasyMileShuttles_MinesRover.jpg” align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.23″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” sticky=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”3_5,2_5″][et_pb_column - [Orediggers are in demand](https://minesmagazine.com/16872/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_PresidentsLetter_PaulJohnson.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]I’m writing this letter after watching Orediggers and industry recruiters - [Retaking the field](https://minesmagazine.com/16874/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_Athletics_Football-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]By the time Mines football started its 2021 season, it - [The Oredigger experience centers around connection and community](https://minesmagazine.com/16870/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Fall2021_EditorsLetter_FirstDay-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In the years I’ve been at Mines and sharing its - [Chasing Olympic dreams](https://minesmagazine.com/16888/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Orediggers often excel in their athletic activities in addition to their - [New methods, same rigor](https://minesmagazine.com/16665/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_ProfessionalDegrees_OnlineStudent.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Over the past century and a half, even as Mines - [Immersive leaders](https://minesmagazine.com/16651/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_ScholarCommunities_Group.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In the world of higher - [Nothing but net](https://minesmagazine.com/16649/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Spring2021_Athletics_MensBasketball.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The season may have looked different without fans in the - ['You are built for this'](https://minesmagazine.com/16496/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Winter2021_PresidentLetter_PCJ-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] I spent three days congratulating our December graduates as - [Next steps](https://minesmagazine.com/16522/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MortarBoard.png”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Consider earning a certificate - [Deploying data against disease](https://minesmagazine.com/16328/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_DataScienceFeature_DougNychka-1.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Like so many college students in 2020, Orediggers lived - [Experiencing other cultures](https://minesmagazine.com/16330/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_AlumnaProfile_NormaMozee2-1.png” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Working in another country as a foreign service officer - [One for the team (and the fans)](https://minesmagazine.com/16309/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Joe-Coors-Jr-Softball-Field_6-1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Mines’ softball facility has a new name: the Joe - [Learning from century-old lessons](https://minesmagazine.com/16319/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_1918Pandemic_RedCross-1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] “Flu situation here is getting dangerous,” blared a headline - [Four years of progress](https://minesmagazine.com/16313/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_PCJ-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A few years ago, you—Mines alumni—provided input leading to - [Responsible mining, resilient communities](https://minesmagazine.com/16326/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_ArtisinalMining_Miner-1-scaled.jpeg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Here’s a surprising fact for many consumers: Roughly 30 - [Innovation never sleeps](https://minesmagazine.com/16322/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_ResearchAwards_Earthquake.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_ResearchAwards_SolarPanels.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ - [Building back better](https://minesmagazine.com/16340/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_GreenRecovery_OilRig-1.jpeg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] If governments around the world are already spending trillions - [Moving the needle](https://minesmagazine.com/16324/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Diversity.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Moving the needle toward equitable inclusivity and diversity in - [Making STEM a bigger tent](https://minesmagazine.com/16344/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DIAHexagonVector-01.png”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Amid increased public discussion of racism in the United - [Game on](https://minesmagazine.com/16316/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_Athletics_1918team-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] When the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced that collegiate - [Best foot forward](https://minesmagazine.com/16343/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_CareerCenter_CareerDay-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] For many new college graduates in 2020, the job - [Leading the next generation](https://minesmagazine.com/16334/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_GrewcockScholars_BruceGrewcock-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Bruce Grewcock ’76 and his wife, Debra, made a - [Buckle in for the ride](https://minesmagazine.com/16338/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_CEOInterview_MattGallagher-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] As much of the world slowed to a halt - [All in the (Oredigger) family](https://minesmagazine.com/16336/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/White-Family_MinesMagazine_Aug2020-65-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Take a look in Jim White’s home office, and - [Four years and counting](https://minesmagazine.com/16332/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_Campaign_McNeilTour-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Mines officially launched the - [Moving forward](https://minesmagazine.com/16311/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fall2020_EditorsLetter-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] When Mines Magazine’s editorial board and I sat down - [In tech we trust—to a point](https://minesmagazine.com/16068/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shutterstock_206002579-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Once a novelty, robotic vacuums - [The future is (still) underground](https://minesmagazine.com/16070/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0118-scaled.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]For 10 years, mining consultant Amy Jacobsen ’89 lived on - [Bringing home the championships](https://minesmagazine.com/16056/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Spring2020_Athletics_Volleyball-1-scaled.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]A quick look at the 2019-20 athletics season[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ - [A family relay](https://minesmagazine.com/16062/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Wood-siblings-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]If there’s been one name synonymous with Mines swimming over - [A fresh take](https://minesmagazine.com/16054/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Spring2020_EditorsLetter-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Spring is known for new beginnings and fresh starts, new - [Making a difference](https://minesmagazine.com/16058/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5858-1-scaled.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]For someone with strengths in math and science, applying to - [A collaboration like no other](https://minesmagazine.com/16060/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fall2019_USGSPartnership_SearlesValleyEarthquake-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]No one is quite sure when Mines and the United - [Taking the 'forever' out of 'forever' chemicals](https://minesmagazine.com/16064/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CEE_Lab_Chris_Higgins-9857-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Earl Tennant first reached out to environmental attorney Rob - [Same education, different method](https://minesmagazine.com/16066/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LindaBattalora-Classroom-March2020-13-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Having earned three degrees from Mines, Linda Battalora ’87, MS - [What goes up...](https://minesmagazine.com/16069/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZARM-DropTower-Bremen-Drone-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Some experiments can’t be carried out on Earth. But it’s - [Thrills, chills and careful engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/16071/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NL2_8785-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Anya Tyler ’11 was young, she knew exactly what - [Generosity reaps many benefits](https://minesmagazine.com/16072/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/37347891396_8cdb2534b0_o-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Bill Zisch ’79 came to - [From mechanics to business ownership: The versatility of engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/16073/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BBrashear_Evan-Schertz-851-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In the age of the e-book and one-day delivery, the - [The power evolution](https://minesmagazine.com/16075/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/PowerTrip-1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Michael E. Webber’s book, Power Trip, examines humanity’s relationship with - [A forward-thinking business model](https://minesmagazine.com/16076/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Spring2020_ExecQA_KerrySiggins-1-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Business models are ever evolving to provide better opportunities for - [Fast cars, faster brains](https://minesmagazine.com/16077/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IEA_Enstone-06808-scaled.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The best drivers in the world compete in Formula 1 - [What's next in tech?](https://minesmagazine.com/16078/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Technology is evolving faster than ever, and companies and individuals have to keep up with all of the latest tech - [Trust in fair markets](https://minesmagazine.com/15686/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_AlumnaProfile_DianaMoss.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] It’s not every day that antitrust issues are in - [Advising on a new level](https://minesmagazine.com/15671/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_EconomicAdviser_IanLange.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] WHO: Ian Lange, assistant professor of economics and business, - [Adding up the small wins](https://minesmagazine.com/15683/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Winter2020_ExecutiveQA_ChadFisher.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] It’s no secret that aerospace is rapidly changing and - [Out in the field: Orediggers make an impact around the world](https://minesmagazine.com/15655/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/south-america-map-01.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/arizona-map-01.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” - [Ready for takeoff: Colorado's aerospace economy is soaring, and Mines graduates are helping the industry rocket into the future](https://minesmagazine.com/15677/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/RocketIllustration-Exhaust.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] After more than three decades at Lockheed Martin, Paul - [Joining forces: Military veterans find support at Mines and careers at national labs](https://minesmagazine.com/15679/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vets2stem_2-01.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] One of Marine Corps veteran Michael Knight’s dreams is - [Cavernous adventures](https://minesmagazine.com/15692/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_AlumnusProfile_SteveBeckley.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Imagine a theme park: roller coasters, laser tag, a - [Supporting families and students](https://minesmagazine.com/15689/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_OrediggersGiveBack_Family.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] When Jennifer Steans and Jim Kastenholz’s son came to - [It's a bird! A plane! A lizard?](https://minesmagazine.com/15668/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lizard-Fossil_VB-3.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A rare lizard fossil with extremely well-preserved skin—and a - [A community that challenges and supports](https://minesmagazine.com/15646/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/46309585262_f85dcc6fd7_6k.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] When speaking with Mines alumni, parents, supporters and even - [Home sweet home: The possibilities--and realities--of living on the Moon](https://minesmagazine.com/15674/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_FacultyQA_HabitatRendering.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] When humans return to the Moon, it may not - [Honoring outstanding Orediggers](https://minesmagazine.com/15656/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Attend any Mines athletics event and you’ll likely feel a surge of Oredigger pride. Whether it’s the joy of - [Sustainable living: Mines wins the 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa](https://minesmagazine.com/15649/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_SolarDecathlon_InterHouseTeam.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] WHAT: A team of students from Mines and two - [A never-ending story: The Mines history archive makes the school's story come alive](https://minesmagazine.com/15680/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Winter2020_LookingBack_LisaDunn.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] After nearly 150 years, countless students passing through campus - [Mt. Zion on a micro scale](https://minesmagazine.com/15695/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Winter2020_MinersPic.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Due to their unique electrical properties, ceramics are invaluable - [Homecoming highlights](https://minesmagazine.com/15682/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] There’s nothing like the excitement of Homecoming at Mines. Alumni were welcomed back to Golden in October to celebrate - [Animal Magnetism: How Blaster the Burro Found Love, and a Home, at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/12739/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Blaster-Katie-Schumacher-1.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In the United States, the 1960s was a decade of interesting visuals: long-haired hippies driving around in pastel-colored - [Building houses in the sky](https://minesmagazine.com/15504/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_AlumnusProfile_CordMoody.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Imagine a space surrounded by nature, removed from the rest of the world—a place to play, decompress and get away from it all… in your - [Oredigger snapshots: New alumni open up about their Mines experience](https://minesmagazine.com/15499/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_SecondFeature_AustinHayes-1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” - [Some things change, but the quality of Orediggers remains steadfast](https://minesmagazine.com/15489/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/OrediggerCamp2019_ABogucka-24.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]There is a line in this edition’s feature story on page 14 that captures the essence - [The mountain of the spirit](https://minesmagazine.com/15502/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_AlumnaProfile_JeannetteMcGill.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Mount Manaslu, located in the Nepalese Himalayas, towers 8,163 meters (26,781 feet) above sea level and ranks as the highest peak in the Gorkha District. - [An interdisciplinary perspective](https://minesmagazine.com/15496/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_FacultyProfile_ElizabethHolley-e1570479353289.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]In many ways, a thorough knowledge of geology establishes much of the foundation for mining, which was certainly the case for Elizabeth Holley PhD ’12, - [Thinking outside the comic book](https://minesmagazine.com/15495/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_IronMan.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Since Iron Man’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963, the technology behind his suit of armor has been limited to sequential comic - [Beginning the climb](https://minesmagazine.com/15490/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_Classof2023_MClimb1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_number_counter number=”1,450″ percent_sign=”off” title=”Incoming - [Boots on the ground, in the lab](https://minesmagazine.com/15491/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_MilitaryColumn_AdamBrady.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Though Lt. Col. Adam Brady MS ’12 is - [Braving the wind](https://minesmagazine.com/15493/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_WindTurbines.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]The future of wind turbines is just a drive down the road from the Mines campus. The scaled-down prototype at the National Wind Technology Center - [Blazing their own trails](https://minesmagazine.com/15494/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_ColoradoClassic_Cyclists.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Some of the best women cyclists in the United States raced through Colorado at the end of August for the Colorado Classic, a four-stage cycling - [Bringing Orediggers together](https://minesmagazine.com/15503/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_OrediggersGiveBack_PortlandEDays.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]The Mines community has always been something special to Greg ’86 and Lanai Wolfe ’85. For Greg, it was about being part of the Oredigger - [Gone fishin'](https://minesmagazine.com/15505/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_MinersPic_edited.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]This past spring, three Mines alumni met up in Jardines de la Reina—an archipelago in southern - [The progression of innovation](https://minesmagazine.com/15500/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Mines is continuously at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, adapting to evolving societal needs and solving some of the world’s complex problems. To continue being - [A balancing act](https://minesmagazine.com/15492/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Fall2019_Athletics_MeganWenham.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” - [Expanding entrepreneurial roots](https://minesmagazine.com/15501/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/denver-cityscape.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Long renowned for turning out top engineers and scientists, Mines is increasingly distinguishing itself in another way—as a hotbed for entrepreneurship. Mines has tapped into - [A titan signs off](https://minesmagazine.com/15375/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_RamonaGravesHeadshot.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Having been at Mines for nearly four decades—first as a student then as a professor and administrator—Ramona Graves PhD ’82 is a familiar face for - [On the frontlines of tech: Continual advancements in digital technology have Mines alumni thinking on their feet](https://minesmagazine.com/15370/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MM-Summer-Illustrations6.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]The pace of change in business today is almost unfathomable. Globalization is a foregone conclusion, and innovations proceed with breathtaking speed. In 2016, the World - [Earth observation in mining](https://minesmagazine.com/15368/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_FacultyLesson_Before.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” - [The journey and climb ahead](https://minesmagazine.com/15364/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_OpeningRemarks_PCJselfie.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Commencement is a celebration of accomplishment and an - [Overachieving Orediggers](https://minesmagazine.com/15367/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]2018-19 Season Highlights[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_number_counter number=”10″ percent_sign=”off” title=”RMAC team championships (the most in conference history)” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_number_counter][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” - [Understanding Antarctica](https://minesmagazine.com/15365/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_AntarcticaProject.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Mines Geophysics Assistant Professor Matthew Siegfried was part of a team of scientists investigating an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Colorado and Utah combined - [A one-of-a-kind Oredigger](https://minesmagazine.com/15373/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_OrediggersGiveBack_MarvKayDay.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]As Mr. Engineer, head football coach, mayor of Golden and even the inspiration for a university mascot, it’s clear that Marv Kay ’63 shines bright - [Olympian and engineer reaches new heights in business](https://minesmagazine.com/15374/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_AlumnaProfile_MichelleRoark.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]When Michelle Roark ’15 was a child, she had two dreams: competing in the Olympics and becoming a chemical engineer. With dedication and hard work, - [Hats off to the Class of 2019](https://minesmagazine.com/15376/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_Graduation_Classof2019.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_number_counter title=”Graduates in the - [Holding back the flood](https://minesmagazine.com/15378/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_MinersPic.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]In 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created a special task force to support the repair of the Mosul Dam in Iraq. Situated on - [Building leaders](https://minesmagazine.com/15366/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_BrianHotchkiss.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Mines Magazine is kicking off a new series about Mines’ military connections. We sat down with Capt. Brian Hotchkiss, ROTC department head, to talk about - [Extraction evolution](https://minesmagazine.com/15372/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_LookingBack_MiningTools-edited.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]Since Mines was founded in 1874, technology has drastically changed, with new inventions propelling game-changing societal advances. These technological developments have altered the way humanity - [Going nuclear](https://minesmagazine.com/15377/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Summer2019_AlumnusProfile_JoeKrupar.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″]There aren’t many people who can say they’ve visited every federal nuclear site in the United States, but Joe Krupar, Jr. PhD ’73 can. During - [A golden program](https://minesmagazine.com/15369/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″] This year, Mines marked the 50th anniversary of the mineral and energy economics (MEE) graduate program with a special celebration on April 16, 2019. The event - [A pioneer in aerospace](https://minesmagazine.com/15128/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DonNeuschwander_edited.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Don Neuschwander ’51 entered aerospace at an exciting time. - [The Face of Petroleum Engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/8016/) - Only the second woman in the country to earn a doctorate in petroleum engineering, Ramona Graves PhD ’82 found her passion, but it wasn’t what she thought it would be. - [An inside look at prospecting on the Moon](https://minesmagazine.com/15137/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Lunar Outpost, a startup created by PhD student Justin Cyrus MS ’16, developed a lunar prospector that can collect - [Celebrating another E-Days](https://minesmagazine.com/15140/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As always, this year’s E-Days celebration was one for the books. The Mines community gathered to kick off a weekend - [Painting the sky](https://minesmagazine.com/15126/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2018Fireworks.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The crisp, mid-April air still hummed with excitement after the - [Engineering mobility](https://minesmagazine.com/15114/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BrainAbleTeam.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]A team of Mines students earned honors at a hardware-based - [Stepping up](https://minesmagazine.com/15121/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LeeFronapfel.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The new manager of the Edgar Experimental Mine knows the - [New campus leader](https://minesmagazine.com/15112/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RichardHolz.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines has named Richard C. Holz its next provost. Holz - [Giving veterans a leg up](https://minesmagazine.com/15130/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BudIsaacs.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Bud Isaacs ’64 is familiar with the rigors of military - [Walking among giants](https://minesmagazine.com/15136/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MinersPic.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In January 2018, Nathan Anderson ’15 visited family in the - [A better way to heal](https://minesmagazine.com/15132/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DianaHall.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Diana Hall ’97 is living her dream. Using her chemical - [Leaving a mark on history](https://minesmagazine.com/15134/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TimeCapsule.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Fifty years ago, Golden residents buried a time capsule - [A new plan](https://minesmagazine.com/15117/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DIACelebration.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The Mines community is made up of people from - [A better understanding of water flow](https://minesmagazine.com/15119/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ParFlowMap.png”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Understanding the movement and availability of water locally and - [Augmented reality](https://minesmagazine.com/15115/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AugmentedReality.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] You’ve decided you’re in the market for a new - [Rising to meet new challenges](https://minesmagazine.com/15110/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.18″][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Paul Johnson Headshot” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PCJHeadshot.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.18″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”PCJ remarks” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” - [A strong finish](https://minesmagazine.com/15161/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title comments=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Wrestling2019Champions.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″] A win 96 years in the making The 96-year history of the Mines wrestling program has seen plenty of success. The Orediggers have had seven national champions, five national top-10 team finishes, 50 all-Americans and - [Leading like a boss: Many Mines alumni are in executive positions at oil and gas companies, guiding the industry toward a bright future](https://minesmagazine.com/15124/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The oil and gas industry has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Competition for resource opportunities is fierce, - [Moonshots: Mines made significant contributions to the space race of the 20th century and now plays a central role in a new race to learn more about space resources](https://minesmagazine.com/15122/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/HistoricalMoonShot.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.18″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] On July 20, 1969, at 10:56 p.m. Eastern time, - [Homesteading the final frontier](https://minesmagazine.com/15139/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ text_font=”||||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” link_option_url=”https://www.minesnewsroom.com/2018-2019-mines-research-magazine” link_option_url_new_window=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] *This story originally appeared in the 2018-19 edition of the Colorado School of Mines Research Magazine.* - [Imparting time, talent and knowledge](https://minesmagazine.com/15127/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_post_title featured_image=”off” admin_label=”Post Title” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ title_all_caps=”off” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” parallax_effect=”on” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.87″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The value of a Mines degree is measured in alumni successes. - [Finding the sweet spot outside of the comfort zone](https://minesmagazine.com/14927/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_AlumnaProfile_SarahHakim.jpeg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18″] Photo by Faris Izzat [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] One need only talk to Sarah Hanes Lokman Hakim - [The value of being global citizens](https://minesmagazine.com/14916/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_AlumniNote_DavidWright.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] As part of the MINES@150 strategic plan, the alumni association is excited to launch the - [Q&A with David Wright](https://minesmagazine.com/14912/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_AlumniNote_DavidWright.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines’ new assistant provost for international affairs, David Wright, is supporting the school’s internationalization efforts - [A dedicated life: Remembering Norman R. Zehr (1930-2018)](https://minesmagazine.com/14931/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NormZehr1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Many people have a strong affinity for their alma mater, but there are few who - [Worldly legacies](https://minesmagazine.com/14925/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Sao Kya Seng photo” align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_LookingBack_SaoKyaSeng.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Sao Kya Seng ’53 When Sao - [International influence: Mines alumni pursue careers all over the world, shaping the oil and gas industry's global landscape](https://minesmagazine.com/14923/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines is known around the world for producing leaders in the oil and gas industry, and a degree from the - [Crossing cultures](https://minesmagazine.com/14922/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines has a rich community of international students who come to the school to pursue their undergraduate and graduate - [Alumni 'round the world](https://minesmagazine.com/14928/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IntlMClubMap.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] No matter where you are in the world, there’s a good - [Geosciences of the future](https://minesmagazine.com/14921/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_CASERM_LaRondeMine.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines and Virginia Tech have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to set - [The future is bright for 2019](https://minesmagazine.com/14917/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_PresidentsCorner.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] 2019 will be another busy and exciting year at Mines. We only have five years - [Repurposing a mine](https://minesmagazine.com/14918/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_HendersonMine.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines students are flexing their creative muscle on a real-life challenge by working with Climax - [Ahead of the pack](https://minesmagazine.com/14919/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Before this year, no institution in the 100-plus year history of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference had ever won four - [Below the surface](https://minesmagazine.com/14920/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_UndergroundRobotics_edited.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] The Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs has long been a unique underground laboratory for - [Gaining a global perspective: Study abroad students bring worldly experiences home to the classroom and forward into industry](https://minesmagazine.com/14924/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Daniel Langemann photo” align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_StudyAbroadFeature_DanielLangemann.jpeg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] As the world becomes increasingly connected via technology and travel, - [A multidisciplinary problem solver with real-world impact](https://minesmagazine.com/14930/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_AlumnusProfile_JoseMoreno.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] José L. Moreno ’96 doesn’t have your average day job. As a regional engineering security - [Paying it forward to support international students](https://minesmagazine.com/14929/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_OrediggersGiveBack_TerryLaverty.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Spending an extended amount of time in a foreign country will most likely change how - [Running back to Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/14926/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_HomecomingRecap_1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Homecoming 2018 welcomed alumni back to campus to celebrate the Oredigger spirit with students, faculty - [Call of the wild](https://minesmagazine.com/14932/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image align=”center” use_border_color=”off” _builder_version=”3.18″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Winter2019_MinersPic.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Wildlife photography has long been a consuming hobby of Gary Harris ’84. He first got - [Coming home](https://minesmagazine.com/14915/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”off” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Mines hosted Homecoming again this fall, welcoming graduates back to campus for class reunions, the annual parade and tailgate, a - [Celebrating cultures](https://minesmagazine.com/14913/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” parallax=”on” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.18″] Each fall, groups across campus host several multicultural events, including International Day, African Cultural Night and Diwali to - [Boulder Bell Heist: Miners Break 64-year Silence](https://minesmagazine.com/6670/) - After 64 years, two alumni tell the story behind the unsolved theft, and reappearance, of a 1,200-pound bell belonging to University of Colorado Boulder. - [Studying waves to contend with the wolf note](https://minesmagazine.com/14737/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cellostone_web_636746782102871731.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Beloved by musicians and music lovers alike, the cello is - [Shaping glass, learning science](https://minesmagazine.com/14740/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines has a new glass shop on campus and launched a new glassblowing class this fall to teach students the art and science of - [Generosity shows commitment to institution and individuals](https://minesmagazine.com/14736/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_OrediggersGiveBack_KendraLema.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Kendra (Sublette) Lema ’96 has long kept a list of - [Golden booster and bold visionary](https://minesmagazine.com/14733/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2011099088-Loveland-c.1865.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The name Loveland is well known around the state of Colorado, but - [Exploring the Red Planet](https://minesmagazine.com/14729/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NASAInsight.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The NASA Mars InSight Lander is en route to the Red Planet - [The certainty of change](https://minesmagazine.com/14724/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_AlumniNote_BillZisch.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As Mines students studying mining engineering in the 1970s, we were only - [A major competitor drives innovation](https://minesmagazine.com/14738/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_AlumnusProfile_MartyJertson.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It can easily be said that Marty Jertson ’02 has an affinity - [Playing with fire: Mines students learn the art and science of glassblowing](https://minesmagazine.com/14732/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_GlassShop_5.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When many think of blown glass, images of master artisans - [Shifting to solar steam: The Belridge Solar project leads the way to eco-friendly oil production](https://minesmagazine.com/14731/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_PumpJacks_StockImage.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It’s not often that you’d mention “solar energy” and “oil field” in - [Expanding learning opportunities](https://minesmagazine.com/14730/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_NewDegreePrograms.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines officially launched five new degree programs for the 2018-19 academic year. - [Growing and thriving](https://minesmagazine.com/14728/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_GoFarm.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]A geographic information system tool designed by Mines students is helping GoFarm, - [Reminiscing on fond memories](https://minesmagazine.com/14760/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines celebrated Homecoming this fall, welcoming alumni back to campus to join current students in celebrating Oredigger pride. Watch a video of this year’s events - [Kicking off another year](https://minesmagazine.com/14727/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_Classof2022_1.jpg”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Freshman and transfer students” title=”Freshman and transfer students” number=”1380″ percent_sign=”off” counter_color=”#21314d” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] - [School year kick off](https://minesmagazine.com/14741/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines welcomed 1,380 new students this fall. Watch the video below to see all the welcome activities students participated in this year, including the annual - [Updates on alumni activities](https://minesmagazine.com/14735/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AerospaceBadge.jpg”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Aerospace Interest Group has been hard at work - [A can't-miss eclipse](https://minesmagazine.com/14739/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_MinersPic_ChrisBergin.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Like many people, Chris Bergin ’12 knew he couldn’t miss last year’s - [The strength of Orediggers](https://minesmagazine.com/14726/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Chloe-Cook-NCAA-1500m.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Alumni in action” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Alumni in action Mines’ athletic - [Welcoming new Orediggers and looking forward](https://minesmagazine.com/14725/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_PresidentsCorner.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Students experience many welcomes to Mines. It starts at Oredigger Camp about - [Orediggers for life](https://minesmagazine.com/14734/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Fall2018_OrediggerCamp_1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In the spring of their senior year of high school, - [Designing the next outdoor gear](https://minesmagazine.com/14465/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/KarenGilsdorf.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As the fields between Golden and Fort Collins, Colo., rolled - [Engineers have the last laugh: The Loretto Heights water tower caper of 1962](https://minesmagazine.com/14459/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/LorettoTower.png”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As students in the 1960s, Harold Heinze ’64 and his classmates were - [Newly minted alumni](https://minesmagazine.com/14457/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NewAlumniStats.png”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Wonder women: Mines alumnae are succeeding in STEM fields and encouraging positive change in the workplace](https://minesmagazine.com/14451/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It’s 2018, and women are changing what it means to work in STEM. This year, Mines graduated its highest number of women to - [Strength test](https://minesmagazine.com/14456/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Summer2018_RoboticsExoskeleton.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines students took first place in the 2018 Applied Collegiate - [Supporting health](https://minesmagazine.com/14454/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Summer2018_CatalystHTI_Rendering.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Expanding its presence in the health-tech sector and Denver, Mines - [Staying on top](https://minesmagazine.com/14458/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Gina Coleman Photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gina-Coleman.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Gina Coleman Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] RMAC Triple Crown - [Lessons learned from women leaders](https://minesmagazine.com/14452/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/MelanieWestergaard.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to observe - [Everlasting traditions](https://minesmagazine.com/14455/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Since 1934, Mines alumni and students have come together each spring for the annual Engineering Days to celebrate their hard work and Oredigger pride. The - [STEAM powered](https://minesmagazine.com/14460/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/creative-brain.png”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The arts have long been an important part of campus life and - [A dedication to continued success](https://minesmagazine.com/14453/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Summer2018_PresidentsCorner.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] What do you love the most about summers in - [Summer reads](https://minesmagazine.com/14463/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Leadership in Social Responsibility Interest Group recently started a new book club as a way to continue learning how engineers are engaging with - [STEAM in Vietnam](https://minesmagazine.com/14469/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The STEAM Interest Group organized a trip to Vietnam in March 2018, learning about the country’s art, culture and different production processes in manufacturing plants. - [A network of encouragement](https://minesmagazine.com/14461/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Houston-welcome-party.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Before another school year begins, Mines alumni gather in cities - [Opening doors for success](https://minesmagazine.com/14462/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/09-03-15-CSM-Recognition-Dinner-0115.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]On the 50th anniversary of his own graduation from Mines, - [Welcoming our latest graduates](https://minesmagazine.com/14468/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]This May, Mines welcomed its latest class of alumni. Check out photos from the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies below. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” - [Point of Sail](https://minesmagazine.com/14466/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DickBaxter_Sailing.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Dick Baxter ’63 didn’t initially think he had an interest - [Teaching English, inspiring civic engagement](https://minesmagazine.com/14464/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Summer2018_AlumnusProfile_AguilarFamily.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Ernesto “Eric” Aguilar ’01 left his career in counterdrug - [Q&A with Olivia Cordova '18](https://minesmagazine.com/14467/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Olivia Cordova Headshot” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/MinesMagazine_JUNE2018_OliviaCordova-24.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Q&A Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]One of Mines’ newest alumnae, Olivia Cordova - [Designing Opportunity: Human Centered Design Studio provides adaptive sports equipment for all ability levels](https://minesmagazine.com/14485/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/DSC_6029.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In Joel Bach’s lab, the governing question, the - [Lost at Sea-Days](https://minesmagazine.com/14357/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Since 1934, Mines students have put the stress of studying aside each spring to celebrate Engineering Days (E-Days), uniting the local Mines community in honor - [SME student chapter recognized](https://minesmagazine.com/14359/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_0747.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines’ Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) student chapter was recently - [Restoring the Hoffman Murals](https://minesmagazine.com/14358/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cindy.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When the series of murals painted by Irwin D. Hoffman - [Alumni Awards](https://minesmagazine.com/14360/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Mines alumni association honors various individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the school and/or the alumni association. The 2017 recipients were announced at - [Alumni golf tournaments support student success](https://minesmagazine.com/14335/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Golf photo ” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_0089.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Tournaments and Dates: [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column - [Engineering Unleashed](https://minesmagazine.com/14310/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/InnovationLightBulb.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines is now an official partner of - [Top Marks](https://minesmagazine.com/14321/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Putnam Math Competition photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2017_11_29_AMSPutnamGroup_JDN_5047.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines had its best team placement and individual placement - [Leading the Future](https://minesmagazine.com/14323/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”UN ECOSOC photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_UNECOSOC.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Sajith Wijesuriya, a mechanical engineering PhD student, was among the - [Weaving the Complex Fabric of Research](https://minesmagazine.com/14311/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/StefanieTompkins.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Stefanie Tompkins, former acting deputy director of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research - [Taking an Interest](https://minesmagazine.com/14339/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Aerospace Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AerospaceBadge.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Aerospace Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Aerospace Interest Group has - [Literature from an Engineer's Perspective](https://minesmagazine.com/14325/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Saunders Photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_AWP.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In March 2018, editors of High Grade, Mines’ literary arts journal, - [Taking flight with model airplanes](https://minesmagazine.com/14337/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Gene McMahan photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/editedDSC_6770.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Eugene McMahan ’49 was seven years old, - [Stepping in front of the camera](https://minesmagazine.com/14340/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Miner’s Pic photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_MinersPic.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Vy Duong, a civil engineering major with a double minor - [Reviewing the winter season and welcoming a new Oredigger](https://minesmagazine.com/14313/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Blaster Photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018_02_16-Rock-The-Lock_JDN_2-18.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Blaster Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A new member of - [Shooting for the Space Station](https://minesmagazine.com/14333/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Penny Pettigrew photo ” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_AlumnaProfile_PennyPettigrew.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Penny Pettigrew ’92 was a young girl in - [Mindful Engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/14332/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CityScape.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Like many engineers in the oil and gas industry, Ray - [An Artist's Take on Mining History](https://minesmagazine.com/14331/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_LookingBack_1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Spring2018_LookingBack_2.jpg”] - [Exercising Your Leadership](https://minesmagazine.com/14306/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Ray Priestley Headshot” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2015_RayPriestley.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]To complement the story about the Leadership in Social Responsibility - [Looking to the Future: Mines@150](https://minesmagazine.com/14308/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RocktheLock_AB-39.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] What did you do for spring break this year? Whether you’re - [Unscripted Innovation: The new CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering acts as an epicenter for collaboration at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/14329/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”CoorsTek photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/03.21.18_BC_CoorsTek1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Intro Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines is known - [Engineering the Game: ReadyList Pro software is changing how athletes tackle football](https://minesmagazine.com/14327/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Friehauf and Plummer stands photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018_02_07-Ready-List-Pro_JDN_6675.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Learning a football team’s plays and - [A Conversation with Dyke Howell '63](https://minesmagazine.com/13987/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Hoover_Dam_09_2017_6047.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Dyke Howell ’63 had a significant impact on some of the nation’s - [Parade of Lights](https://minesmagazine.com/13986/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_11_29_Parade-of-Lights_JDN_4871.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The newest float in Denver’s 9News Parade of Lights has a Colorado - [Growing Up Without Limits: Mines students and alumni help K-12 students realize the opportunities of a STEM education](https://minesmagazine.com/13970/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_11_30_Mines-Tutoring-at-College-View-Middle-School_JDN_5221.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]From a young age, children are often asked what they - [Sharing Experiences, Embracing Opportunities](https://minesmagazine.com/13973/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20171025_AS_MadisonAnderson1.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Each year I’ve been at Mines, I’ve attended the Mines - [From Point A to Point Z](https://minesmagazine.com/13969/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/iStock-692832436.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The future of transportation has always been fun to imagine. - [The Trip of a Lifetime: A few thoughts on a Grand Canyon rafting adventure](https://minesmagazine.com/13977/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_GrandCanyon.jpg”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial” author=”Judy Schoonmaker” job_title=”Former Mines faculty member” url_new_window=”off” quote_icon=”off” use_background_color=”off” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” - [Golden Glory: Homecoming 2017](https://minesmagazine.com/13983/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MinesMagazineWinter18_HomecomingSpread.jpg”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Experimenting in Microgravity](https://minesmagazine.com/13982/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_ColloidalChains_SpaceX.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Research by Mines faculty on the behavior of chains of - [Community Solar](https://minesmagazine.com/13985/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_CommunitySolar_GridAlternatives.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines students are helping make solar power more accessible to - [I-Day: Celebrating Culture](https://minesmagazine.com/13981/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_InternationalDay_JasmineFlowerDanceAcademy.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines’ international students hosted International Day in November 2017, a - [Improving Infrastructure, Strengthening Communities](https://minesmagazine.com/13978/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_OrediggersGiveBack_OlssonFamily.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The need for quality and thoughtful urban infrastructure across the - [Assessing Risk](https://minesmagazine.com/13984/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/editedIMG_8245.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Landslide risk is a fact of life for hundreds of - [Flying under a new call sign](https://minesmagazine.com/13979/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/edited.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]During 13 deployments to the Middle East, Lt. Colonel Rob - [3 Questions with President Johnson](https://minesmagazine.com/13975/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_PresidentsCorner_RoboticsClub-edit.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] What do you like to do in your free - [A Wealth of History: A handful of gold coins holds the key to Colorado's past](https://minesmagazine.com/13972/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/LookingBack_CoinCollection_BankandMint.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Many of Colorado’s early prospectors weren’t concerned with the shimmer - [Celebrating I-Day](https://minesmagazine.com/13988/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/38586571261_504dc1bed0_o.jpg”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Every year, Mines celebrates the diversity of our community at International - [Mines Cycling Team](https://minesmagazine.com/13989/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Mines Cycling Team competed in the USA Cycling Collegiate MTB National Championships in October 2017, placing second overall as a Club D2 team. - [Joyride](https://minesmagazine.com/13971/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_MinersPic_CalebReeseInShortTrack.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Mines Cycling Team pedaled their way to victory this - [On Our Wall: What kind of car did you drive when you were in college?](https://minesmagazine.com/13980/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter2018_OnOurWall_VolkGym.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Greg Widgery” url_new_window=”off” use_icon=”off” icon_color=”#21314d” use_circle=”off” circle_color=”#21314d” use_circle_border=”off” circle_border_color=”#21314d” icon_placement=”top” animation=”off” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” - [Launching into the Future of Space: The new Aerospace alumni interest group works to expand Mines' reputation in space resources](https://minesmagazine.com/13976/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AerospaceIllustration_vWithoutStars.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When the Aerospace alumni interest group held its - [A brief look at another successful sports season](https://minesmagazine.com/13974/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Men’s Soccer Photo” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mens-Soccer-RMAC-Tournament.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Men’s Soccer Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] MEN’S SOCCER The - [Exploring Human Landscapes](https://minesmagazine.com/6651/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/F_Saunders_2.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] George Saunders earned a degree in geophysics from Mines, - [Bringing the Academic and Commercial Worlds Together](https://minesmagazine.com/13833/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_KuhrQA_AS_WernerKuhr.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Earlier this year, Mines launched a new Center for Entrepreneurship - [Invading Cairo: Bringing sport and community to Egypt](https://minesmagazine.com/13839/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_07_26_Alex-Beaman-Photos_JDN_9883.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Over the past year, Alex Beaman ’14 invaded one of - [Becoming Orediggers](https://minesmagazine.com/13856/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]At the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, Mines’ class of 2021 participated in the annual M Climb, trekking up Mt. Zion to add - [Mines Internet Radio](https://minesmagazine.com/13857/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines’ radio station provides programming available to all students, faculty, staff, alumni and the Golden community. CSMBC’s mission is to expose great new music - [Great American Solar Eclipse](https://minesmagazine.com/13858/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]On August 21, 217, North America witnessed a historic celestial event, a total solar eclipse that arced across the sky. Over the course of - [Oredigger Camp: A new first-year tradition at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13832/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_OrediggerCamp_JulianLiu.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The start of your first year of college can be - [Reigning Best: Mines Material Advantage Chapter Named Top in the World](https://minesmagazine.com/13829/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_MaterialAdvantageChapter.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines Material Advantage Chapter was named the organization’s Most Outstanding - [Mines Wrestling Giant Gets His Due](https://minesmagazine.com/13834/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_Athletics_TF_Wrestling4.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Main Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Dedicating nearly four decades to an athletics program is - [What's Your Number? A brief look at how the class of 2021 compares to Mines alumni as a whole](https://minesmagazine.com/13831/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WhatsYourNumberInfog_OnlineOnly.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/MPhoto-1.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Sparking Innovative Ideas and Building Community](https://minesmagazine.com/13828/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_08_18_M-Climb_JDN_4550.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Once again, we have kicked off another year here, introducing - [Building a Culture of Entrepreneurship and Innovation](https://minesmagazine.com/13827/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_AlumniNote_StuBennett.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In January 2015, I attended a visiting lecturer event at - [A Lasting Showpiece: Guggenheim Hall's legacy after more than 100 years on campus](https://minesmagazine.com/13837/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”New Guggenheim Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”on” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-08-25-01.12.17.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Old Guggenheim Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”on” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” - [Catalyzing Change: University Innovation Fellows bring an entrepreneurial mindset to Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13836/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Group Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_InnovationFeature_JD_Fellows.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”First Half of Main Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Between campus jobs, Greek life, - [Helluva Entrepreneur: Armed with an education that emphasizes creative problem-solving and advancement, many Mines alumni have started their own businesses and found success in the startup world](https://minesmagazine.com/13835/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Russell Drummond Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/editedRussell-Yosemite.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Nick Zustak Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” - [Pursuing a Higher Elevation](https://minesmagazine.com/13844/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_MinersPic_AliSmith.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines graduate student Ali Smith, who is pursuing her master’s - [Shaping Ideas into Business Ventures: A look at the new Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alumni Interest Group](https://minesmagazine.com/13838/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_08_29_Mines-Magazine-Photos_JDN_6469.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines has always had a strong culture of innovation, but - [Making Waves on Water Issues](https://minesmagazine.com/13842/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_AlumnaProfile_AW_BeckyMitchell.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Becky Mitchell ’02, MS ’07 is the new director of - [What's Your Interest? Find an alumni group that's right for you](https://minesmagazine.com/13840/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Introductory Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Join a Mines alumni interest group to learn about industry-focused opportunities and stay connected with others from the alumni, faculty and student communities. - [Taking the Scenic Route: Mines alumni, students and friends raft the Grand Canyon](https://minesmagazine.com/13843/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/DSC06788.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Many people have made a trip out to the Grand - [Supporting Critical Thinkers](https://minesmagazine.com/13841/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_OrediggersGiveBack_DonThorson1.png”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017_OrediggersGiveBack_DonThorson2.jpg”] - [Orediggers Give Back: Leaving a legacy that allows students to succeed](https://minesmagazine.com/13782/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Al Ireson ’47 was not one of Mines’ wealthiest alumni, but he was among the most dedicated and loyal. He died in - [Indivisible](https://minesmagazine.com/13816/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]This year, Mines’ Hennebach Program sponsored an exhibition at the Foothills Art Center in Golden called “Indivisible.” The Hennebach Photography as Activism class collaborates - [This Week at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13809/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”This Week at Mines Logo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TWAMLogo_v1.png”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines has started - [Oredigger Headlines](https://minesmagazine.com/13810/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In our Summer 2017 issue, we investigated the history of Mines’ student newspaper, The Oredigger, to see the issues it has covered and how - [Running Back to London](https://minesmagazine.com/13780/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Elijah Kempton ’00 (pictured center in the white shirt) completed this year’s London Marathon. He was no stranger to the city, having previously lived and worked in - [PREHISTORE-DAYS](https://minesmagazine.com/13744/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Every spring, Orediggers take a break from their studies to celebrate Engineers’ Days as one last hurrah before the end of another school year. - [Reaching New Heights: Humanitarian Engineering expands to include a new minor](https://minesmagazine.com/13737/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ShultzScholars_AB.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]The Humanitarian Engineering Program at Mines is evolving. Having originated as a minor offered through the Division - [Studying Cosmic Rays: Mines-built space observatory launched into the stratosphere](https://minesmagazine.com/13730/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/EUSOBalloon.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]A NASA space observatory put together by Colorado School of Mines researchers launched from Wanaka Airport - [Woman to Woman: Alumnae encourage female students to consider Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13771/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Women of Mines Interest Photo” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Students-Math-Field-Session.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Admissions data shows that there are - [High Grade](https://minesmagazine.com/13739/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Engineers and scientists are constantly asked to find creative solutions to many problems and make improvements on systems we use every day. This creativity - [An Oredigger's Truth](https://minesmagazine.com/13723/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Damian Friend” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DamianFriend.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Alumni Note Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Throughout my career, certain - [A Labor of Love: Caring for sled dogs](https://minesmagazine.com/13775/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”TC Wait Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TCWait2.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Some people like to celebrate getting - [Maniacs for Mining Education](https://minesmagazine.com/13804/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Ryan Miles ’07, MS ’14 and his wife, Jules” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RyanandJulesMiles.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Ryan Miles - [Three Questions with President Johnson](https://minesmagazine.com/13725/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”left” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/05-12-17-CSM-Graduation-0547.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]What advice do you have for new Mines graduates? Be confident that you are prepared - [Orediggers bring March Madness to Golden](https://minesmagazine.com/13732/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Basketball Ben Sonnefeld NCAA Elite Eight Photo” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170322-1811.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]With about a minute - [Perfect Balance](https://minesmagazine.com/13726/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Clayton Kramp Miner’s Pic” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MinersPic_ClaytonKramp.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Miner’s Pic Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Clayton Kramp (applied mathematics - [The Oredigger Stands Strong: Mines' student newspaper encourages students to share their voices and remains a lasting tradition on campus](https://minesmagazine.com/13767/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Ore digger Archivist Photo” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LibraryArchivist.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]For nearly a century, The Oredigger has - [Catching Code: Computer science is on the rise at Mines and across the country](https://minesmagazine.com/13761/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Hands Typing Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_03_08_Mines-Shoot_8236_JDN.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Computer science junior Nhan Tran found - [From STEM to STEAM: A heightened focus on the arts is breeding a new generation of renaissance scientists](https://minesmagazine.com/13754/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Haul Roads, Powder River Basin, WY, 2016″ src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Haul-Roads-Powder-River-Basin-WY-2016-Evan-Anderman-20160519_Gillette_074.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]For Richard - [Meet the Expert: Tissa Illangasekare](https://minesmagazine.com/13573/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It’s not unusual to be fascinated by water when you’re a kid, but Tissa Illangasekare did more than just jump in puddles - [A New Layer to Metal Manufacturing: With the help of an ADAPT consortium, Mines is changing the history of manufacturing and entering the world of 3-D printing](https://minesmagazine.com/13559/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Featured Story” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Ask an expert about the possibilities that 3-D metal printing holds for the manufacturing industry, and chances are you’ll hear about - [(Bio)Engineering The Future of Health: Using innovative technologies and cutting-edge research, Mines researchers and alumni work toward advancements in the medical field](https://minesmagazine.com/13556/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Featured Article” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]When Colorado School of Mines first opened its doors back in 1874, no one could have imagined the school would become - [TEDxCSM](https://minesmagazine.com/13600/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines students organized a campus version of the popular TED Talks, with the aim of bringing new ideas to the community. The - [Alumni Note](https://minesmagazine.com/13563/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AlyseWhite.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Dear soon-to-be alumni, The time right before graduation is both exciting and a - [Mines Professor Receives NSF Career Award](https://minesmagazine.com/13567/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Colorado School of Mines Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Xiaoli Zhang received an NSF CAREER Award for her project on human-robot interaction teleoperations. “My work is focused on - [President's Corner](https://minesmagazine.com/13565/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Spring at Mines has its own unique rhythm and feel. There is the unpredictable weather in Golden, many distractions from one’s studies (ski slopes, spring break, etc.) - [Justin Dvorak '16 Became the Second Player in Mines History to be Named National Player of the Year](https://minesmagazine.com/13569/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Colorado School of Mines quarterback Justin Dvorak ’16 received the 2016 Harlon Hill Trophy on January 6, 2017, recognizing him as the NCAA Division II football national - [To Nepal and Back](https://minesmagazine.com/13598/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In Mines Magazine’s last issue, we introduced readers to a group of Mines students who traveled to Nepal over winter break with - [Putting Into the PGA Tour](https://minesmagazine.com/13628/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Every year, Jim Knous ’12 and several of his friends make the Waste Management Phoenix Open appointment viewing. This year, however, Knous decided to break par. Knous - [Unlocking Mysteries, Making Discoveries](https://minesmagazine.com/13571/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The Colorado School of Mines student section of the Society of Women Engineers welcomed nearly 200 students—the largest turnout to date—to its - [Caddying Mines' Future](https://minesmagazine.com/13580/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Every spring, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association (CSMAA) hosts four annual golf tournaments, each led by a committee of Mines alumni - [Filmmakers at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13596/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Mines has added a new student organization for amateur filmmakers. Students have the opportunity to learn about the filmmaking process, from coming up with video ideas to - [An Eye for the Arts](https://minesmagazine.com/13584/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Article” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Daniel Rose (metallurgical and materials engineering, Class of 2017) may have limited experience with the visual arts, only being an active - [Hooked on Running](https://minesmagazine.com/13582/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Many people try to run a marathon at least once in their lifetime, training for perhaps a few months prior to the event to build their endurance. - [Laser-Cut Lamp](https://minesmagazine.com/13593/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]In January, Mines student Michael Ennis (Class of 2017) set up a timelapse video in one of Mines’ makerspaces using a laser woodcutter to make pieces for - [Connect with an M Club Near You](https://minesmagazine.com/13680/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/MClubMap.pdf” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Whether you are traveling for business or - [Giving Back to Make STEM More Accessible](https://minesmagazine.com/13577/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Rubecca Martinez Dalton ’06 was first introduced to Colorado School of Mines when she visited the Geology Museum in the third grade, but it wasn’t until she - [Learning From a Tragic Accident](https://minesmagazine.com/13575/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As a former gold rush town, Golden, Colorado has an extensive mining history. Along with the growth and prosperity that came with - [Mines' Teams Continue to Shine](https://minesmagazine.com/13350/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WSOCTournamentChampions.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Coming off what was arguably the best year in its - [Lasting Connections](https://minesmagazine.com/13342/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PaulandElyseJohnson.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It was great to see so many of you here in Golden for Homecoming. There were many new events this year, including the Alumni M Climb, the pass-an-old-class opportunity, a Boots & Barrels BBQ and - [Priming the Peace Corps Pipeline: With a new college prep program and growing emphasis on humanitarian engineering, Mines is turning out a new generation of volunteers](https://minesmagazine.com/13326/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PeaceCorps_MollyJaneRoby4.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]David Frossard was an idealistic, small-town newspaper reporter with a - [Leaking secrets: Measuring gas seepage to determine the possibility of life on Mars](https://minesmagazine.com/13528/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Klusman_-and_Etiope2017.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Humanity’s fascination with Mars—and the possibility of life on the - [Dreaming Big to Prevent Disaster](https://minesmagazine.com/13361/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Shayma Amin photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ShaymaAmin.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Shayma Amin profile text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]As the Persian Gulf War - [Inbox](https://minesmagazine.com/13359/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Dear folks at Mines Magazine, Thanks so much for the fine recognition in your latest issue of ROTC at Mines and of unusual career tracks - [Painting With Light](https://minesmagazine.com/13368/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Winter 2017 Miner’s Pic photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161117-LIGHTPAINTING-RK.jpg” alt=”Clear Creek bridge in Golden, Colorado”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Winter 2017 Miner’s Pic text” - [Ignite the Night](https://minesmagazine.com/13405/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Students and alumni gathered on campus for Homecoming 2016, spending the weekend celebrating their Mines pride. Check out our photo spread on page 26-27 in our print - [Meet the Alumni Association Board of Directors](https://minesmagazine.com/13363/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Hanna Aucoin photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Hanna-Aucoin.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Hanna Aucoin text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Hanna Aucoin Denver, - [The World at a Micro Level: Seeing What Mines Researchers See](https://minesmagazine.com/13353/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Microscopy description” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Researchers across the Mines campus often see a part of the world that the average person will never know. Fortunately, using advanced microscopy, researchers - [Cover Shoot Outtakes](https://minesmagazine.com/13411/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines students Trinity Wilson and Chase Li helped Mines Magazine with this issue’s cover photo shoot. In between the serious shots, we had a bit of - [Bill Nye the Science Guy: Daring Students to Change the World](https://minesmagazine.com/13344/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/BillNye_AgataBogucka.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Over two decades after his show aired on PBS and - [Mines Alumna Comes Full Circle](https://minesmagazine.com/13365/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Denise Dihle photo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DeniseDihle.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Denise Dihle text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]From the moment she stepped onto - [Hike for Help](https://minesmagazine.com/13409/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Sixteen Mines students visited Nepal over winter break on a trip sponsored by Mines’ McBride Honors Program and an organization called Hike for Help to support the construction - [Crowdfunding Arrives at Mines: A New Way to Fund Student Projects](https://minesmagazine.com/13348/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Crowdfunding_Robotics.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Crowdfunding is the fastest growing form of fundraising on a national - [Recognizing Exceptional Alumni](https://minesmagazine.com/13357/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”left” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Each year, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association proudly honors exemplary members of the Mines community with several awards. Alumni nominate their peers for each - [Mines Photography Club](https://minesmagazine.com/13407/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/MinesPhotographyClub.png” alt=”Mines Photography Club logo” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]At the start - [Homecoming 2016: Ignite the Night](https://minesmagazine.com/13355/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]This fall’s annual homecoming festivities welcomed Orediggers back to campus to celebrate and reminisce on the memories and experiences Mines students and alumni share. The special - [Finding Connections and Making an Impact](https://minesmagazine.com/13340/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]It is the pleasure of Colorado School of Mines and the Mines Alumni Association to formally introduce and welcome the new Executive Director of the - [Humans of Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/13346/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Humans of Mines description” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Inspired by Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York, Colorado School of Mines created a photo-storytelling project, called Humans of Mines. - [The Evolution of a University: A brief look at the changes implemented 50 years ago that helped make Mines the institution it is today](https://minesmagazine.com/13331/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/LookingBack_Classof1966.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]In the 1960s, the United States was in upheaval. President Kennedy had been assassinated, the - [A Radiochemistry Renaissance: A new nuclear science and engineering chair, lab and research focus is putting Mines on the map](https://minesmagazine.com/13329/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-RadioChemLab-LP-9.jpg”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]You could call them the neglected stepchildren of - [Mines Soldiers On: 100 years after the establishment of ROTC, Mines' program remains a national stand-out](https://minesmagazine.com/13195/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines ROTC members present the colors in 1925.(Photo credit: Prospector 1925)Sixteen miles into the 2016 Bataan Memorial Death March, Army ROTC Cadet Parker Bolstad felt - [#MinesGeek](https://minesmagazine.com/13233/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Miner’s Pic Photo” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/MinersPicFall-2016_HaleyWhalen.jpg” alt=”Haley Whalen crouches on a shovel used to load ore into haul trucks.” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text - [Calculating Risk: Mines engineers are making a name for themselves in the growing world of extreme sports](https://minesmagazine.com/13177/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Calculating Risk” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mickey Wilson ’11, MS ’12 performs at a Gibbon Slacklines event in Richmond, Virginia. Wilson is known to be one of the best in - [Living off the Land in Space](https://minesmagazine.com/13249/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]In June 2016, Mines professor Angel Abbud-Madrid was invited to present at TEDxMileHigh at their Make + Believe Event. He discussed how throughout human history, resources - [Walking a Fine Line](https://minesmagazine.com/13241/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines alumnus, Mickey Wilson ’11, MS ’12—along with other professional slackliners—walk along and perform stunts on a 480-foot-high, 360-foot-long line extending across the Mandalay - [BASE Jumping for a Good Cause](https://minesmagazine.com/13243/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Chris Fehn ’12 says that one of his favorite BASE jumping events is the Turkey Boogie in Moab, Utah. Taking place over Thanksgiving - [The Climb that Binds: The Famous 'M' Brings Mines Students Together](https://minesmagazine.com/13203/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]The “M” on the side of Mt. Zion was created in 1908 and has become a trademark of the Mines campus. This photo shows - [Joe Geiger: Building a Future on a ROTC Foundation](https://minesmagazine.com/13211/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]After 11 years in uniform (four years in ROTC and seven years as a U.S. Army captain), Joe Geiger ’09 visited the ROTC building - [Angel Abbud-Madrid: Director of the Center for Space Resources](https://minesmagazine.com/13215/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Angel Abbud-Madrid conducts an experiment in NASA’s zerogravityaircraft.(Photo courtesy of NASA)Angel Abbud-Madrid was born in Mexico in April 1961, the same month and year when - [Orediggers Aim High](https://minesmagazine.com/13222/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]Mines Athletic Director David Hansburg accepts the RMAC All-Sports Cup from Commissioner Chris Graham on July 9, 2016.(Photo credit: Tim Flynn)There’s no question that - [2020 Vision: Connecting New Orediggers to Mines' Tradition of Excellence](https://minesmagazine.com/13229/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The start of the fall semester is one of my favorite times of the year—in large part due to the new energy, ideas and - [#MinesGeek Photo Contest](https://minesmagazine.com/13245/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/OurMinesGeekWinners.jpg” alt=”#MinesGeek contest winners, Haley Whalen, Katie Varnadoe, Andrea Mackie and Madeline Behr, holding their tickets to see Bill Nye The Science Guy” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” - [Annual Whitewashing of the 'M'](https://minesmagazine.com/13247/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Mines’ Class of 2020 participated in the annual M Climb to add their freshly whitewashed rocks to the “M” on the side of - [Mines in Motion: Taking the Oredigger Spirit on the Road](https://minesmagazine.com/13251/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/MIM-cart.png” alt=”Ore Carts on the road with Mines in Motion” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] - [Meet the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association Board of Directors](https://minesmagazine.com/13253/) - [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title admin_label=”Post Title” title=”on” meta=”on” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” featured_placement=”below” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Tim Haddon” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” animation=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://minesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Tim-Haddon_web.jpg” alt=”Headshot of Tim Haddon”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Tim Haddon bio” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” - [We Are Mines: As Graduate Needs Evolve, Mines' Alumni Association is Reinventing Itself](https://minesmagazine.com/12953/) - As Ray Priestley ’79 left the Green Center auditorium on graduation day back in 1979, he clutched his shiny silver diploma tightly and had a thought shared by many of his fellow graduates that day: Get out fast, and don’t look back. “The thought at the time was, ‘You don’t want to stick around too long, or they might take - [A New Era for the Mines Alumni Association](https://minesmagazine.com/12926/) - You worked hard for your degrees, and we want to reward your efforts by welcoming you into the alumni association: an inclusive, no-dues network for all Mines alumni. - [A Passion for Stormwater Research](https://minesmagazine.com/12941/) - Chelsea Panos began her journey at Mines as an undergraduate student in the physics department before discovering her true passion: environmental engineering, and more specifically—hydrology. - [H2O 2.0: With Water Shortages Looming for Colorado, Mines Researchers Think Outside the Box for Solutions](https://minesmagazine.com/12959/) - Try to picture Colorado’s water situation 30 years from now, and you’ll likely conjure images of brown lawns, wilting crops, and dry creek beds where anglers and kayakers once played. With the state’s population projected to double by 2050, the Colorado River Basin already experiencing the lowest flows in a century, and the state projecting a 181-billion gallon annual water shortfall by mid-century, it’s easy - [Mines Visits Dublin](https://minesmagazine.com/13004/) - During spring break, alumni, family, and friends traveled with the Mines Music Program to Dublin, Ireland. If you missed the fun, watch the video of the Mines Marching Band in the 2016 St. Patrick’s Day parade. To view other photos from the trip, search #minesdigsdublin on social media. Read the article about the Dublin trip here. - [Mines Team Designs, Builds, and Flies at AIAA Competition](https://minesmagazine.com/12928/) - Each August, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) releases the new challenge for that year’s Design/Build/Fly competition, in which students design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of a radio-controlled aircraft. This year, a group of Mines students was selected from 143 applicants as one of the 93 competing teams. The 18-student team, called BurroWorks, progressed through various stages - [Mines Celebrates ROTC 100th Anniversary](https://minesmagazine.com/12930/) - The year 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Army ROTC programs in the United States. Colorado School of Mines was designated the ROTC Company for the Battalion (13 metro area schools) to host the celebration, which included the following events that took place in conjunction with E-Days festivities on April 1. Cadets from Army ROTC Buffalo Battalion, joined by Air Force Cadets, conducted a three-mile run on - [Orediggers Enjoy Historic Winter Season](https://minesmagazine.com/12943/) - Colorado School of Mines athletics enjoyed a phenomenally successful 2015-16. During the winter season, Oredigger teams won five RMAC regular-season championships and three RMAC Tournament titles—the most ever in a single year. The athletics program has also made a splash on the national scene, ranking third in the final winter Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, which measure the best overall programs in NCAA Division - [Just Published](https://minesmagazine.com/12947/) - Oil and Water: An Oilman’s Quest to Save the Source of America’s Most Endangered River Bud Isaacs ’64 joined forces with environmental author Stephen Grace to tell the story of the Colorado River headwaters, a resource under siege. For 15 years, Isaacs—who earned his degree in petroleum engineering at Mines—has blown the whistle on an abused stretch of the American West’s most iconic - [SWE Can Do It: How the Society of Women Engineers Helped Change the Face of Engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/12962/) - “The primary obstacle that women face in engineering is the perception of what an engineer is and what an engineer should be,” says Karen Horting, executive director and CEO of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). In 1919, three female engineering students from the University of Colorado took action to overcome this obstacle by creating their own professional engineering society: - [Mines Digs Dublin](https://minesmagazine.com/12966/) - It’s the stuff bucket lists are made of. Travel to Dublin—check. Travel to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day—check, check. Travel to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day and march in the St. Patrick’s Day parade—check, check, check. Mines musical engineers hit the road in March for the trip of a lifetime to Dublin, Ireland. Musicians from the marching band, orchestra, and choir, accompanied by supporting - [Meet the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association Board of Directors](https://minesmagazine.com/12982/) - Stu Bennett ’66 Arvada, Colo. Director Stu earned a Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering (CPR) degree at Mines in 1966. While at Mines, he lettered in soccer, played three years of football, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi. Stu went on to receive a master’s degree in chemical engineering at Oklahoma State in 1968. After a few - [An Oredigger Finds Community Far From Campus](https://minesmagazine.com/12985/) - Like many transplants to the Washington, D.C., area, Katie Huckfeldt ’13 struggled at first to find her footing. But, she says, the Mines Alumni Association’s D.C. M Club smoothed her transition when she relocated there after graduating from Mines with an environmental engineering degree. “It was so nice to come to a new city and find people from my school,” says Huckfeldt. “It was really - [Mines Hearts Water Polo](https://minesmagazine.com/12987/) - The Mines Water Polo Club strikes a heart-shaped pose in the pool at the Student Recreation Center at Mines. Founded just three years ago, the club is one of the fastest growing co-ed groups on campus. As it represents Mines at the local, regional, and national level, Club Water Polo encourages and supports camaraderie, teamwork, physical fitness, and - [CoorsTek Center Groundbreaking](https://minesmagazine.com/12991/) - On May 2, 2016, officials from CoorsTek, the Coors family, and Mines broke ground on the new CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering, an interdisciplinary academic and research facility. Watch the video of the groundbreaking ceremony and learn more about this new addition to the Mines campus. - [Mines Student Wins Video Contest](https://minesmagazine.com/12995/) - Watch student Joshua Pelz’s video, Molten Movement, which won a $500 prize in the Association for Iron & Steel Technology Foundation’s 2016 “Real Steel” Marketing Video Challenge. The contest challenges students to create videos that promote careers in the steel industry and educate viewers on how the industry has changed in terms of environmental consciousness and responsibility. Watch the video - [Q&A with NASA summer intern Hanna Flame](https://minesmagazine.com/13001/) - Read Mines’ conversation with geophysical engineering student Hanna Flamme, who was selected to participate in the NASA Student Airborne Research Program this summer. She will receive hands-on research experience in surface, atmospheric, and oceanographic processes. Find the Q&A here. - [Mines Tiny House Prepares for a Solar Decathlon](https://minesmagazine.com/13007/) - Read about the efforts of a student-led group to build a tiny house—a 200-square-foot house to be used for research and teaching purposes. The team aims to design a structure that will compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, a contest to determine which university can build the most efficient, affordable, appealing, and functional solar-powered house. Read the - [Clearing the Road Not Taken](https://minesmagazine.com/3015/) - A little student muscle and the massive efforts of a Nepalese community aim to make commerce exchange cheaper and easier by shortening the distance between two points. - [Leah Feazel & Andrew Nelson](https://minesmagazine.com/392/) - Graduate environmental science and engineering students Leah Feazel and Andrew Nelson spent a challenging summer in Cameroon last year, volunteering their time to help support educational initiatives. The two launched their own non-profit organization, DOORs Cameroon, which works to sponsor motivated teenagers from Cameroon's rural communities to attend college. - [Corporate Social Responsibility Interest Group](https://minesmagazine.com/12790/) - The alumni association would like to pilot a group that connects Mines alumni, students, and faculty working in the area of corporate social responsibility. If you would like to attend events or be kept in the loop about relevant activities dealing with questions about community conflict, sustainability, or public perception in your professional life, join the new interest group at minesalumni.com/CSR. - [Celebrating Mines Pride](https://minesmagazine.com/12686/) - One day last spring, sometime between my being selected a finalist for the Mines presidency and visiting the campus, a surprise FedEx box arrived at our home in Arizona. It was filled with the first Mines gear Elyse and I had ever seen: hats, pins, t-shirts, a tie (the only tie I ever wear, when I wear a tie), a pennant, the Mines history book, - [Mining's New Legacy: Mines Works with Industry and Colorado Agencies to Forge Greener Future](https://minesmagazine.com/12716/) - At 11 a.m. on August 5, 2015, the icy waters of Cement Creek, just outside the scenic Colorado mountain town of Silverton, began to turn to mustard-colored sludge. By day’s end, three million gallons of acid mine drainage had poured out of the inactive, 120-year-old Gold King Mine. The tainted water coursed downstream into the Animas River where it - [How an Insect Inspired a New Cidery](https://minesmagazine.com/12769/) - When you stack his hard cider company’s name up against firms like Angry Orchard, Scrumpy Jack, and even Reverend Nat’s, Jason Spears ’99 admits that Locust is a bit of an odd moniker for a product you might consider drinking. After all, it doesn’t sound all that appetizing, and it doesn’t boast exotic ingredients. Instead, it’s filled with memories of a brutal attack that almost took the mechanical engineering graduate’s - [Repairs to the "M"](https://minesmagazine.com/12786/) - In November 2015, the "M" on the east-facing side of Mount Zion is believed to have been struck by lightning. Read the story in the Denver Post about the repairs made by Mines’ Blue Key Society to make the "M" shine brighter, here. - [Closing the Gender Gap at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/12668/) - I grew up a Trekkie, so it’s not surprising that one of my favorite quotes comes from Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek. She said, “Science is not a boy’s game, it’s not a girl’s game. It’s everyone’s game. It’s about where we are and where we’re going.” I thank my Mines degree for helping me - [It's Almost Golf Season](https://minesmagazine.com/12792/) - The 2016 Mines alumni golf tournaments are just around the corner. Help raise funds for Mines student scholarships while enjoying a round of golf with other Mines alumni. For dates, locations, and sponsorship opportunities, visit minesalumni.com/events. - [Walking the Line](https://minesmagazine.com/12779/) - When she isn’t practicing or teaching yoga, Michelle Griffith ’14 spends her time dangling over some of the most scenic canyons in the West. In an adventure sport known as “highlining,” athletes perform slacklining high above the ground at a height far above which they could safely fall (most highliners wear a safety harness tethered to the rope). - [#idigmines Photo Contest](https://minesmagazine.com/12788/) - #idigmines week was all about celebrating donors who support what they dig the most about Mines. The week featured a photo contest for participants to show their love of Mines. The winners were awarded $100 to support their passion at Mines. See the winning photos chosen by the Mines Philanthropy Council, here. - [Holly Jolly Miner's Mingle](https://minesmagazine.com/12762/) - On December 3, 2015, Mines alumni gathered to celebrate the holiday season and connect with fellow Orediggers. To accommodate the nearly 400 attendees (which broke previous attendance records), the party was held at the Green Center on the Mines campus. As guests entered the ballroom, they were serenaded with holiday carols sung by the Melodic and Harmonic Miners, and later, they two-stepped to the sounds of - [Mines Team Creates Fire Extinguisher for International Space Station](https://minesmagazine.com/12705/) - For decades, portable fire extinguishers (PFE) have dispensed halon or carbon dioxide (CO2), agents that were effective, yet presented certain risks. A team of Mines faculty and students have perfected a new alternative—an innovative water-mist PFE—and it’s revolutionizing NASA’s ability to protect astronauts and equipment in the sensitive, closed environment of the International Space Station (ISS). Admittedly, water isn’t a new fire suppression agent. In fact, - [Mines Study Reveals Earthquakes Can Jump](https://minesmagazine.com/12711/) - While studying a 7.1-magnitude intracontinental earthquake that occurred in Pakistan in 1997, assistant professor of geophysics Edwin Nissen, along with other researchers, discovered that earthquakes can “jump” between faults, a concept that was not previously thought possible. “Remote sensing and seismological observations of a recent earthquake in Pakistan highlighted an unexpected incidence of an earthquake rupture ‘jumping’ across a large gap between two - [Meet the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association Board of Directors](https://minesmagazine.com/12754/) - Scott Hodgson ’03 Golden, Colo. Director, Colorado Alumni Programming While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Scott participated in varsity track and field at Mines. After graduation, he moved to Utah to work for ATK Thiokol as an engineer on the space shuttle reusable solid rocket motors. While working for ATK, Scott earned an MBA at Weber State - [Cleaning Up the Past](https://minesmagazine.com/12773/) - Jeff Graves ’13 is a self-styled history buff who is fascinated by Colorado’s early mining industry—and by the colorful frontiersmen who, he says, achieved incredible feats of engineering in their hunt for gold and silver. But as a geological engineer, Graves is also grappling with another legacy of mining in Colorado: its environmental toll. Across the state, many old mines - [Tracy Camp: Computer Science Professor](https://minesmagazine.com/12690/) - Consider the top 30 innovations in the last 30 years, and Tracy Camp will tell you that none of them would have happened without computer science. “Think of what computer science has done for our world,” says Camp, a computer science professor at Mines. “Online shopping, medical applications, robotic surgeries, DNA mapping—all that stuff has been created or vastly improved because of computer science.” Camp - [Connecting Mines Alumni with Students](https://minesmagazine.com/12749/) - The process of passing down advice and encouragement from Mines alumni to current students is slowly but surely cementing its importance in campus culture. Events that encourage these learning opportunities allow “students to have a window into the future and an understanding of how they could potentially use their Mines degree,” says Scott Hodgson ’03. “I have seen the proverbial light bulb go on when - [Erasing the Zero](https://minesmagazine.com/12696/) - Zero. Nada. Zip. It was a number that the Colorado School of Mines wanted to change. In 126 years, how many national championships had Mines athletic teams won? None. Enter cross country coach Chris Siemers, a former all- American runner at Western State. Armed with a trio of top flight runners and a team that believed in his methods, - [Outside Corporate Borders: Training Students in the Growing Field of Corporate Social Responsibility](https://minesmagazine.com/12732/) - The summer after her first year in college, Jessica Smith traveled back to her parents’ home in Wyoming and got a job at a coal mine. She sprayed down mining equipment with a fire hose and drove a haul truck. A Wyoming native, Smith grew up immersed in the mining industry. Her father was a mining mechanic, and her grandfather - [Grad Student Writes Children's Book to Encourage Problem Solving](https://minesmagazine.com/12672/) - Geology graduate student Rania Eldam started brainstorming the idea for a children’s book two years ago at an Association for Women Geoscientists meeting. “We don’t see many children’s book series where little girls are the main characters and aren’t pretty princesses or fairies,” Eldam said. “It’s always been so important to me to merge those two ideas. I was the girl - [Q&A with Travis Ramos after Returning from SEA Semester](https://minesmagazine.com/12783/) - Travis Ramos, an environmental engineering student, was selected along with 21 undergraduates from diverse institutions to spend a fall semester as part of the study abroad program, Sea Education Association (SEA). Ramos spent six weeks onshore in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, before spending another six weeks on a 135-foot tall vessel - [Home is Where the Mine Is](https://minesmagazine.com/10020/) - Holly Bidle and her former husband Jim Reed fell in love with the house on Mt. Zion Road in Golden the minute they learned about the mine entrance from the house’s laundry room. Never mind the building’s peeling paint, the rusting elevator in the yard, or the creepy trophy mounts that covered the walls of - [Miner's Pic: Brandon Turman '08 and Courtney Steen '10](https://minesmagazine.com/9786/) - Everyone talks about landing the dream job after graduation—Mines alumni Brandon Turman (’08) and Courtney Steen (’10) actually made it happen. How do they spend their days now? Riding and testing the latest mountain bikes and components and relaying their on-trail experiences to the public. “I have always had a passion for mountain biking, and - [Going Deep for Far-Out Life](https://minesmagazine.com/9724/) - Subsurface life forms that don’t need the Sun may hold the key to understanding the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. In February 2005, a research team led by microbiologist John Spear set out to study geothermal ecosystems in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park. What they found astonished them: microbial communities in - [Around the World and Back to Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/9714/) - "I probably ended up at Mines because I wanted to play football," said Bill Zisch ’79. "I already had the idea that I wanted to go into engineering, so when Mines said, 'We'd like to have you play football for us,' that really caught my attention." The offer also reinforced a strong family connection: Zisch's grandfather, - [Remembering John P. Lockridge, 1931-2015: Mines Celebrates the Life of Mr. Niobrara of the High Plains](https://minesmagazine.com/12434/) - John Lockridge’s contributions to the Colorado School of Mines and the petroleum geology industry are unparalleled and rare, much like the geological discovery that gave him a reputation as a groundbreaking explorer and earned him the nickname “Mr. Niobrara of the High Plains.” John grew up in the small town of Marshall, Missouri, with a family who placed great value on higher education. - [Mines Soccer: The Ties that Bind](https://minesmagazine.com/12428/) - In college athletics, bonds between teams are a given. No matter what sport student-athletes play, they all share a common thread of school pride and competitiveness. Those bonds are even stronger when it’s the men’s and women’s programs of the same sport. And for Colorado School of Mines soccer, the relationship between men’s and women’s teams goes a step further. - [There's No Place Like the "House"](https://minesmagazine.com/12420/) - The Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association (CSMAA) completed its move to the brand new Starzer Welcome Center in mid-October (2015), ending its five-year residency in the historic Coolbaugh House. The rambling old bungalow at 1700 Maple Street—with its byzantine layout and low, slanting ceilings—had its drawbacks as an office space. But what it lacked in professional polish, the Coolbaugh House - [Grad Student's Work May Help Save Lives in Guatemala](https://minesmagazine.com/12430/) - Just after 3 a.m. on February 4, 1976, the quiet town of Los Amates, about 100 miles northeast of Guatemala City, suffered a cataclysmic earthquake. The 39 seconds of shaking leveled 258,000 houses and left 1.2 million people homeless, 77,000 injured, and more than 23,000 dead. Ethan Faber, a Mines student who is working on his master’s degree in - [First Impressions: An Interview with New Mines President Paul C. Johnson](https://minesmagazine.com/11928/) - On June 1, 2015, the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Paul C. Johnson as the 17th president of Colorado School of Mines. He officially assumed his duties on July 1 and currently resides in the President's House on campus with his wife, Elyse. Johnson joined Mines from Arizona State - [Orediggers Return for Homecoming Weekend](https://minesmagazine.com/12432/) - Alumni Weekend is an annual Mines tradition that brings alumni to campus for reunion dinners, campus events, and interaction with students and faculty; it’s a chance to relive old memories and create new ones with classmates. In 2015 and going forward, this special weekend takes place during Homecoming in the fall. This year’s event brought more than 600 alumni and guests home to - [Alumni Weekend 2015](https://minesmagazine.com/12444/) - Did you have a good time at Alumni Weekend? See more photos from the festivities here. Click here to read more about Alumni Weekend. - [Starzer Welcome Center Celebrates Grand Opening](https://minesmagazine.com/12442/) - Read about the grand opening of Mines' newest building on campus, the Starzer Welcome Center—new home to Admissions, Alumni Association, and Foundation here. - [Q&A with 17-year old graduate student Santiago Gonzalez](https://minesmagazine.com/12446/) - At 17 years old, Santiago Gonzalez has already completed his bachelor's and master's degrees and is planning to pursue a PhD. Mines recently interviewed him about his experience at Mines, what it's like to teach a 400-level course, and his future plans. Read the interview by following this link. - [Meet Six Female Engineers from the Class of 2019](https://minesmagazine.com/12448/) - What does it look like to be a female engineer on campus? The fall 2015 first-year class set a record with 31.2 percent women, an 18.9 increase from the previous academic year. Get to know six first-year students and their take on being a woman interested in STEM. Click here to read more. - [Oredigger Vista](https://minesmagazine.com/12438/) - Mines student Carlita Gorham (mechanical engineering, Class of 2019) says her two favorite things about Mines are the “wonderful people who go to school here” and all the activities she can do, like hiking, rock climbing, and camping. Last fall, she climbed to the top of Table Mesa to get a bird’s eye view of campus and the - [Ryan Richards: Chemistry and Geochemistry Professor](https://minesmagazine.com/12426/) - Chemistry and Geochemistry professor Ryan Richards may not have expected his future to involve researching the interface of catalysis and nanoscale materials. But, he says, it turns out that interface is one of the most exciting areas of modern science, and it sits at the forefront of the quest for a sustainable future. “Catalysts facilitate chemical transformations from starting materials to - [Retirement Doesn't Mean Slowing Down](https://minesmagazine.com/12436/) - After dedicating nearly 45 years to Mines and being the longest serving female faculty in Mines history, it’s safe to say that Catherine Skokan ’70, MS ’72, PhD ’75 was—and still is—an important leader in the Mines community. Although she retired at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year, she is still very involved with Mines and its students. “Retirement - [Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Wows a Packed House at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/12422/) - Fans of Neil deGrasse Tyson lined up in the rain five hours before show time to catch an up-close glimpse of the celebrity astrophysicist credited with demoting Pluto, channeling Carl Sagan, and making science cool. “He’s interactive and funny and explains things in a way that makes it easy for anyone to understand,” said Mines alumna Kelsey Kopecky ’13, who arrived - [A Note from the CSMAA President](https://minesmagazine.com/12440/) - In the movie Dead Poets Society, John Keating (played by Robin Williams) stands on his desk to impress upon his students the importance of constantly looking at things in different ways. That’s what we have done at the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association (CSMAA). We stood on that desk and looked at our world from a different point of view. And what we - [Staying Engaged](https://minesmagazine.com/12424/) - As you read this, I will have just completed my first semester at Mines. It was focused on meeting you and hearing your stories and aspirations for Mines. As a quantitative measure of that time (as all of the engineers and scientists reading this will appreciate), I’ve hosted 24 faculty and staff lunches and 23 student pizza parties (sometimes three in one day!), attended seven alumni receptions, met with - [When Mountains Collapse: Mines Researchers and the Colorado Geological Survey Team Up to Analyze Landslide Risk in Colorado](https://minesmagazine.com/12415/) - The landslide that collapsed near the Rio Chama River in southern Colorado put the old riddle that begins with “if a tree falls in the forest…” to its extreme test. At some point, likely in spring 2004, a mass of rocks and earth crashed down a stretch of the San Juan Mountains, falling almost 1,200 feet to the meadow below. The - [From Golden to Abu Dhabi: Mines Inspired Petroleum Institute Flourishing after 15 Years](https://minesmagazine.com/12417/) - In the year 2000, the United Arab Emirates was on a roll. In the three decades since its founding, the coastal nation bordering the Persian Gulf had evolved from an impoverished desert populated by nomadic tribes to a glistening economic hub with one of the world’s highest per-capita GDPs. Its largest state, Abu Dhabi, was home to one-tenth of the - [Oredigger Rollin' in a Ford Van](https://minesmagazine.com/11950/) - Many college students look forward to earning their degree, followed by the lucrative salary, followed by the big house. But Naomi Plasterer '14 has chosen a different path, one that allows her to live small and give to others in need. Naomi, who earned her degree in mathematics and computer science, lives with her dog, - [Also Remembered](https://minesmagazine.com/6538/) - EMMETT B. ASMUS ’40 June 15, 2009 PETER J. BAER ’62 November 7, 2002 WILLIAM H. BAUER ’59 December 2, 2009 BERNARD F. BURFORD ’53 September 24, 2008 J. RANDALL BURKE ’58 November 3, 2008 JOSE E. DEL SOLAR ’62 June 6, 2008 RICHARD J. DOWNEY ’44 January 23, 2010 JOHN B. FERNSTROM ’53 March - [Denver M. Barb '43](https://minesmagazine.com/6612/) - Denver M. Barb '43 of Lakewood, Colo., died June 22, 2012. Denver was born in Alton, Kan., in 1921 shortly before his family moved to Golden so that his father, Clark Barb '25, MS '28, could attend Mines. He earned a professional degree in petroleum engineering under his father, a professor at Mines, who was - [Also Remembered](https://minesmagazine.com/8476/) - Gerald R. Bond ’50 January 11, 2012 Jack D. Gray ’52 June 9, 2011 Jeffrey J. Knaebel ’63 January 26, 2011 Jay L. Kratz ’63 November 4, 2009 Todd M. Lasnik ’82 September 29, 2012 Christopher K. Loomis ’69 March 7, 2010 LouiS w. Minturn ’37 November 25, 2009 Frank L. Natta ’73, MS ’75 - [Imparting His Passion for Bikes, and a Whole Lot More](https://minesmagazine.com/1802/) - “When a kid has a bicycle, it’s liberating, it’s freeing,” says Dick Banks ’53, who has devoted a lot of time over the last 15 years to giving kids bicycles. In 1996, working through First United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Okla., he and some friends established the Bike Club at the nearby Eugene Field Elementary - [Reengineering the Nation's Only Major Source of Rare Earth Metals](https://minesmagazine.com/3271/) - Brock O’ Kelley '74 has seen the good times and weathered the bad ones at Molycorp’s Mountain Pass Mine, located 50 miles south of Las Vegas. He was there 22 years ago, when the mine ranked as the world’s largest single producer of rare earth metals. And he endured the dark period of the late - [A Dream Career in Sports and Law](https://minesmagazine.com/6010/) - ”Sometimes you have to create your own economy,” a friend once said to Alicia Jessop ’06, who’d just learned that a job she’d pinned her hopes on had gone to another finalist. It was advice she took to heart. This City of Aurora criminal prosecutor has earned national attention and airtime for her commentary on - [Letting Kids Create on Disney Online](https://minesmagazine.com/6019/) - Tom Fischaber ’98 can recall the precise day his new Internet venture achieved critical mass. It was September 18, 2007, and his company, Kerpoof, was one of 40 startups invited by TechCrunch, a leading technology blog, to present at its inaugural conference. Unlike most conferences, TechCrunch 40, as it was called, was not charging presenters - [Work in Nuclear Reactor Fuels Earns Alumna Presidential Award](https://minesmagazine.com/7295/) - In 2012, Amy Clarke MS ’02, PhD ’06 produced a metallurgical first: movies that show bulk metallic alloys in the process of crystallizing. It might not sound like blockbuster footage, but it helped earn her a trip to the White House and one of the nation’s top awards for young scientists, a Presidential Early Career - [Letter to Our Readers](https://minesmagazine.com/2633/) - Dear Readers, What a tremendous testament to the dedication and work ethic of generations of Mines graduates that the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association, a membership-based and volunteer-led organization, has now keptMinesmagazine in print for 100 years. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to readPart I of the 100-year retrospective included in this - [Lucky Finds, Nuclear Deals and a New Look](https://minesmagazine.com/6196/) - Finding a million ounces of gold from campus using satellite photography isn’t usual for a student earning a master’s degree in geology, but it’s what happened to Russell Dow MS ’04. His story of mineral discovery is probably the luckiest find recounted in the feature story, ‘Hitting Paydirt,‘ but it’s not the most unusual of - [Charlie '71 and Judy McNeil Honored](https://minesmagazine.com/1990/) - Charlie McNeil '71 and his wife, Judy, were named The Villager's "Man & Woman of the Year" for 2010. The McNeils are longtime donors to Colorado School of Mines, and Charlie serves on the CSM Foundation Board of Governors. - [Letter From Prof. Fred Fraikor Regarding Bierstadt Article in Summer Issue](https://minesmagazine.com/1286/) - Editor’s Note: This version of Fred Fraikor's letter was published in the winter/fall issue of Mines magazine. However, it is a much shorter and significantly edited version of the original letter. To read his original text, and to see the photographs and maps referenced, please click here. More on Bierstadt Restoration The impetus for the Bierstadt collaboration - [Hardworking Geologists](https://minesmagazine.com/6786/) - Karen and I want to let you know how impressed we are with the interesting and well-written article in the summer issue of Mines magazine. ‘Hitting Paydirt‘ was a fun-to-read, clearly written and intriguing description of what we old desert rats do for a living. We loved the mixture of stories, showing how a combination - [Who Loves the Summer 2012 Issue? You Do](https://minesmagazine.com/6783/) - Cover to cover! The feature articles on mining exploration and using Russian H-bomb fuel were interesting and informative. And the ‘Inside Mines’ coverage keeps me up-to-date on a school that’s reaching new heights in academics and sports. Well done, and thanks. Dennis Gregg ’50 It’s a great mag. Mines is a fabulous school, so much - [Unfortunate Omission](https://minesmagazine.com/7419/) - I enjoyed Exploring Human Landscapes [fall 2012], but in the photo on p. 25 you show and mention Bill Clinton and Saunders. You fail to mention the great Nelson Mandela. I worked on the extremely deep gold mines of South Africa from 1983 until 1995, and saw Mandela released from prison and eventually democratically elected as - [Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach presents "High Pressure Chemistry: Making Gas by Squeezing Wet Rocks"](https://minesmagazine.com/1574/) - Dr. Dudley R. Herschbach presented a lecture titled "High Pressure Chemistry: Making Gas by Squeezing Wet Rocks" Dudley Robert Herschbach, an American chemist from Harvard University, spoke at the Mines Chemistry department as part of their Lucas Lecture Series on April 15, 2011. (Listen to talk via podcast) Herschbach won the 1986 Nobel Prize in - [A Letter From Joplin](https://minesmagazine.com/2248/) - In the wake of the tragedy in Joplin, Mo. the alumni association searched its databases to see if any Mines alumni live in the city. The search yielded Dave DeSonier '80, whom we immediately emailed. We share his response below, which was written two days after the tornado hit. Thanks for asking about us. Our - [Letter of Golden Past](https://minesmagazine.com/2256/) - Andrew Patten ’53 was flipping through the summer 2008 issue of ‘Mines’ magazine recently when a photo caught his eye. He subsequently sent this detailed discussion of landmarks visible in the image, which we’ve published below. It appears we were off by at least 14 years with out estimated date for the photo of 1908. We - [A Snapshot of Mines' Newest Faces](https://minesmagazine.com/2778/) - Freshmen on college campuses across the nation are adjusting to their new lives: making friends, missing home and getting used to a new set of academic expectations. At Mines, these expectations have always been high and come as a wake-up call to many. But overall, this year's incoming class appears to be up for the - [Campus Donor Drive To Honor Mines Alumna in Need of Bone Marrow Transplant](https://minesmagazine.com/2881/) - For Jennifer Rotramel-Ronhovde ’08, the odds get better with every person who joins the list. Having been diagnosed with leukemia on February 14, 2011, and after a first round of chemotherapy that didn't find its mark, the search is on for a suitable bone marrow donor. To support her efforts, her sorority, Sigma Kappa, has - [Greetings from Wyoming](https://minesmagazine.com/4061/) - Hello family, friends, Mines alums, et al. Thank you for your interest in this adventure and for checking out this blog. Be sure to read Ian's and Robert's posts as well! Let me introduce myself and give a little bit of background. I'm Clifford Sanden, a junior at Colorado School of Mines studying petroleum engineering. - [One week to go!](https://minesmagazine.com/4203/) - I'm Ian Robinson, a junior at Colorado School of Mines majoring in Petroleum Engineering. In one week I'll be getting on a plane bound for Abu Dhabi to study there for four months. Wow! only one week left. Just writing it down makes me realize I still have a lot to get done. For the - [Adventures!](https://minesmagazine.com/4566/) - It has been a little tiring, but fun fitting in all of our outings and adventures between classes, IM sports, and pretty much anything else we are offered to do. Rob mentioned sand golf with one of our professors, which was a blast. Still being very new to golf, I'm taking every opportunity I can - [New Gravity Map Reveals a Battered Moon](https://minesmagazine.com/7506/) - The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, where Mines Professor Jeff Andrews-Hanna is a guest scientist, is allowing scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition in unprecedented detail. Data from the two washing-machine-sized spacecraft also will provide a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky - [Internship with Bosch](https://minesmagazine.com/7628/) - After moving across Germany, I’ve started my internship at Bosch! I now live in at the southern tip of Germany and work in manufacturing engineering for Antilock Brake Systems. I’m learning so much, not only about what it's like to work in Germany, but also about manufacturing. I live in a cute little apartment above - [McBrider Heads to Austria](https://minesmagazine.com/8484/) - Hello! If you're reading this, you are likely either Mines alumni, or my own friends and family (or both). So for those of you who don't know me, here's a little about myself. I am currently a junior petroleum engineering undergraduate student here at Colorado School of Mines. I moved up to Golden from Katy, - [Salzburg](https://minesmagazine.com/8593/) - In addition to the wonderful people I’ve met here at school, I had a chance meeting with a young Austrian from Salzburg, who happened to be sitting in the same train car I was in for about five hours. Now, if you ever want to learn about someone, sitting in the same 6 x 6-foot - [Village Life](https://minesmagazine.com/8900/) - Read more about Scott Harper's trip to Nepal here. Monday, 23rd of September, 2013, 7:45 p.m. My second week has had its peaks and troughs. Slowly but surely I seem to be gaining some momentum at Eejot. The students and I have settled into a mostly regular rhythm composed of about 45 minutes of lecture - [James E. 'Jim' Quinn '48](https://minesmagazine.com/666/) - James E. 'Jim' Quinn '48 of Denver, Colo., died on March 4, 2010. Born in 1925, Jim graduated from Regis High School in 1943 and entered Mines three days later. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the varsity basketball team, Jim graduated from Mines with a degree in mining engineering. As a student he worked - [A. Bernard 'Bernie' Coady '54](https://minesmagazine.com/644/) - A. Bernard 'Bernie' Coady '54 died on August 29, 2010. Bernie was born in 1933 and raised in Cardston, Alberta. He joined the Sigma Nu fraternity at Mines and graduated with a degree in petroleum refining engineering. In 1957 he married Theresa Violini, with whom he shared 53 years. Bernie�s career began in Calgary as a - [Jose 'Joe' F. Agapito '73](https://minesmagazine.com/632/) - Jose 'Joe' F. Agapito '73 of Grand Junction, Colo., died on November 25, 2009. Born in 1937 in Fundao, Portugal, Joe began his career as a mining engineer in British tin mines. He received his degree in mining engineering from Camborne School of Mines in England, where he was awarded the prestigious associateship of the Camborne - [Leadership Perspective](https://minesmagazine.com/435/) - Q & A with NSF director, Arden Bement '54 Arden Bement ’54 stepped down as director of the National Science Foundation at the end of May 2010. Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004, he was the 12th director of the 60-year-old agency and only the second engineer to fill the post. Shortly before - [Technology to Help Amputees Gain Better Mobility](https://minesmagazine.com/6154/) - Anne Silverman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Mines, wants to help change this, and her research is yielding some valuable information. Recently, she investigated lower-limb mechanics in individuals with an amputation. The 24 subjects she included, a little more than half of whom were amputees, had small, reflective spheres attached to their feet, ankles, - [Parting Advice: 'Big Things Come from Bold Approaches'](https://minesmagazine.com/7392/) - His predictions for their careers in the decades ahead included reference to the past: His own graduation, he said, came a year before the United States put a man on the moon, at a time when a 4-kilobyte core processor was a technological marvel. We’ve seen astronomic growth in raw computational capacity since then, Gray - [In Brief Spring 2013...](https://minesmagazine.com/7324/) - Mines’ section of the Society of Women Engineers (the largest student section in the country at 545 members) received three awards at the organization’s 2012 national conference. In December, Adjunct Professor William Fleckenstein ’86, MS ’88, PhD ’00 was appointed interim department head of the Petroleum Engineering Department. Colorado School of Mines and Yale University researchers - [Braking I-70's Slow Slide](https://minesmagazine.com/7427/) - A slow, persistent landslide is undermining a short section of I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s Interstate Highway System. Finding a solution is a conundrum that one Mines professor is helping to unravel. Two summers ago on I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s Interstate Highway - [Renewable Energy Lessons from the Real World](https://minesmagazine.com/7375/) - That’s precisely the idea behind an assignment in Chuck Stone’s course, Renewable Energy, in which students design their own field trips to companies or organizations involved in renewable energy or sustainability and outline their experience in a report. “It was wide open,” said Stone, a teaching professor in the Physics Department, surrounded by students showing - [A Steep Ascent](https://minesmagazine.com/8254/) - This is what aviators call a ’steep takeoff angle,’ an apt metaphor for Labs’ company, Paradigm Shift Solutions, which designs and manufactures cockpit simulators for pilot training schools. Founded in 2004, Paradigm has made a remarkably rapid ascent in a competitive industry. And it’s still gaining altitude. “We stand out because of our price point,” - [Going the Distance for Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/8718/) - If you made the transition from high school to Mines in the last 25 years, you may have met Ray Priestley ’79, who regularly travels around the U.S. ‘usually paying his own way’ to speak with high school students about Mines. “We talk about how college is a question of fit,” says Priestley. “You can - [Overhaul to Academic Advising Aims to Improve Student Retention](https://minesmagazine.com/8815/) - “I honestly would not have passed that semester [spring 2013] without their help,” she says. Helbig’s story is one of dozens that Colin Terry, CASA’s director, recalls to illustrate the impact this office has had since it opened in May 2012. Creating CASA was part of a campus-wide initiative to provide more support to - [Presidential Advice Sends Hoover to Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/8713/) - “That fire was moving so fast,” recalls Hoover. “All of a sudden it got black outside, and sparks started flying by. Then I heard the propane go, and I lost water pressure. That’s when I knew it was time to leave.” For Hoover, the March 2012 wildfire claimed more than his 12-year-old retirement home, which - [Technology Management](https://minesmagazine.com/8833/) - As an alumnus of the Engineering and Technology Management program and a Coast Guard officer, I enjoyed reading the article ‘Coast Guard Officers Find Unlikely Fit‘ by Doug McPherson [fall/winter 2013]. Similar to the sentiments offered by Tony Hahn MS ’04 and Ed Aponte MS ’13, I was drawn to the program over Stanford, Purdue - [Fathers of the New Science: Paving the Way for the Modern Age of Oil and Gas Exploration](https://minesmagazine.com/8739/) - “The petroleum system approach is the guiding principle for everything we do these days,” says John Curtis, professor emeritus of geology and geological engineering and director of Mines’ Potential Gas Agency, which provides technical and administrative support to the influential Potential Gas Committee that is responsible for issuing estimates of future domestic natural gas supplies. - [Mining Coal, Undermining Gender](https://minesmagazine.com/8763/) - As a miner’s daughter growing up near Wyoming’s coal-rich Powder River Basin, Jessica Rolston had no intention of following her father into mining. After high school, she fled to what she calls a ‘hippie, granola, liberal arts school,’ Macalester College in Minnesota,to pursue a degree in anthropology. She envisioned a career studying obscure cultures in - [Adios, Arecibo](https://minesmagazine.com/9475/) - I spent my final week in Puerto Rico finishing up my project and preparing a presentation for the Arecibo staff and students. While the dish has not yet been cleaned, I was able to start a design project that will be passed down through future generations of undergraduate researchers to eventually develop a full-scale, functioning robot. - [Woodson, Humphrey Honored with 2014 Alumni Teaching Awards](https://minesmagazine.com/8919/) - Every year a small number of Mines’ faculty are recognized by the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association for outstanding teaching at the undergraduate level over an extended period. This year's awards, announced during the spring Faculty Forum (where a number of other faculty honors and promotions are awarded) and consisting of a plaque and - [Spirited Photobomb and Farewell](https://minesmagazine.com/9454/) - If you were expecting the summer issue sooner, I apologize. ‘Building History‘ was some time in the making. It’s a brief history of Mines through the lens of campus architecture (with a few digressions along the way) and it has been a lot of fun (and work) to put together. Amie Chitwood and I spent - [Miner's Pic: Mickey Wilson '11, MS '12](https://minesmagazine.com/9548/) - Mickey Wilson ’11, MS ’12, is a professional slackliner from Durango, Colorado. He first tried the sport when he was a junior at Mines and soon after, he founded the CSM Slackline Club and gave the club its infamous nickname, the CSM Slackers. While studying for his master's degree at Mines, Wilson went to his - [Geology and Aerial Photography Create Artistic Commentary](https://minesmagazine.com/9546/) - In 7th grade, Evan Anderman MS ’93, PhD ’96 developed an interest in landscape photography. He was outdoorsy but also scientifically minded, his young brain was attracted to the technical side of the craft. But it would be decades before his creative, geology-informed aerial photography would win awards and be recognized by Colorado media outlets. - [Stitt Happens, A Century Milestone](https://minesmagazine.com/9516/) - It was nearly 14 years to the day that separated Bob Stitt's inaugural victory as the Colorado School of Mines football coach from his century-mark milestone. On Sept. 13, 2014, Mines steamrolled William Jewell College 46-0 at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada in the 2014 home opener. The triumph was the 100th of - [In Brief: Spring 2015](https://minesmagazine.com/9923/) - Here are a few of the top news stories about Mines. You can read other news stories in more detail at newsroom.mines.edu. Mines and NREL awarded $1.5M by U.S. Department of Energy to develop next generation solar PV technologies Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently announced more than $53 million for 40 innovative solar energy research and - [New Beginnings in Fall 2015](https://minesmagazine.com/9705/) - You may notice that something’s missing. Usually at this time of year, we’re encouraging you to register for Alumni Weekend, which has been held in the spring for the last several years. Instead, we’re asking you to save the date: Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2015. We have some exciting new events planned this year, - [Jammin' in Jamaica](https://minesmagazine.com/9975/) - Mines students and alumni play the steel drums with a little help from their friends in Jamaica. Read the feature story about the Mines music program and the trip to Jamaica by clicking here. - [No Ordinary Life: Memoir of a World War II Bombardier](https://minesmagazine.com/10003/) - Glenn W. King ’50 is the subject of a recently published book titledNo Ordinary Life: Memoir of a World War II Bombardier. Flying with the Eighth Air Force from Great Ashfield in England, Glenn was shot down on his 23rd combat mission. He parachuted into Germany and was captured and made a prisoner of - [E-Days and E-Days 'Round the World 2015](https://minesmagazine.com/9978/) - Dating back to 1934, Engineering Days is a special springtime ritual that brings Mines students and alumni together to celebrate Oredigger pride. E-Days 'Round the World celebrates this tradition as Mines alums in their local communities raise a toast to their alma mater. Spectacular Light Show, Mines Style And by Mines style, we mean explosions! - [Mobility Clinic for Amputees Returns to Campus](https://minesmagazine.com/9971/) - The Colorado School of Mines Center for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, along with Hanger Clinic and Freedom Innovations, held a free, all-ages running and mobility clinic for amputees in May at the Stermole Track and Field Complex adjacent to the Mines campus in Golden. This is the second year this event has been hosted at Mines, with approximately - [E-DAYS CELEBRATIONS: Touching all Corners of the Globe](https://minesmagazine.com/10027/) - Written by Ruth Jones The ore cart pull, the trebuchet launch, cardboard boat races fireworks. Springtime and E-Days just seem to go together. The first Engineering Days (E-Days) was held in 1927, and the event has been celebrated on campus annually ever since. Fast forward to 2005 when E-Days festivities began to make their way - [Journey Up Mount Zion, 54 Years Later](https://minesmagazine.com/12025/) - Alumni Ed May and Lothar Klingmuller from the class of 1965 hiked up Mount Zion with their 10-lb rocks in this year’s M-Climb, 54 years after their freshman year at Mines. WatchFox31's video of the M Climb coverage. - [Marv Kay Stadium Dedication and Opening Football Game](https://minesmagazine.com/12030/) - Missed the Clear Creek Athletics Center Grand Opening in September? View photos from the weekend-long celebration that culminated with Mines beating South Dakota Mines in the inaugural game. Read the story about the new Marv Kay Stadium by clicking here. - [Energy Partnership: Saudi Aramco Explores Collaboration with Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/11946/) - Around the globe, Mines is increasingly recognized as a source for creative and innovative solutions to Earth's most difficult energy challenges. In May, a delegation from Mines traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a visit that could mark the beginning of the most far-reaching energy partnership in Mines history. Ramona Graves, petroleum engineering - [Send-Off Parties: Mines Alumni Welcome Newest Orediggers](https://minesmagazine.com/11944/) - Transitioning from high school to college isn't easy, especially for students who move to new cities and states. Alumni from across the country do their best to help our newest Orediggers make the transition through annual summer 'send-off' events in their hometowns. In July and August, alumni volunteers hosted 18 send-off parties for new students, - [Keeping Mines Special](https://minesmagazine.com/11911/) - Since Elyse and I arrived in Golden earlier this year, we've had the opportunity to meet hundreds of alumni from the Class of 1935 to the Class of 2015 and just about every year in between. Whether it was on campus during Alumni Weekend or at a Mines on the Move event, we've loved hearing - [Humans of Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/12022/) - Sharing the story of Colorado School of Mines, one photo at a time. Click here to read stories, advice, and more from Mines students, alumni, faculty and staff. - [Investing in Public Policy: Payne Institute for Earth Resources Named](https://minesmagazine.com/11934/) - Colorado School of Mines premier policy institute for earth resources has a new name: the Payne Institute for Earth Resources. Thanks to a $5 million investment by Jim '59 and Arlene Payne, the institute will move forward with plans to expand its leadership and reach. The Payne Institute will educate and inform policymakers and other - [Lesli Wood: Geology and Geological Engineering Professor](https://minesmagazine.com/11936/) - Lesli Wood grew up running around the hills and creeks of central Arkansas. By the time she was a junior in high school, she already knew she wanted, to major in geology at Arkansas Tech University. "We backpacked several times through the Wind River Range in Wyoming, and we camped in the Medicine Bow Mountains," she - [Swimming in History](https://minesmagazine.com/11942/) - The next time you visit the Buffalo Rose (formerly known as Shotgun Annie's and Duds), the pub in downtown Golden located near the Mines campus, be sure to belly up to the bar and take a little time to drink up some of its history. Turns out, the Rose is a true watering hole in - [Crowdsourcing Cleverness: Team Blasterbotica Tests Rover at NASA Competition](https://minesmagazine.com/11913/) - Within 15 years an army of robotic rovers could be roaming the red planet, scooping fine, sand-like topsoil (called regolith) and delivering it for processing into materials for human pioneers on Mars. Some regolith may be squeezed of its H2O to make fuel, propellant, and drinking water. Some may be made into bricks, sidewalk pavers, - [In Brief](https://minesmagazine.com/12028/) - Colorado School of Mines Civil and Environment Professor Tzahi Cath has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Geothermal Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy to study membrane distillation desalination of impaired water using low-grade heat from geothermal power plants. Read more. Mounir Zok, senior sports technologist for the United States Olympic - [Engineering Art: From Transmission Chains to Dreamcatchers](https://minesmagazine.com/11938/) - Visit student Laine Greaves-Smith in his garage and you'll find him buried in an assortment of sprockets, gears, pipes, bearings, aluminum, steel, and transmission chains. The Mines engineering student uses recycled car parts to create functional art pieces, such as chandeliers, lamps, and vases. Instead of heading to a furniture store, Greaves-Smith, who is studying - [Rebuilding the West's Oldest Football Stadium](https://minesmagazine.com/11917/) - Colorado School of Mines football has long held the distinction of playing in one of America's most historic football stadiums. Now, they'll enjoy playing in one of America's best. The 2015 season marks the debut of Marv Kay Stadium at Campbell Field, a state-of-the-art home for Oredigger football that completely rebuilds the West's oldest football - [Signs of Life: Tim Lyons '80 is PI for NASA's Alternative Earths Team](https://minesmagazine.com/11948/) - So far, we only know of one planet in the universe that can support life. True or false? From Tim Lyons point of view, that's both true and false. "It's true we have an N of 1 that is, one known place where life exists," says Lyons '80, who earned his bachelor's degree in geological - [Reinventing Steel: Mines Alumni Test their Mettle in Flourishing Field of Ferrous Metals Research](https://minesmagazine.com/11940/) - From his third-floor office at the General Motors Warren Technical Center just outside Detroit, metallurgical engineer Jason Coryell '04 can clearly envision the automobile of the future. It will be made of a state-of-the-art material strong enough to protect drivers through even the most serious of rollovers, yet light enough to slash car weights and - [Faculty Member Spotlight](https://minesmagazine.com/12033/) - To learn some fun facts about Weimer Distinguished Chair and GE professor, Lesli Wood, read the magazine's spotlight here. For more information about Lesli Wood, visit this link. - [In Memoriam: Summer 2015](https://minesmagazine.com/10033/) - Hossein Bahmanyar MSc '74 of Woodland Hills, Calif., died Jan. 5, 2011. Born in 1945, he received his bachelor's degree from the Fanni School of Engineering in Tehran, Iran (1967), his master's degree in mining engineering from Mines (1974), and his PhD in rock mechanics and soil engineering from the University of Wisconsin (1981). He - [Poised to Help Grow the U.S. Nuclear Energy Portfolio](https://minesmagazine.com/764/) - U.S. nuclear energy is likely to grow rapidly over the next decade, and AREVA, the world's largest nuclear energy technology provider, is expected to play a major role in this growth. If so, then as strategy director for AREVA's North American division, Mari Angeles Major-Sosias '85, MS '92 could play a key role in reshaping - [Bolts from the Blue: A Journey from Engineer to Playwright](https://minesmagazine.com/758/) - The moment of inspiration came one drab day on the 26th floor of a Holiday Inn in Wichita, KS. An Amoco research engineer at the time, Roger Rueff '78, MS '83, PhD '85 had been ruminating on an idea for a play for several months. "I found myself in a hospitality suite with a salesman - [Alumnus Virtually Illuminates the Magical Kingdom](https://minesmagazine.com/753/) - At the intersection of art and technology, where mathematical computer modeling meets lighting design in the animated movie industry, you'll find Chris Springfield '91. The artist/engineer just wrapped up three and a half years of work on the recently released computer-animated Disney movie, Bolt. Springfield supervised the lighting on a number of scenes, overseeing, as - [Alumnus Helps Build Nuclear Engineering Program](https://minesmagazine.com/748/) - "Worldwide energy demand is expected to double in the next 20 years," says Frank Gibbs '84, PhD '98, before asking, "Where will it come from?" He believes the answer, at least in part, is nuclear power. And to help Mines play a significant role and establish itsNuclear Science and Engineering Program, he is contributing half - [Having "a Blast" Mining for Minerals](https://minesmagazine.com/736/) - Bryan Lees '85 makes his living from mining. But he's not hauling hundreds of tons of dirt out of a mountain; instead, he's carefully chipping away at the walls of old mine shafts searching for gems and minerals. The owner of a world-renowned mineral specimen and gemstone mining company, Lees has collected rocks since he - [Industry Veteran Puts Recent Grad Through "Boot Camp"](https://minesmagazine.com/743/) - Stewart Chuber '52 worked in the oil and gas field for 10 years before he found a mentor. When he did, he benefited immensely, and went on to flourish: With a PhD from Stanford University, Chuber has held senior positions in a number of oil and gas companies, lectured around the country, and since 1978, - [Spoiled Dogs, Pinot Noir and Black Angus](https://minesmagazine.com/720/) - Jack and Karen Krug have escaped to a world of their own. Tucked away in the woods of Whidbey Island, Washington on a small pristine farm, they are enjoying an early retirement that seems as far removed as it could be from their high-flying careers in the oil industry. Jack '70, MS '71, PhD '77, - [NASA Flight Controller Prepares for the Worst](https://minesmagazine.com/726/) - At space camp in high school, James Johnson '03 was disappointed that he wasn't selected to be an astronaut. Instead, he was put on mission control. He had a blast (pun intended). "It was kind of foreshadowing, I guess," says Johnson, who today is a flight controller for the space shuttle program at the Johnson - [Alumnus Manages Brown Expansion](https://minesmagazine.com/240/) - Alumnus Manages Brown Expansion He's completed plenty of tough assignments for the engineering division, but this is the toughest. Thankfully, he's the one getting paid this time. Mines is spending $33 million on the 78,000-square-foot Brown Hall addition currently under construction, and mechanical engineer Scott Hodgson '03 is the person responsible for overseeing about $10 - [Giving Life](https://minesmagazine.com/243/) - Giving Life The decision to offer one of his kidneys for transplantation to any suitable recipient didn't happen overnight. It came in stages for George Taniwaki '81, who is a software program manager and contractor on assignment with Microsoft. "A couple of people I worked with were kidney donors for people they were genetically related - [Nuclear Engineering Gearing Up](https://minesmagazine.com/2717/) - [Fred Fraikor, Research Professor (retired)](https://minesmagazine.com/450/) - [Mountain Rescue Training in China](https://minesmagazine.com/7758/) - Amber Moran '09, a volunteer for Summit County Rescue Group, traveled to a remote part of China in September 2012 with her organization and the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group as part of a cultural and training exchange with the Sichuan Mountaineering Association. The American teams taught avalanche rescue, high angle rope rescue, and search tactics, - [Living As the Locals Do](https://minesmagazine.com/8585/) - Sorry it's been so long since my last post, but it has been quite busy the last few weeks! I want first to tell you about my classes here, since I am well into the semester now. While the system is definitely different from that at home, I quickly adjusted to the one-lecture-a-week schedule and - [Austrian Cooking](https://minesmagazine.com/8600/) - My latest endeavor to involve myself in Austrian culture was cooking a full Austrian meal. Thus far, I have very much enjoyed the local cuisine at the restaurants here in Leoben, so I though I would try out some of the recipes myself. - [Trip to Al Ain, The Garden City](https://minesmagazine.com/4623/) - I take a 7:20 a.m. bus from the back turn circle at PI to Al Wahda Bus Station in Abu Dhabi. From here, my plan is to take the 700 route to Al Ain for 10 AED. I have a few minutes to kill, so I go inside the bus station, buy a felafel sandwich for 4 AED (~$1.08), and find which gate my bus would depart from. While waiting, a fellow, about 35, comes up to me and says, "Al Ain?" - [Students give back during spring break](https://minesmagazine.com/5518/) - During a week many students head to beaches for a little R&R, nearly two dozen Mines students lent a hand in three community service projects in the Denver metro area. - [Travels with Clifford: Khasab (Oman), Kazakhstan and France](https://minesmagazine.com/5429/) - If my trip to Al Ain, detailed in my last post, was categorized as "travels as a poor, starving college student," the most recent trip to Khasab and Ras Al Khaimah would be "travels as and with Emiratis." - [A Weekend in Oman](https://minesmagazine.com/5690/) - Last weekend, the three of us made a quick trip to the Sultanate of Oman. We flew into the capital, Muscat, late on Thursday night because our weekends in Abu Dhabi are on Friday and Saturday. We stayed at a bed and breakfast owned by a German guy, and he told us that it was - [Farewell, Abu Dhabi](https://minesmagazine.com/5673/) - The past four months have gone very quickly and it's hard to believe that I will be leaving Abu Dhabi in a few days. Before I reflect on the experience as a whole, let me fill you in on what we've been up to recently. We had a spring break back at the start of - [2012 Celebration of Alumni Award Winners](https://minesmagazine.com/5735/) - Distinguished Achievement Medalists Karen Krug '84 Of Counsel, SNR Denton; Owner, Spoiled Dog Vineyard Karen Krug is an experienced energy negotiator with more than 30 years in the energy industry as both a lawyer and a petroleum engineer. A lawyer with international firm SNR Denton, she was based in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan) - [Berlin, Hannover, Harz Mountains and Rain](https://minesmagazine.com/6293/) - I cannot believe I have already been here for three weeks. The first weekend a group of us went to Berlin and had an absolute ball. Berlin, even though it's so stoic and most of its history is covered by graffiti, is definitely one of my favorites. - [Visit to Belguim](https://minesmagazine.com/6373/) - Last weekend we went to Brussels, and it turned out to be Belgium 'National Day' on the Saturday we were there. (Their national holiday is actually called 'National Day.') This coincidence made our trip so much more interesting because we got to see the king of Belgium (along with 100 horses) as he was going - [Das Auto](https://minesmagazine.com/6395/) - For the last two weeks I have been in an automotive engineering class here at TU Braunschweig. University classes in Germany are structured differently from those in the U.S. becasue 100% of your grade is based on the final test at the end of the semester. Yikes! - [The Olympics](https://minesmagazine.com/6426/) - The atmosphere in London was amazing. It seems like all 10 million people there are completely engrossed in the Olympics. The double decker buses, the ads, the newspapers, the signs, the streets, the taxis, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower Bridge; everywhere you look: Olympics. - [Autumn Activities in Germany](https://minesmagazine.com/7023/) - Autumn is in full swing here with the all the wonderful colors. I absolutely love just walking around the parks. Another exciting thing about autumn: U.S. elections! - [Backpacking Central Europe](https://minesmagazine.com/6471/) - School in Europe does start until around the first of October. So while everyone at Mines was starting school, I was busy backpacking around Europe. - [Caves, Mines, and Building a Playground for Disabled Children](https://minesmagazine.com/2482/) - Well, as expected, my hopes of easy and regular wifi access have been dashed. We are staying at the Southern African Wildlife College in Mpumalanga, South Africa at the moment, and we are almost finished with the construction of one of the major aspects of our trip: building the playground at God's Will Disabled School. - [Cool New Digs: Construction on Brown and Maple Halls Almost Complete](https://minesmagazine.com/2790/) - [Annette L. Bunge: Professor Emerita, Chemical and Biological Engineering](https://minesmagazine.com/3002/) - Twenty-five years ago, a colleague mentioned to Annette Bunge that dermatologists at the University of Utah were finding strange results in their study of chemicals moving through skin. Boldly crossing the discipline barrier, Bunge took a sabbatical in Utah, where she applied an engineer's perspective to the biological problem, and quickly resolved the anomaly. This - [Pondering While Packing](https://minesmagazine.com/4126/) - In eight days, I will be flying out to Abu Dhabi to begin a study abroad semester at The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. Obviously, I need to pack my bags, but this blog will probably be more interesting if I discuss some of the things on my mind instead of detailing which Polos I'm taking. - [First two days in Abu Dhabi](https://minesmagazine.com/4269/) - Greetings from the United Arab Emirates. My flight arrived Thursday evening, and a taxi took me to the PI, only about 20 minutes from the airport. By the next morning, the three CSM students had arrived, and set off for the day. - [Doing it Big in Abu Dhabi](https://minesmagazine.com/4311/) - It's been six days since I arrived in Abu Dhabi for the first time, and I've learned that this city certainly knows how to make an impression! The United Arab Emirates was founded 40 years ago, and Abu Dhabi was nothing more than a small settlement on the Arabian Gulf back then. Today, the city - [Dry Cleaned Jeans](https://minesmagazine.com/4271/) - For several years now, I have been purchasing the same make, cut, style and size of jeans. And now for several months, my dry-cleaned jeans will stay on the hangar and in the plastic; it's far too warm to wear them. - [Still Going Strong](https://minesmagazine.com/4370/) - It's been close to two weeks since coming to Abu Dhabi and it still never ceases to amaze. We are finally past the period of being the new students on campus and are starting to get back into a routine. - [The Adventures Heat Up](https://minesmagazine.com/4379/) - First, let me start with the basketball update that I promised. As you can see, there is a glory picture, which means that we came away with the championship in the tournament! - [Ski Dubai](https://minesmagazine.com/4553/) - While it is certainly true that my skiing options this season took a significant hit with the decision to come to Abu Dhabi, it is not true that snow skiing is impossible in the Emirates! In Dubai, there is an indoor ski slope that is essentially a giant refrigerator turned into a ski slope. This place is called Ski Dubai, and it is located in a giant mall called Mall of the Emirates. - [School, Camping and Dubai](https://minesmagazine.com/4451/) - I thought that I'd start off this blog post by providing a bit more information about what it's like to be a student at the PI, just in case some of you thought that we've not been working hard enough during our time in the UAE. The PI was founded in 2001 by ADNOC (Abu - [Sand Golf](https://minesmagazine.com/4505/) - Ian and I did a pretty cool thing this afternoon: We played golf on a sand golf course called Al Ghazal. Sand golf is similar to the golf on grass that we're familiar with, except that the course has been modified for arid climates. The putting surface is referred to as a brown instead of a green, and it is very important to sweep up your footprints to keep the browns in good shape. - [College Escapades in A.D.](https://minesmagazine.com/4487/) - Since my last post, I moved from Building 21, the yellow hostel that houses grad students, to Building 24, which houses primarily petroleum engineering students. Nothing against Robert and Ian, but I want to get the full experience of being here. - [Settling in Nicely](https://minesmagazine.com/4564/) - 12,000 people in the Middle East! This is crazy! These were the first words spoken by French DJ David Guetta last Friday night during his concert at Yas Arena in Abu Dhabi. Ian and I decided that it was part of our duty to research local culture to attend the concert, which was the biggest - [CSM 2010 Medalists](https://minesmagazine.com/132/) - 2010 Distinguished Achievement Medalists The Distinguished Achievement Medal is awarded by the Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees to alumni or former students for significant career achievements that enhance the reputation and/or mission of Colorado School of Mines. Lauren E. Evans '82 Lauren Evans, who graduated from Mines in 1982 with a BSc. in - [German for a Year](https://minesmagazine.com/5794/) - I'm Kate Rooney, a junior in Mechanical Engineering here at Colorado School of Mines, and in just one week I fly over to Germany to spend a year abroad. Amidst the franticness of calling banks, visiting friends and packing up, I've come to realize that my excitement and nerves are at an all-time high. In - [Home in Braunschweig](https://minesmagazine.com/5837/) - After flying 14 hours, going through security twice, and butchering the German language through customs, all my stuff and I made it to Deutschland! - [First Week of Hochschule](https://minesmagazine.com/6524/) - School has finally started here in Germany! And after taking another month of intensive German class, I still wasn't ready for the German University system. - [International Day and Manufacturing Classes](https://minesmagazine.com/7049/) - Last week was International Day here at Hochschule Bremen, and it was huge. There are about 130 exchange students this semester, and I would like to think we are all the reason why International Day was so great, but in reality, it is because many majors at Hochschule Bremen are required to study abroad for their major. - [Christmastime in Germany](https://minesmagazine.com/7068/) - Around the time Thanksgiving came to an end in the USA, Germany seemed to dive headfirst into Christmas. All of a sudden, the whole town was decorated with lights and garland, the snow started falling, and of course, the Christmas markets opened up. - [Finals](https://minesmagazine.com/7621/) - January and February were full of studying and exams. To set the scene a little bit, finals (Klausuren) in Germany work a little differently than in American colleges. Here, Klausuren are usually worth 100% of your grade. "Finals week" takes place during a span of two weeks. - [EWB Completes Footbridge in Nicaragua](https://minesmagazine.com/8141/) - This spring, a group of Mines students representing Engineers Without Borders-USA traveled to the small community of Los Gomez in Nicaragua to complete a pedestrian footbridge over the frequently flooded Rio Ochomogo River. - [First Moments in Europe](https://minesmagazine.com/8549/) - I arrived in Leoben Monday last and have spent the week settling into my new home for the next five months. I can already tell I will love it here. - [A Look into Austrian Flags](https://minesmagazine.com/8611/) - I have spent some time now looking at the Austrian flag and wondering what exactly it stood for. Every flag has a special meaning, and the more I saw the Austrian flag embedded with the coat of arms, the more curious I became. I finally took the initiative and asked some locals what the symbols meant, filling in any blanks with a little research of my own. - [Learning a Few New Phrases](https://minesmagazine.com/8617/) - After living in Austria for a few months now, I have put together a list of commonly used phrases that I have heard on a day-to-day basis. My knowledge of the language is still pretty basic, so while the phrases are not complicated, they are the only ones I can pick out when walking down the streets or browsing the stores. - [Why I Went to Nepal](https://minesmagazine.com/8658/) - I am Scott Harper, a 2013 graduate of Mines in metallurgical and materials engineering. During the summer of 2012 I spent 10 weeks at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore as part of an undergraduate research project. I became fascinated by aspects of South Asia that distinguish it as a subcontinent to the rest - [Into India](https://minesmagazine.com/8861/) - It all started with a 36-hour travel period from Austin to Kathmandu, which included a three-hour excursion to see the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque during my layover in Istanbul. Besides commenting that the monuments were breathtaking and the weather excellent, all I'll say here is that I will have to return some day. - [Religion Around the World](https://minesmagazine.com/8853/) - I was lucky enough to spend Easter Break on a trek through Nepal. It all started with a Groupon I received in my email for a 12-day tour, which included a five-day trek. - [The Situation at Eejot](https://minesmagazine.com/8925/) - Read more about Scott Harper's trip to Nepal here. Monday, 30th of September, 2013, 10:30 a.m. This morning starkly contrasted with last night's comfort. The weather was pleasant; you could sit without sweating and I got one of the best rests since being here. I woke up at 5:30 to similarly pleasant weather, but I - [Exploring the Kathmandu Valley](https://minesmagazine.com/8954/) - The pace of the last week picked up considerably from previous weeks. Last Wednesday I wrapped up my first stay in Sisautiya with the promise that I would return, and I devised a way to avoid the 14-hour bus ride back to Kathmandu. - [A Stupa, Temples and the Valley Rim](https://minesmagazine.com/8976/) - Read more about Scott Harper's trip to Nepal here. Wednesday, 16 October, 2013, 7:45 a.m. So, a Canadian, a German and an American walk into a medieval Nepali city. No joke, but I'll get to that in a minute. Last Thursday, I set out on a five-day mini-trek into the eastern portion of the Kathmandu - [A Little Bit of Literature](https://minesmagazine.com/8991/) - Hello again! Things in Leoben have been busy, as usual. Between studying for exams and trying to find the time to see newly made friends before going back to the states, the days seem to fly by! It amazes me how I have been able meet new people and create amazing friendships here in Leoben - [Arecibo Bound!](https://minesmagazine.com/8995/) - When I first announced that I would be going to the Arecibo Observatory this summer, I was told by many people that I should watch the James Bond movie "GoldenEye." I had never seen the movie. After all, it came out in 1995 when I was just learning to walk. - [A Day at the Disappearing Lake](https://minesmagazine.com/9012/) - As my time in Austria nears its end, my wonderful friends here are trying to make some of my last moments my best. While eating dinner the other night, I was told to meet them at a cross street at 10:30 the next morning for an adventure I would never forget. - [Hike for Help](https://minesmagazine.com/9020/) - I should have known that we would meet in Boudhanath. As the epicenter of the displaced Tibetan community in Nepal and generally all things Buddhist, there really is no more appropriate place for any true Sherpa. - [Home Sweet Hut](https://minesmagazine.com/9040/) - I spent my first day here moving in and exploring the campus. Arecibo is situated on very coarse terrain rampant with sinkholes, hills and valleys. To return to the cabin from the offices I have a stair climb roughly equivalent to climbing Red Rocks Amphitheatre. - [A Festival of Nations](https://minesmagazine.com/9081/) - Over the months I've been here, I've seen some amazing sights, met some incredible people, and have tasted some delicious food! Just a few days ago the school put on a Festival of Nations and it combined all three. - [The Heart of Mithila](https://minesmagazine.com/9103/) - Another bus ride from hell marked the beginning of my second and last stay in Sisautiya. I was traveling with Prashant, Rashmi, Gayatri and Baibhav because Deepavali was approaching, and, for the same reason, everyone and their brother were also dispersing to their home villages from Kathmandu for the holiday. What resulted was a jam-packed bus, with people variably standing, sitting and lying in the aisle. - [On the Fly](https://minesmagazine.com/9123/) - This past weekend I was able to cross off a major bucket list item, piloting a plane! A local scientist took me out with a flight instructor and I was able to copilot a Cessna 172 around the island. The views of Arecibo from the sky are absolutely incredible. The topography of the island varies - [Running in Circles](https://minesmagazine.com/9145/) - During my freshman year at Mines I was a varsity track and field athlete. While I am no longer able to compete due to injuries, I enjoy running in my free time. Every evening, as the sun starts to set behind the trees, I run laps around the 305-meter-diameter primary reflector. I often use this - [A Bit of Austrian Gastronomy](https://minesmagazine.com/9120/) - fter spending five months on the other side of the world eating totally different cuisine, another food post was inevitable. This one is a bit different from my last one, however, in that I didn't actually make the food myself. The items featured in this post are just a few of the Austrian foods that - [Farewell to Sisautiya](https://minesmagazine.com/9198/) - Read more about Scott Harper's trip to Nepal here. Monday, 25 November 2013, 10:15 a.m. The wheels on the bus fall off, off, off, off, off, off, off, off, off. The wheels on the bus fall off, off, off all through Nepal! It's a good thing that back wheels come in pairs. Otherwise, I probably - [Six Months, Many Countries, Countless Memories](https://minesmagazine.com/9187/) - There is nothing that makes you feel quite so German as renting a car, driving the Autobahn, admiring castles in the distance and ending the day at a traditional Bavarian restaurant. - [Kleopatra](https://minesmagazine.com/9245/) - The same week that I arrived at Arecibo, the observatory staff began noticing another visitor, a small, black, shaggy dog, clearly struggling to survive in the streets. I have always been a dog lover and couldn't bear to watch the animal suffer while I had more food in front of me than I could eat. So I began leaving food and water for the dog. - [Progress with Computers and Politics](https://minesmagazine.com/9169/) - Read more about Scott Harper's trip to Nepal here. Monday, 18 November, 2013, 1:10 p.m. I must begin this update with some words of caution: Beware an 8-year-old Nepali kid named Rahul running around the Internet. If I hadn't already unleashed him, I have surely done so now, because I helped create a Facebook account - [Richard M. T. Young '38](https://minesmagazine.com/674/) - Richard M. T. Young '38 of Palo Alto, Calif., died on October 26, 2009. Richard was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1916. He won a scholarship to the Punahou School in Honolulu and later earned a degree in metallurgical engineering from Mines. His first job was the construction of a steel mill in Anning, Yunnan - [Lawrence C. 'Larry' Tisdel '54](https://minesmagazine.com/672/) - Lawrence C. "Larry" Tisdel '54 of Port O'Conner, Texas, died on February 18, 2010. Born in 1932, Larry was raised in Brighton, Colo., where he attended public school and received a scholarship to Mines. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and earned a degree in petroleum refining engineering. Shortly after graduation, - [Richard Lee 'Dick' Schmittel '67](https://minesmagazine.com/670/) - Richard Lee "Dick" Schmittel '67 of Nevada City, Calif., died on July 30, 2009. He was born in 1943 in Salida, Colo. Dick received a five-year National Merit Educational Scholarship, which he used to attend Mines. He joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and graduated with a degree in mining engineering. Dick was fluent in - [Paul M. "Mike" Rivera '77](https://minesmagazine.com/668/) - Paul M. "Mike" Rivera '77 of Azusa, Calif., died on July 10, 2009. Mike was born in Denver, Colo., in 1954. He graduated from North High School in 1972 and later graduated from Mines with a degree in geological engineering. He loved his work and traveled to Mexico, Algeria and Venezuela. Mike's career in the - [Bobby G. Newton '52](https://minesmagazine.com/664/) - Bobby G. Newton '52 of Hinsdale, Ill., died on May 16, 2010. He was born in 1928 in Newton County, Okla. His family later moved to Nickerson, Kan., where he graduated from Reno Community High School in 1946. Bobby was a member of Tau Beta Pi and graduated from Mines with a degree in geological - [Jerry R. McLeod '57](https://minesmagazine.com/660/) - Jerry R. McLeod '57 of Carmel, Calif., died on March 1, 2010. Jerry was born in 1935 and was raised in Shreveport, La., where he graduated from Byrd High School in 1953. While at Mines he was an all-conference guard on Mines' football team, the editor of The Oredigger in his senior year, and a - [E. Jay Mayhew '41](https://minesmagazine.com/658/) - E. Jay Mayhew '41 died on February 18, 2010. Jay was born in 1916 and grew up on his family's farm near Trusdale, Kan. On August 3, 1938, shortly after starting his career at Mines, he and Helen M. Moore eloped. After graduating from Mines with a degree in geological engineering, he immediately went to - [Robert W. 'Bob' MacCannon '51](https://minesmagazine.com/656/) - Robert W. "Bob" MacCannon '51 of Pueblo, Colo., died on August 17, 2010. Bob was born in 1929 in Denver and graduated from Mines with a degree in metallurgical engineering. He joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the ROTC program at Mines. In 1954, he received a second degree in mining engineering. During the - [Dent L. Lay '35](https://minesmagazine.com/654/) - Dent L. Lay '35 of Boulder City, Nev., died on February 16, 2010. Dent was born in Rocky Ford, Colo., in 1912. He graduated from Mines with a degree in metallurgical engineering. At Mines, Dent was active in sports, earning four letters in basketball and three in football. He was a member of the Sigma - [William 'Bill' N. Lawless](https://minesmagazine.com/652/) - William "Bill" N. Lawless '59 of Westerville, Ohio, died on December 25, 2009. Bill was born in Denver in 1936. He graduated from Mines with a degree in metallurgical engineering and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In 1965, he received his PhD in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. - [Perry K. 'P.K.' Hurlbut '40](https://minesmagazine.com/650/) - Perry K. "P.K." Hurlbut '40 of Midland, Texas, died on February 7, 2010. P.K. was born in 1914 in Joplin, Mo. He graduated from Mines with a degree in geological engineering. He began his career working as a geologist in the mercury mines in Terlingua, Texas, and joined the Army after the attack on Pearl - [George E. Gebhardt '40](https://minesmagazine.com/648/) - George E. Gebhardt '40 of Coos Bay, Ore., died on January 24, 2010. Born in 1915, George was raised in Coos Bay and attended North Bend High School, where he was class president, won the extemporary speaking contest and was selected outstanding senior boy. After graduating in 1933, George attended Mines, where he earned a - [Robert "Bob" Elliot '69](https://minesmagazine.com/646/) - Robert "Bob" Elliot '69 of Moon, Va., died on January 30, 2010. Born in 1946, Bob graduated from Mines with a degree in geophysical engineering. Bob completed naval officer training in Pensacola, Fla., and served as a naval aviator for 21 years. After retiring from the Navy as a lieutenant commander, Bob resided in Stafford, - [Frederick 'Fred' Carpenter](https://minesmagazine.com/642/) - Frederick "Fred" Carpenter of Rockford, Ill., died on February 2, 2009. Fred was born in 1913. He married Velma Hicks on June 18, 1935. During his career, Fred was a professor of mathematics at Mines and Colorado State University. He was a member of the Mathematical Association of America since 1944 and was an avid - [William "Bill" E. Bremkamp '49](https://minesmagazine.com/640/) - William "Bill" E. Bremkamp '49 of Greenwood Village, Colo., died on December 8, 2009. Bill was born in 1922 in Brighton, Colo. He married Josephine Rombeck on January 29, 1949, in Denver. He graduated from Mines with a degree in geological engineering, before beginning a lifelong career in the oil and gas business. However, his - [Dwight H. Bingham, Jr. '49](https://minesmagazine.com/636/) - Dwight H. Bingham, Jr. '49 of San Angelo, Texas, died on May 28, 2009. Dwight was born in 1949 in Lake Charles, La. A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, he graduated from Mines with a degree in geological engineering. On the day of his graduation, he married Louise Marie Berninghausen. Dwight worked as a geological - [Campus Construction: A Photo Update](https://minesmagazine.com/1457/) - The following photos of construction on the Brown Hall addition, Maple Hall (the new freshmen dormitory on Maple Street), and Marquez Hall provide a small window into some of the big changes afoot on campus. - [Winter Commencement Speech by Gov. Bill Ritter](https://minesmagazine.com/1232/) - December 17, 2010 President Scoggins, Members of the Board of Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Family and Friends of the graduates, and most importantly, to the graduates of Colorado School of Mines for December, 2010: You honor me today with your invitation to speak. And certainly, you honor me with an honorary degree from this esteemed - [Geology Museum Receives Award](https://minesmagazine.com/1409/) - The Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum's exhibit at the 2010 Denver Gem and Mineral Show was recognized with the Donna Chirnside Trophy, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding exhibit at the show. Nineteen museums attended this year's event. In this photograph, Bill Chirnside '74 awards the trophy to Bruce Geller, Mines' museum - [Unicyclist Max Schulze, a 2010-11 Freshman Takes a Tour of Campus](https://minesmagazine.com/1263/) - UNICON XV from Max Schulze on Vimeo. - [Prospering by Degrees](https://minesmagazine.com/477/) - Durga Prasad Kar MS '02, PhD '10 earned his graduate degrees in economics at Mines. In 2003, he and his wife founded Alternative Development Initiative for Rural Engagement (ADIRE), a nonprofit working to improve the lives of the rural poor in India through appropriate technology, renewable energy and local capacity building. - [The Rough and Tough of Diamond Mining](https://minesmagazine.com/472/) - Geophysical engineering alumnus Eric Friedland '86 has had an unconventional and challenging career path, most recently founding Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. His company is working to uncover what could be the most important diamond discovery in decades. - [Honoring Our Own](https://minesmagazine.com/466/) - Help the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association identify outstanding alumni for their service to the alumni association and the school. Read Professor Emeritus Robert (Bob) Weimer's observations on receiving the Melville F. Coolbaugh Memorial Award in 1995. - [Your 115-Year-Old Alumni Association](https://minesmagazine.com/462/) - CSM Alumni Association President Julia Hoagland '90 provides an update on CSMAA's activities and finances. Learn more about your alumni association and how to get involved. - [Oredigger News & Notes Fall/Winter 2010](https://minesmagazine.com/420/) - News and notes on Mines Athletics. - [Mines Ranked #6 in NCSA's 2010 Collegiate Power Rankings](https://minesmagazine.com/413/) - Mines Athletics was ranked #6 in the National Collegiate Scouting Association's 2010 NCAA Division II Collegiate Power Rankings, which assesses the academic and athletic standards of most college athletic programs across the country. Mines was the only Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference institution listed in the top 75 NCSA rankings for 2010. The NCSA's Collegiate Power - [Men's Cross Country #2](https://minesmagazine.com/411/) - In a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Top-25 poll this fall, the men's cross country team achieved a #2 national ranking. The Orediggers were ranked third in the pre-season poll. - [Men's Soccer Ranked #1 in Nation](https://minesmagazine.com/409/) - This fall, Mines' men's soccer team achieved a #1 national ranking, marking the first time that a Mines team has been ranked at the top of a national Top-25 poll. - [Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation makes $4.2 million pledge payment; Other recent gifts](https://minesmagazine.com/406/) - Colorado School of Mines recently received 11 large gifts, including $4.2 million from the Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation and $760,000 from Chevron. - [A Celebration 'At the Frontier'](https://minesmagazine.com/397/) - In October, Mines held its annual Century Society Dinner to honor major contributors to the school and to present its 2010 Philanthropy Awards. This year's event highlighted some of the university's research at the frontier of innovation, as well as its mining frontier heritage. - [Grinder Scholarship Sharpens Competitive Edge for Mines Wrestlers](https://minesmagazine.com/402/) - With a $105,000 endowment contribution last spring, Ed Gallegos '92 established a scholarship fund to benefit student-athletes on Mines' varsity wrestling team. - [BP Oil Spill Prompts Hydrate Research](https://minesmagazine.com/388/) - Research taking place at the Mines Hydrate Center could shed light on processes never before observed for avoiding another disaster like the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon rupture. - [In Brief Fall/Winter 2010](https://minesmagazine.com/381/) - Read about recent campus news. - [New Tradition Honors Longtime Friend of Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/384/) - The Orediggers took home a newly minted award - the Nyikos Cup - after defeating RMAC rival Mesa State College 46-10 on October 16. The award was named in honor of longtime member of the Mines Board of Trustees, and it will go to the winner of the annual football game between Mines and Mesa State. - [Moon Rock Lands at Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/376/) - A rare moon rock, long thought to be missing, was recently put on display at the Mines Geology Museum. Its value estimated at more than $5 million, the specimen was one of 360 rocks to come back to Earth in 1974 aboard Apollo 17, the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. Gov. Bill Ritter spoke recently at the ceremonial unveiling of the new exhibit. - [Students Design Award-Winning Sound Wall](https://minesmagazine.com/372/) - Mines engineering students designed an award-winning sound-wall that has reduced traffic noise from Sixth Avenue as their Senior Design project. Their project began in 2008, and after construction was completed last spring, the project won the 2010 City of Lakewood Community Sustainability Award for its use of 3,330 recycled tires. - [What Is a Mines Degree Worth?](https://minesmagazine.com/367/) - Colorado School of Mines was ranked first among public institutions for 30-year net return on investment for graduates who paid in-state tuition, and second int he same category for graduates who paid out-of-state tuition. - [Peter Werlin](https://minesmagazine.com/447/) - From Bierstadt Donor's Grandson We received the note you sent with the copy of Mines magazine that included the article about the Bierstadt painting. The story of Benjamin Briscoe giving the painting to the school in 1938 is well known in our family. He was an interesting man. Before getting into mining later in his - [Morgan T. Townsend '48](https://minesmagazine.com/444/) - Thank you, Nick. Copy received and read cover to cover. Your editorship is producing a very professional work. My wife is a DU graduate and I see her copy of the Alumni magazine, yours is far superior. Morgan T. Townsend '48 - [Ian Berke '64](https://minesmagazine.com/358/) - Federal Oversight of Hydraulic Fracturing Jim Classen's letter in the summer issue of Mines opines that EPA regulation of hydraulic fracturing isn't necessary, because it is already policed by state agencies. However, his reasons for why groundwater contamination is improbable do not square with what has been widely reported from a number of different sources. - [A Rough Road to Riches](https://minesmagazine.com/456/) - Tim Marquez '80 and his wife, Bernie, recently attended the groundbreaking for Marquez Hall. This article details the couple's motivations for their $10-million matching gift for the building, while tracing some of Tim's turbulent and intriguing professional journey. - [Constructing a Landmark](https://minesmagazine.com/422/) - Dave Zanetell '87 has spent the last six years leading the design and construction of a historic bridge in the shadow of Hoover Dam. This account details some of the many challenges he faced to complete such a monumental project. - [DeltaDays 2011](https://minesmagazine.com/1979/) - DeltaDays 2011: Become the Change marked the largest diversity celebration in Mines history and one of the largest of its kind on the Front Range. Guest speakers including Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia spoke about race, gender, religion and related topics in 15 sessions over eight days in January. The event drew an estimated 2,000 students, - [Tayler Rigsby awarded ARCADIS internship](https://minesmagazine.com/1996/) - Graduate student Tayler Rigsby was awarded the Colorado School of Mines Master of Science Internship in March from ARCADIS. The international design, consulting, engineering and management services company partners with Mines to target graduate students interested in environmental consulting. "Through the experience, the interns are able to directly apply and leverage their academic training and - [Mines' Greek Community Gives Back](https://minesmagazine.com/1985/) - Mines Greek community of seven fraternities and three sororities contributed 416 full days of service during the 2010-2011 year, which equates to about 1 day per member. The ten chapters also raised over $10,000 for charity. - [Ralph E. Anderson '52](https://minesmagazine.com/1753/) - Ralph E. Anderson '52 of San Antonio died on August 6, 2010. Ralph was born in 1930 in Richmond, Ill., and attended Richmond-Burton High School. A member of the Blue Key International Honor Society, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in petroleum refining engineering before embarking on a 41-year career with Amoco. His - [John 'Jack' Powell Babcock, Jr. '45](https://minesmagazine.com/1755/) - John 'Jack' Powell Babcock, Jr. '45 of Rialto, Calif., died on March 14, 2010. Jack was born in 1923 and grew up in Paris, Ill. A member of Beta Theta Pi, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in petroleum engineering before serving in the U.S. Navy as an electronics, radio, radar and sonar - [Real Joseph Balthazar '62](https://minesmagazine.com/1757/) - Real Joseph Balthazar '62 of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., died on August 21, 2010. Real was born in 1932 in Albans, Vt., close to the Canadian border, 1where he grew up with his two sisters and his mother during the Great Depression. His father died in 1937. Drafted to serve during the Korean1 War in 1950, - [Robert Gerald 'Bob' Brunger '42](https://minesmagazine.com/1759/) - Robert Gerald 'Bob' Brunger '42 of Murrysville, Pa., died on December 22, 2009. Born in 1921, Bob attended both Denver Christian School and South High School. A member of the Tau Beta Pi honor society at Mines, he met and married Alberta Ham before graduating with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering. After working briefly - [John P. Davis '56](https://minesmagazine.com/1761/) - John P. Davis '56 of Tonopah, Nev., died on January 26, 2011. Born in New York in 1934, John grew up in Santa Barbara, Calif., and attended Laguna Blanca High School. A member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in mining engineering and worked in the mining - [Julian L. Davis '69](https://minesmagazine.com/1764/) - Julian L. Davis '69 of Lewiston, Idaho, died on October 23, 2010. Julian was born in 1935 in Colorado Springs, Colo. While working alongside his father in uranium mines, he developed a lifelong interest in the mining industry. In 1952, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. He married Patricia Montague - [Glenn M. Fedderson '49](https://minesmagazine.com/1766/) - Glenn M. Fedderson '49 of El Dorado, Ariz., diedon October 24, 2010. Glenn was born in 1922 in Rushville, Mo. During World War II, while serving as a navigator in the Army Air Corps, he was captured and spent two and one-half years in Germany's Stalag Luft III (POW Camp for Airmen #3), which was - [Lawrence A. Garfield '50](https://minesmagazine.com/1768/) - Lawrence A. Garfield '50 of Stewartville, Minn., died on November 11, 2010. Lawrence was born in 1921 in Canton, Ohio, and moved to Fort Collins, Colo., with his family as a young boy. He graduated from high school in 1939 and later enlisted in the Army Air Corps, serving overseas during World War II in - [Phil Halstead '54](https://minesmagazine.com/1770/) - Phil Halstead '54 of Littleton, Colo., died on May 4, 2010. He was born in 1933 in Flushing, N.Y., and earned a professional degree from Mines in geological engineering. His specialty of integrating data from diverse disciplines resulted in his contributing to the discovery of billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet - [Owen Kingman '42](https://minesmagazine.com/1772/) - Owen Kingman '42 of Grand Junction, Colo., died on August 22, 2010. Owen was born in 1917 in Fort Collins, Colo. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in geological engineering. During his career, he worked in Colorado, Tennessee, New York and Utah for various companies, - [George L. Miller '50](https://minesmagazine.com/1774/) - George L. Miller '50 of Littleton, Colo., died on April 8, 2010. Born in 1924, George served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 and was discharged as a master sergeant. A member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in petroleum refining engineering. In 1946, he married - [Frank M. Monninger '49](https://minesmagazine.com/1776/) - Frank M. Monninger '49 of Sequim, Wash., died on November 6, 2010. Born in 1924 in Provo, Utah, Frank grew up in Berkeley, Calif., and later moved to Denver, where he graduated from East Denver High School. He spent one year at Mines before enlisting in the Army Air Corps' 8th Air Force. During World - [Ralph E. Musgrove '51](https://minesmagazine.com/1778/) - Ralph E. Musgrove '51 of San Antonio died on June 29, 2010. Born in 1928 in St. Charles, Mo., he graduated from Mines with a degree in metallurgical engineering and served in the U.S. Army at Edgewood Proving Ground in Maryland. After his discharge, he worked for Climax Uranium Company in Grand Junction, Colo. He - [James H. Pittinger '49](https://minesmagazine.com/1780/) - James H. Pittinger '49 of Oklahoma City, Okla., died on October 8, 2010. Born in 1925, James was an aviation cadet in the U.S. Navy and attended Cornell University. After returning from World War II, he transferred to Mines, where he graduated with a professional degree in geological engineering. James then spent 19 years with - [Allan 'Al' G. Provost '62](https://minesmagazine.com/1783/) - Allan 'Al' G. Provost '62 of Lakewood, Colo., died on June 20, 2010. Born in 1936 in Alberta, Canada, Al dropped out of high school to work in the Canadian oil fields. He later moved to Sacramento, Calif., where he attended junior college and earned his high school diploma. At Mines, it took him only - [William 'Sugar' Fletcher Shelton '43](https://minesmagazine.com/1785/) - William 'Sugar' Fletcher Shelton '43 of Austin, Texas, died on April 14, 2010. He was born in 1921 in Denver and grew up in Canada and the United States. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in petroleum engineering and was a member of Beta Theta Pi (president his senior year), Scabbard and Blade, - [Floyd La Vern Stewart '43](https://minesmagazine.com/1787/) - Floyd La Vern Stewart '43 of Greenwood Village, Colo., died on May 5, 2009. He was born in 1921 in Littleton, Colo. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Mines, he graduated with a professional degree in petroleum engineering, and shortly thereafter married Dorothy Steward. Floyd served as an aviation engineering officer during - [Edward M. Warren '49](https://minesmagazine.com/1789/) - Edward M. Warren '49 of Evergreen, Colo., died on November 11, 2010. Edward was born in 1925 in Barberton, Ohio. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in geological engineering. As a student, he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Much of his career was spent working as an independent geologist - [Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft](https://minesmagazine.com/1791/) - Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft of Littleton, Colo., died on August 14, 2010. Born in 1937, Ron taught art history at Mines and was a professor emeritus of the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies. In addition to his teaching role at Mines, he helped close down 15th Street east of Illinois, which bisected the area - [John R. Witt '53](https://minesmagazine.com/1793/) - John R. Witt '53 of Missouri City, Texas, died on April 5, 2010. John was born in 1930 in St. Joseph, Mo. At Mines he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and graduated with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering. He was called 'Dick' while at Mines, but returned to using 'John' - [Also In Memoriam](https://minesmagazine.com/1795/) - [A helluva engineer: A brief biography of Allan Gordon Provost](https://minesmagazine.com/1976/) - [Class Notes Spring 2011](https://minesmagazine.com/1846/) - 1954 Arden L. Bement, Jr. is director and D. A. Ross Distinguished Professor, Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University. (Read his interview in the 2010 fall/winter issue, available at minesmagazine.com.) 1955 Robert A. Metz is a vice president, chief geologist and director for United Mines and lives in Tucson, AZ. 1956 Charles E. Stott, Jr. is - [Weddings Spring 2011](https://minesmagazine.com/1852/) - [Fellowship of Christian Athletes Reunion](https://minesmagazine.com/1981/) - On October 30, 2010, a group of 23 alumni from classes 2001 to 2004 who are former members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club gathered in Evergreen for a reunion. Listed alphabetically, the following attended: Janelle (Bohn) Bartschere '03, Dustin '03 and Stephanie (Wolfe) '03 Bennetts, Tamara (Hockett) Carey '04, Randy Davis '01, Jordan - [Retiring to a Second Career](https://minesmagazine.com/1799/) - You're 60 years old. You've had a successful engineering career, spanning four decades and several continents, and you are retiring as president and chief operating officer of a mining company with a thousand employees. Businesses are clamoring for your expertise as an independent consultant, and job offers come in from South America and Africa. What - [Restructuring for Growth: A message from John Howe, CSM Alumni Association President](https://minesmagazine.com/1804/) - Before launching into the important business prompting this letter, I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself, having only recently taken over as president of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association. I graduated from Mines in 1983 with a BS in geophysical engineering, after which I obtained a law degree from the University - [Oredigger News & Notes Spring 2011](https://minesmagazine.com/1719/) - [Mines #7 in Learfield Standings](https://minesmagazine.com/1711/) - Colorado School of Mines was ranked seventh in the final installment of the 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup NCAA Division II winter standings, as announced on March 31st by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Among Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference institutions, Mines is in second place behind Adams State. Final 2010-11 Learfield - [Rod Eggert - Professor and Division Director, Division of Economics and Business](https://minesmagazine.com/1688/) - In 2010, when industry and governments around the world woke up to the fact that China had developed a near monopoly on the production and supply of rare earth minerals, alarm bells sounded and industry and government leaders went looking for experts to consult on the issue. One of the people they quickly identified was - [The Galena Foundation contributes $1.4 million; The Adolph Coors Foundation supports faculty with $275,000; Other recent gifts](https://minesmagazine.com/1679/) - Colorado School of Mines recently received 12 large gifts: The Adolph Coors Foundation contributed a total of $275,000 to support the William K. Coors Distinguished Chair in Chemical Engineering and the Herman F. Coors Professorial Chair in Ceramics. Harry D. Campbell '42 made the final $157,769 pledge payment on his $700,000 commitment to Marquez Hall. - [Mines Awarded HP Catalyst Grant](https://minesmagazine.com/1672/) - Mines received a $150,000 grant to participate inHP's Catalyst Initiative, a social innovation program designed to develop more effective approaches to STEM education worldwide. The project will explore the use of tablet PCs in enhancing learning at Mines. Frank and Susan Kowalski will lead the initiative and continue to develop a teaching model that utilizes - [A Sound Approach to Landmine Detection](https://minesmagazine.com/1655/) - With funding from the Army Research Office, physics professor John Scales and a number of students and colleagues may have come up with a safer and more economical approach to the problem of landmine detection. - [Fourth Largest Spring Career Day](https://minesmagazine.com/1605/) - Mines hosted the fourth largest Spring Career Day on record in February. A total of 1,700 students and recent graduates attended the event in the Student Recreation Center, where 145 organizations staffed booths with about 400 recruiters, many of whom were in familiar territory. "Typically one-third are alumni," said Jean Manning-Clark, director of career services, - [First Annual Army ROTC Hall of Fame Ceremony](https://minesmagazine.com/1617/) - At an event held at the University of Colorado, Boulder in November, the first eight individuals inducted into the 13-school Golden Buffalo Battalion Army ROTC Program Hall of Fame included two Mines alumni and one professor. The ceremony included Hugh W. Evans '49; Vernon 'Bud' A. Isaacs '64; and the late Colonel Wendell W. Fertig, - [New Comprehensive Student Wellness Center Named](https://minesmagazine.com/1623/) - With construction soon to begin on the new student health center to be situated on the northwest corner of Elm and 18th Street, the future facility was named the W. Lloyd Wright Student Wellness Center, after former Colorado School of Mines physician Dr. W. Lloyd Wright. Once completed in the spring of 2012, the $2.8 - [In Brief Spring 2011...](https://minesmagazine.com/1652/) - Terence Parker has been named executive vice president and provost. Parker, who came to Mines in 1994, has served as Engineering Division director since 2006. During that time, student enrollment in the graduate program in engineering and the annual research award level has more than doubled. Undergraduate student enrollment has also increased, with more than - [Mines Hosts First Collegiate Mine Rescue Competition](https://minesmagazine.com/1583/) - Mines hosted the nation's first ever intercollegiate Mines Emergency Response Development Exercise (MERD) in February, which included the first all-female MERD team ever. - [Letter to Our Readers](https://minesmagazine.com/2620/) - Dear Readers, It took a fellow alumnus months to convince Bill McElduff '82 that the role he and his colleague, Donal Fitterer MS '88, played in completing the bottom kill of the blown out Macondo oil well would be of interest to readers of Mines magazine. Listening to Bill's voicemail, it took me all of - [Clint Eddy '62](https://minesmagazine.com/2052/) - Praise for Bridge Building The fall/winter issue was one of best magazines Mines has ever published. I especially liked the article 'Constructing a Landmark,' featuring Dave Zanetell '87. It was extremely well-written and informative about a great engineering achievement. Clint Eddy '62 - [John Kyffin '73](https://minesmagazine.com/2057/) - Praise for Bridge Building Thank you for the very informative and enjoyable article about the construction of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge. Mr. Zanetell and his team have provided a practical and aesthetically pleasing solution to a problem others avoided. All of the participants, the crews, the contractors, the suppliers, the designers and the managers - [Don Wilson '58](https://minesmagazine.com/2061/) - Comments on the new website: Great job! Congratulations. Don Wilson '58 - [John Thompson](https://minesmagazine.com/2059/) - Comment on 'A Rough Road to Riches' Excellent article. I worked with Tim [Marquez] in The Netherlands. Great to see that he has done so well. Lovely family. John Thompson - [Greg Davoll '89](https://minesmagazine.com/2063/) - Comments on the new website: Just a quick email to say that I really like your new format, as well as the content. I read every print version, typically on an airplane. I haven't read it online yet, but it looks compelling. Maybe once I have an iPad. Good work and keep it up. Greg - [Chuck Stone](https://minesmagazine.com/2065/) - Comments on the new website: The online edition of Mines magazine is a wonderful addition to Mines' resources and a strong testament to the work of your staff. I browsed through some of the content this morning and particularly enjoyed the video link to freshman Max Schulze's unicycling endeavors. This semester I have seen Max - [Derek Sava](https://minesmagazine.com/2067/) - Comments on the new website: Great work on the new site! I've been reading some of the old issues, as older publications have always been interesting to me. I did want to make a couple small suggestions for the archive page. Firstly, let visitors know that they can right-click on the magazine to download a - [Rex Rideout](https://minesmagazine.com/2069/) - Promises Overlooked Congratulations to Mines magazine for serving the Mines community for 100 years. I read with interest the letter in Inbox titled, 'More on Bierstadt Restoration.' Noticing that an expanded article with photos and maps would be offered on your website, I followed up there. Although, I found the text printed in the magazine, - [A Determined Justice](https://minesmagazine.com/1826/) - When Terry Fox '89 tells groups of inner-city children to aim high, that with hard work and persistence they can achieve their most ambitious dreams, she speaks with more authority than most. She was recently sworn in as a judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, one of the most influential legal positions in the - [100 Years - Part 2](https://minesmagazine.com/1742/) - As in part I, our survey of the last five decades of Minesmagazine is generated with a broad brush: excerpts are only from those issues published in the first year of each decade. Complete text of every article referenced below may be read in the100 Year Archives, which include fully searchable PDF files comprising every - [Sourcing Rare Earths and Critical Minerals](https://minesmagazine.com/1737/) - To understand how ubiquitous rare earth metals have become, look no further than the iPhone. It is powered by a permanent magnet made with the rare earth metal neodymium; the screen and display module are manufactured with europium, yttrium and terbium; and the lens in the camera has a coating of lanthanum. The device, - [100 Years](https://minesmagazine.com/333/) - An independent publication of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine cost 25 cents per copy or $1.50 per year in 1910, a price that held steady for more than 20 years. It measured 9 3/4 x 6 inches and was illustrated on the cover with a rose entwined - [Also in Memoriam](https://minesmagazine.com/3709/) - [John S. Southworth '38](https://minesmagazine.com/3691/) - John S. Southworth '38 of Burbank, Calif., died November 8, 2010. He was born in 1915 in Lake Huron, Mich., but in 1922 his family moved to California, where he attended Glendale Public Schools. John was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Mines and graduated with a professional degree in mining engineering. - [David L. Waring '58](https://minesmagazine.com/3697/) - David L. Waring '58 of Lake Oswego, Ore., died February 9, 2011. Born in 1932 in Palmerton, Pa., David interrupted his studies at Mines to serve in the U.S. Army. Upon his return, he married Judith and completed his professional degree in geological engineering. At Mines, he played football and was a member of the - [Robert 'Bob' D. Sloan '49, MS '52, PhD '57](https://minesmagazine.com/3685/) - Robert 'Bob' D. Sloan '49, MS '52, PhD '57 of Santa Barbara, Calif., died August 29, 2010. Bob was born in 1927 in Loma Linda, Calif., but grew up in nearby Redlands. At Mines, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and participated in track and field, while earning a professional degree - [Herman 'Ted' Theodore Schassberger '50](https://minesmagazine.com/3679/) - Herman 'Ted' Theodore Schassberger '50 of Bend, Ore., died August 22, 2010. In 1923, Ted's family moved from Germany to New York, where he was born in 1925. After his mother's death, Ted's father brought his sister and him back to Germany so grandparents could raise them. In 1935, his stepmother took him to Yonkers, - [Paul Leo Placek '49](https://minesmagazine.com/3673/) - Paul Leo Placek '49 of Salt Lake City, Utah, died February 7, 2010. Born in 1927 in New Ulm, Minn., Paul attended East High School and graduated from Mines with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering. For 30 years he worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, a commitment that was only outlasted by his - [Theodore 'Ted' Wirt Nelson '34](https://minesmagazine.com/3667/) - Theodore 'Ted' Wirt Nelson '34 of Westfield, N.J., died February 23, 2011. He was born in 1914 in Missoula, Mont., but was raised in Casper, Wyo. He graduated as valedictorian of his high school, and earned his professional degree in petroleum engineering at Mines. As a student he was a member of Tau Beta Pi - [Robert 'Bob' B. Morrison '51](https://minesmagazine.com/3664/) - Robert 'Bob' B. Morrison '51 of Arvada, Colo., died August 8, 2009. Bob was born in San Diego, Calif., in 1927 and graduated from East High School in Denver before coming to Mines. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and graduated with a professional degree in mining engineering, as did his father, - [Donald 'Don' Eugene Miller '53](https://minesmagazine.com/3660/) - Donald 'Don' Eugene Miller '53 of Englewood, Colo., died April 26, 2011. Born in 1930, Don grew up in south Denver and attended South High School. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Don served in the U.S. Army for two years. - [Wendell Jones 'Jones' McQuinn '46](https://minesmagazine.com/3654/) - Wendell Jones 'Jones' McQuinn '46 of San Rafael, Calif., died March 9, 2011. Jones was born in 1923 in Greenwood, Ind., and attended Franklin College for two years before coming to Mines, where he earned a professional degree in petroleum engineering. In 1971, Jones was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Medal for his accomplishments. He played - [Robert A. 'Jim' McClevey Jr. '32](https://minesmagazine.com/3643/) - Robert A. 'Jim' McClevey Jr. '32 of Ottawa, Ill., died April 28, 2011. Jim was born in 1910 in Austin, Ill., and attended Oak Park High School before coming to Mines. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and Blue Key, Jim helped lead the illumination of the 'M' 79 years ago. After graduating - [Ronald 'Ron' K. June '54](https://minesmagazine.com/3635/) - [Glen E. Hasse '62](https://minesmagazine.com/3226/) - [Howard L. Halstead '32](https://minesmagazine.com/3222/) - [John Albert Gazewood '56](https://minesmagazine.com/3218/) - [Irwin William 'Bill' Engel '60](https://minesmagazine.com/3214/) - [Thomas J. Ellis III '52](https://minesmagazine.com/3210/) - [Pamela 'Pam' Woods Edrich '82](https://minesmagazine.com/3206/) - [Fereshteh Ebrahimi '82](https://minesmagazine.com/3202/) - Fereshteh Ebrahimi PhD '82 of Gainesville, Fla., died January 29, 2011. Fereshteh was born in 1951 in Tehran, Iran, and graduated summa cum laude from Arya-Mehr University of Tehran. She came to the United States in 1979 during the Islamic revolution with the goal of pursuing a graduate degree. At the time she received her - [S. Norman 'Norm' Domenico 48, DSc '51](https://minesmagazine.com/3198/) - [Genevieve 'Jenny' A. Darden](https://minesmagazine.com/3196/) - [Harold 'Herc' E. Clark MS '73](https://minesmagazine.com/3192/) - Harold 'Herc' E. Clark MS '73 of Waldport, Ore., died on August 9, 2010. Herc was born in 1937 in Natrona Heights, Pa., where he attended grade school. He received a bachelor's degree from St. Vincent College, and later attended Mines for a master's in physics. He was an aeronautical engineer, computer scientist and mathematical - [William 'Bill' C. Bagby '58](https://minesmagazine.com/3184/) - [Guy T. McBride Jr.](https://minesmagazine.com/3180/) - Guy Thornton McBride Jr., the 12th president of Colorado School of Mines (1970-1984), died March 21, 2011, at the age of 91. Guy was born in Austin, Texas, in 1919. He earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas and a doctorate in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Guy - [Harry D. Campbell '42](https://minesmagazine.com/3175/) - [Minority Engineering Program Plants Seeds for Alumna's Distinguished Career](https://minesmagazine.com/3022/) - "Some people know from a really early age what they want to do," says Frances Vallejo '87. "I was not one of them." But a summer program at Mines for minority high school students changed all that for the Pueblo, Colo., native. "It exposed me to geology, geophysics, mining and many engineering disciplines. I learned - [Homecoming 2011: Campus Snapshots](https://minesmagazine.com/2926/) - Students and alumni celebrated this year's homecoming (September 30 - October 1) by reuniting with old friends, parading down Washington Street and watching their team trounce Fort Lewis. Here are a few scenes from the events. Click on a thumbnail below to view the entire photo, and mouse over it to view the arrows that - [ConocoPhillips contributes $700,000; Southwestern Energy continues support for Marquez Hall; Other recent gifts](https://minesmagazine.com/3006/) - Colorado School of Mines recently received 14 large gifts, including a $100,000 gift from Lonnie L. and Maria E. Abernethy that will provide continuing support for graduate fellowships in ceramics. Read on for the rest... - [CSM Foundation Maximizes Support for Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/2997/) - Each year, the CSM Foundation provides approximately $12 million in private support for the university, one-third of which comprises funding made available through the Mines endowment. During fiscal year 2011, the endowment grew in total value from $166 million to $196 million. - [Mines Community Welcomes New Executive Vice President for University Advancement](https://minesmagazine.com/2995/) - In June, the Colorado School of Mines Foundation named Brian Winkelbauer the new executive vice president for university advancement. Brian came to Mines from the University of Colorado Foundation, where he last served as vice president for development for the Colorado Springs campus, assisting in launching a $1.5 billion campaign for the CU system. - [Philanthropy Celebrated at the Mines Century Society Dinner](https://minesmagazine.com/2993/) - At the 2011 Mines Century Society Dinner on September 30, the university honored some of its most generous donors. This year's event was themed 'Rio to the Rockies' to highlight Mines' many collaborative relationships in South America. Guests, who included members of the Century Society, President's Council and Heritage Society, enjoyed food, music and dancing - [Reinventing the Nation's Urban Water System](https://minesmagazine.com/2971/) - Most current urban water systems were designed and built in the first half of the 20th century and are ill-prepared to cope with the impacts of climate change, population growth and ecosystem demands. On top of that, the infrastructure is deteriorating. - [In Brief Fall 2011...](https://minesmagazine.com/2990/) - Mines is the top-ranked university in Colorado in the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report's listing of America's Best Colleges and Universities, ranking 75th in the category of Best National Universities, both public and private, and 52nd in the publication's listing for Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs at schools with doctoral programs. Mining industry - [Partnering with USGS, Expanding Opportunity](https://minesmagazine.com/2973/) - Located on the south side of the Mines campus, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center is one of the most advanced seismology centers in the world and the first place where many major media outlets turn for information in the aftermath of a major earthquake anywhere in the world. While many Mines students - [Maple Hall Opens Its Doors](https://minesmagazine.com/2983/) - On August 19, 291 members of the Class of 2015 moved mini-refrigerators, laptops and laundry baskets into a brand-new residence facility located north of 17th Street on the east side of Maple. - [Letter to our Readers](https://minesmagazine.com/3259/) - Dear Readers, Innovation is a theme that runs throughout this issue. While not everyone is driven to innovate, it's second nature for those connected to Mines, and the people and projects covered in the pages that follow provide an interesting cross section of the many ways a spirit of innovation permeates the Mines community. 'It's - [Reader survey comments](https://minesmagazine.com/3250/) - Mines magazine emailed a readership survey in May, to which more than 1,600 alumni responded. To complement the analysis provided in The Network, we offer a selection of comments that were provided anonymously by respondents in response to three survey questions. - [It's There for the Taking: Geothermal Technology Heats Up](https://minesmagazine.com/3009/) - The promise of low-impact, renewable energy that is always on tap continues to drive geothermal energy research, and Mines faculty and students are hot on the trail. - [Plugging Macondo: Drilling the Relief Well](https://minesmagazine.com/1745/) - In the days following the fiery April 20 blowout of BP's Macondo well off the coast of Louisiana, TV viewers across the world watched dismayed at the images of crude oil spewing unabated into the Gulf of Mexico. Their widespread reaction: feelings of utter helplessness. Mines alumni Bill McElduff '82 and Donal Fitterer MS '88 - [Brook D. Tarbel '50](https://minesmagazine.com/4857/) - Brook D. Tarbel '50 of Tulsa, Okla., died May 22, 2011. Born in Los Angeles in 1924, Brook was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in Europe during World War II. He landed on Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, for which he was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze - [James 'Jim' V. Taranik PhD '75](https://minesmagazine.com/4855/) - James 'Jim' V. Taranik PhD '75 of Reno, Nev., died June 21, 2011. Jim was born in 1940 in Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford University in 1964 with a bachelors 'degree in geology. He then studied at Mines and earned his doctorate in geology. Jim worked in NASA's space shuttle program for four years - [Maynard Slaughter](https://minesmagazine.com/4853/) - Maynard Slaughter of Greeley, Colo., died March 15, 2011. A professor emeritus of chemistry and geochemistry, Maynard was born in 1934. He taught and conducted research at Mines from 1969 to 1999. Prior to Mines, Maynard taught at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and spent many summers at its geology field camp in Wyoming. In - [Eugene V. Simons '49](https://minesmagazine.com/4850/) - Eugene V. Simons '49 of Casper, Wyo., died September 23, 2011. Born in Los Angeles in 1921, Eugene graduated from South Pasadena High School in California and attended Mines prior to joining the U.S. Merchant Marines and serving in World War II. After the war, he returned to Mines and completed his professional degree in - [William 'Bill' E. Saegart '53](https://minesmagazine.com/4848/) - William 'Bill' E. Saegart '53 of Sierra Vista, Ariz., died August 4, 2011. Bill was born in 1930 and graduated from Mines with a professional degree in geophysical engineering. A member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, he enjoyed a career in mining and exploration. He is credited with discoveries in Arizona and Mexico. After leaving the - [Bradley 'Brad' R. Pitney '57](https://minesmagazine.com/4846/) - Bradley 'Brad' R. Pitney '57 of Houston, Texas, died April 27, 2011. Born in 1928 in Chicago, Brad grew up in Minnesota. After studying at the University of Minnesota and before serving with the U.S. Army in Korea, he married Carolyn Alice Paul. In 1953, following his discharge, Brad attended Mines, where he earned a - [Louis 'Lou' L. Phannenstiel '54](https://minesmagazine.com/4844/) - Louis 'Lou' L. Phannenstiel '54 of Littleton, Colo., died November 12, 2011. Lou was born in 1932 in Hays, Kan., and moved with his family to the Denver area in 1945. After graduating from St. Francis de Sales Catholic School, he attended Rockhurst College, a Jesuit college in Kansas City. After one semester, he transferred - [Thomas 'Tom' M. Monchak '70, MS '75](https://minesmagazine.com/4842/) - Thomas 'Tom' M. Monchak '70, MS '75 of Phoenix, Ariz., died June 23, 2011. Tom was born in 1947 in Pueblo, Colo., where he graduated from Central High School with honors. He earned professional and master's degrees in mathematics from Mines, where he captained the bowling team and served six years in the Army Reserves. - [Bill J. 'BJ' Mitchell](https://minesmagazine.com/4840/) - Bill J. 'BJ' Mitchell of Lakewood, Colo., died August 14, 2011. Born in 1935, the professor emeritus taught from 1966 to 1996 in the Petroleum Engineering Department, where both students and staff admired him for his inspired teaching, wit and character. Similarly respected within the energy industry, he authored four books, six manuals and 62 - [Jesse R. 'Bob' Medaris '49](https://minesmagazine.com/4837/) - Jesse R. 'Bob' Medaris '49 of Tulsa, Okla., died June 14, 2010. Bob was born in Denver in 1922 and graduated from Englewood High School. In 1941 he enrolled at Mines, where he was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon and Blue Key. Before completing his degree, Bob served with the U.S. - [Lloyd W. Madden '41](https://minesmagazine.com/4835/) - Lloyd W. Madden '41 of Midland, Texas, died December 26, 2011. Born in 1918, Lloyd graduated from high school in 1936 in Manhattan, Kan., before coming to Mines, where he distinguished himself as an athlete. He led his division in scoring for football in 1938 and 1939, helping the legendary 1939 football team achieve an - [Robert 'Bob' F. Hartman '42](https://minesmagazine.com/4833/) - Robert 'Bob' F. Hartman '42 of Pleasanton, Calif., died December 28, 2010. He was born in 1919 in El Centro, Calif. While at Mines, Bob was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Sigma Nu fraternity, and graduated with a professional degree in petroleum engineering. In 1942, he married Mary Ellen - [Peter Hartley](https://minesmagazine.com/4831/) - Peter Hartley of Wheat Ridge, Colo., died November 28, 2010. A professor emeritus, he was born in 1936 and joined Mines in 1974 as an assistant professor in humanities and social sciences. He retired in 1999 and was on transition until 2004. Before coming to Mines, Peter taught at the University of Wyoming and in - [Steve W. Hackett '68](https://minesmagazine.com/4828/) - Steve W. Hackett '68 of Homer, Alaska, died February 26, 2011. Steve was born in Monterey, Calif., in 1945. The son of a national park ranger, his passion for wilderness was lifelong. He was a graduate of Estes Park High School and earned a professional degree in geophysical engineering from Mines, where he was a - [Theodore 'Ted' L. Goudvis '40](https://minesmagazine.com/4826/) - Theodore 'Ted' L. Goudvis '40 of Cambridge, Mass., died September 19, 2009. Born in 1918, Ted grew up near New York City. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in mining engineering and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. War II, Ted joined the Navy 'Seabees' (Construction Battalion) and served in France - [Robert 'Bob' F. Garland '52](https://minesmagazine.com/4824/) - Robert 'Bob' F. Garland '52 of Douglas, Wyo., died May 6, 2011. Bob was born in 1926 in Tulsa, Okla., and grew up in Oklahoma and Texas. He graduated from the Texas Military Institute in 1944 and was preparing for deployment with the Navy when the war ended. At Mines, while earning a professional degree - [Paul J. Fritts '52](https://minesmagazine.com/4820/) - Paul J. Fritts '52 of Mendocino, Calif., died April 13, 2011. Born in 1930 in Topeka, Kan., he grew up riding to house calls with his grandfather, a country doctor. An outstanding student and member of the ROTC in high school, Paul was offered a place at West Point, but turned it down to study - [Bernard 'Bernie' Joe Ferris '47, MS '48](https://minesmagazine.com/4922/) - Bernard 'Bernie' Joe Ferris '47, MS '48 of Abilene, Texas, died September 22, 2011. Bernie was born in 1922 in Denver and grew up in Lakewood. Before attending Mines, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a training officer in the Corps of Engineers. At Mines, Bernie was a member of - [Henry P. Ehrlinger III '50](https://minesmagazine.com/4816/) - Henry P. Ehrlinger III '50 of Eldorado, Ill., died May 25, 2007. Henry was born in Kellogg, Idaho, in 1925, but spent his youth in six states. He served in the Solomon Islands during World War II and took part in the liberation of the Philippines. He was honorably discharged as a tech sergeant in - [Peter I. Bediz '41, MS '42](https://minesmagazine.com/4615/) - Peter I. Bediz '41, MS '42 of Calgary, Alberta, died December 4, 2010. Born in 1914, Peter was educated in Turkey and was a master of languages, speaking English, French, and Turkish fluently, and able to converse in Greek. He attended Mines on a grant from the Turkish government and graduated with a professional degree - [Weddings: Winter 2012](https://minesmagazine.com/5106/) - [Alumnus Now Building Bridges in Latin America with Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/4872/) - Over the last 25 years, Todd Wang has led projects in developing countries, witnessing firsthand how the application of a little technology and know-how can have a big impact on disadvantaged communities. While many of these projects were with the Army Corps of Engineers, since entering civilian life, he's continued the work, focusing on building - [Five Tips for Getting Hooked Up to LinkedIn](https://minesmagazine.com/5141/) - LinkedIn guru Kevin Knebl spoke about how to integrate careers with social media during a webcasted campus event on November 21 that was sponsored by CSMAA. Here are some strategies he shared: 1. Build a robust profile, using keywords to maximize search functionality. 2. Join groups that relate to your knowledge base and look for - [Mines Welcomes Home Alumnae](https://minesmagazine.com/5137/) - For the first time, Alumni Weekend (April 26-28) includes a reunion for all women graduates of Mines, an event that could be the largest campus reunion ever. To celebrate the tenacity and success of the school's women graduates, the alumni association is inviting all 'Women of Mines' back to campus for Alumni Weekend 2012, which - [Mines Ranks #5 in Fall Learfield Standings](https://minesmagazine.com/5243/) - With the fall sports wrapped up, Colorado School of Mines came in fifth out of 104 schools in the final Division II Learfield Sports Directors' Cup fall standings. The Orediggers got a fifth-place finish from the women's soccer team, a fifth-place finish from the men's cross country squad and a 17th-place finish from the volleyball - [Football: Clay Garcia Wins $18K Postgrad Scholarship as Campbell Trophy finalist](https://minesmagazine.com/5253/) - Senior quarterback Clay Garcia was named one of 16 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, the most prestigious academic award in college football, on October 26, 2011. As one of the finalists for the National Scholar-Athlete award, he received an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation, and attended the NFF Awards Banquet - [Women's Soccer: Twelve Shutouts, Two All-Americans and the First RMAC Tournament Title](https://minesmagazine.com/5146/) - To some observers, the most exciting game of the Mines women's soccer team's seventh season was one in which no goals were scored. A 17-2-4 season ended on November 18, 2011, with a penalty shootout 2-4 loss to the two-time defending champion, Grand Valley State. Still, the game is considered a shutout for the Oredigger - [Georgianna Zelenak: Junior, Geophysical Engineering, Harvey Scholar](https://minesmagazine.com/5261/) - Her goal is a career in oceanography, so Georgianna (Georgie) Zelenak thought she could use some study time in a setting other than the foothills of Colorado. That's how she ended up in 2010 on Hawaii's Big Island, taking three courses in six weeks in Hilo's Marine Science Summer Program at the University of Hawaii. - [Balls Bump up Efficiency of Hydraulic Fracturing](https://minesmagazine.com/5280/) - Trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and billions of barrels of oil are now economically recoverable, thanks to advances in hydraulic fracturing technologies, and more enhancements might soon be on the way. - [Students Conduct Recon in Nicaragua with Engineers Without Borders](https://minesmagazine.com/4865/) - Student clubs are all about building bridges. But in the case of the Mines chapter of Engineers Without Borders, students are literally building bridges. - [Newmont CEO Speaks on Leadership at Midyear Convocation](https://minesmagazine.com/4862/) - At Midyear Degree Convocation on December 16, Colorado School of Mines conferred 174 bachelor's, 162 master's and 31 doctoral degrees during ceremonies held in the Lockridge Arena. Central to the program was guest speaker Richard O'Brien, president and CEO of Newmont Mining, who spoke on leadership and integrity, invoking recent events such as the Arab - [The Global and Microscopic Community](https://minesmagazine.com/5329/) - The cover design of this issue was partly inspired by a presentation in the Arthur Lakes Library by Associate Professor John Spear MS '94, PhD '99, delivered long after Lisa Marshall wrote the article, 'Engineering on a Grand Scale with the Smallest of the Small.' If you like Marshall's story, you'll find the talk an - [Mining Omission](https://minesmagazine.com/4610/) - More than one reader pointed out that in the sidebar about the history of George R. Brown Hall in the fall 2011 issue, we inaccurately stated that Brown Hall was originally built 'to house the newly established engineering program.' In fact, the Department of Mining Engineering, from which George Brown '22 earned his degree, was - [Geothermal Ingenuity](https://minesmagazine.com/4612/) - The article on geothermal technology in the fall 2011 issue took me back to my experience in 1979, when I was transferred by Aminoil from the Middle East to the Geysers Field, 60 miles northeast of San Francisco, to manage their geothermal operation there. Aminoil had the contract to supply steam to a Pacific Gas - [Half a Century of Outreach: The Peace Corps Turns 50](https://minesmagazine.com/5336/) - An assembly of service-minded individuals from Mines has pledged muscle and mind to countries cooperating with the Peace Corps over the last half-century. As the 50th anniversary of the organization recently passed, we asked some of those volunteers why they went, what they did, and how the experience has influenced their professional and personal journeys. - [New College, New Digs, Bright Future: Q&A with Terry Parker, Executive Vice President and Provost](https://minesmagazine.com/3012/) - Along with moving into the functional and attractive, $32 million addition to Brown Hall, the Division of Engineering underwent a major reorganization this year. Division of Engineering students returned to campus this August to some big architectural changes, not only to the bricks and mortar, but also to the division itself. As expected, the 78,000-square-foot - [Walking Mechanics for Lower-Limb Amputees](https://minesmagazine.com/6275/) - In this presentation, Anne Silverman, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, provides an overview of research into the biomechanics of walking among individuals with lower-limb amputations. - [Distinguished Professor and Fire Chief: Roel Snieder Gets Another Hat](https://minesmagazine.com/6364/) - On July 1, in the middle of a hot, dry Colorado summer, Mines Geophysics Professor Roel Snieder assumed a two-year term as Chief of Genesee Fire Rescue, where he has served as a firefighter since 2000. - [Champions! Mines Claims First RMAC All-Sports Cup](https://minesmagazine.com/6116/) - For the first time in school history, Colorado School of Mines won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Sports Competition Cup after narrowly topping defending champion Nebraska-Kearney. - [Harvey Family Doubles Support for Scholars Program](https://minesmagazine.com/6147/) - Tagging sharks in Hawaii. Building bridges in Nepal. Repairing homes in Idaho. Conducting research in India. These are just some of the experiences that 12 hardworking Harvey Scholars are gaining through a prestigious program at Mines aimed at cultivating sophisticated and well-rounded future leaders with technical expertise. - [Faculty Spotlight: College Dean Focuses on Sustainable Infrastructure](https://minesmagazine.com/6175/) - When Kevin Moore was a young associate professor at Idaho State University, he used to wear a tie to off-campus research team meetings. One day a colleague asked, 'Kevin, why do you always wear a tie to these meetings?' Someone joked, 'That's because he wants to be a dean someday.' The prediction came true on - [Golf Team Takes RMAC Championship](https://minesmagazine.com/6185/) - In a year of firsts in the athletics department, the Mines golf team achieved one of the greatest seasons in program history, claiming six team titles and earning the No. 1 ranking in the Central Region. - [Studio Makes Waves in Teaching Physics](https://minesmagazine.com/6191/) - If you've never seen a standing wave, levitated a metal plate using a magnetic field, or built a mini railgun, you probably haven't taken a recent physics class at Mines, where innovative teaching methods have dramatically improved student learning in some notoriously difficult, but required courses. Coined 'studio physics,' the approach moves the bulk of - [The Dignity of Giving](https://minesmagazine.com/6200/) - Brenda and I just returned from a very successful 60th Reunion of the Class of '52, and I am glad to have had the opportunity this late in life to meet again with 18 other classmates and their spouses and companions. Kudos to the alumni association for giving the event a full agenda, loads of - [Soccer Roots](https://minesmagazine.com/6204/) - I really enjoyed the Wild Women '85-'90 profile from the Winter 2012 issue. It's a joy to read about these women and the friendships they've nurtured for such a long time. The article states, "Many started the first Mines women's club soccer team, coached by Thomas Wildeman." Women's soccer at Mines goes back further than - [Hitting Paydirt](https://minesmagazine.com/6211/) - Exploration geologists can devote entire careers to searching for undiscovered mineral deposits without ever chalking up a find. But for those who do, it's tremendously rewarding, and many go on to more discoveries. Seated atop a glistening, rock-strewn hillside on a remote plateau in southwest Argentina in 2000, Russell Dow MS '04 lit a cigarette, - [Engineering on a Grand Scale with the Smallest of the Small](https://minesmagazine.com/5472/) - Microbial life engineered most of what underpins life on earth, yet it's only recently that engineers have started viewing the world of microbes as a vast and unexplored toolbox of highly efficient chemical processes. Microbes living on or in the human body are so numerous that they actually outnumber our own cells, and many perform - [Edgar 'Ed' I. Winger '56](https://minesmagazine.com/6545/) - Edgar 'Ed' I. Winger '56 of Hill City, S.D., died November 27, 2011. Born in Ridgeway, Ont., Canada, in 1926, Ed received a scholarship to attend Ontario College of Arts in Toronto. He served in the U.S. Air Force in information and intelligence before graduating from Mines with a professional degree in geological engineering. Ed - [Bruce H. West '93](https://minesmagazine.com/6548/) - Bruce H. West '93 of Eagle, Idaho, died April 20, 2012. Born in San Diego, Calif., in 1969, Bruce joined Kappa Sigma fraternity, the ski team and rugby club at Mines. He graduated with a degree in petroleum engineering and went on to work for Apache in Denver as a petroleum engineer. He moved to - [John H. Turner '57](https://minesmagazine.com/6551/) - John H. Turner '57 of Glenwood Springs, Colo., died April 20, 2012. Born in Denver, Colo., in 1935, John earned a professional degree in geological engineering from Mines, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and ROTC. After working for Magma Copper, John attended Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Va., and served - [Robert 'Bob' H. Trent PhD '80](https://minesmagazine.com/6555/) - Robert 'Bob' H. Trent PhD '80 of Scottsdale, Ariz., died April 5, 2012. The former Wyoming state senator was born in 1936 in Pittsburg, Kan. In 1968, after working as a draftsman for a mining company for many years, the 32-year-old husband and father of two enrolled at the University of Utah and completed bachelor's - [Thomas 'Tom' S. Schalk '49](https://minesmagazine.com/6565/) - Thomas 'Tom' S. Schalk '49 of Wichita Falls, Texas, died February 16, 2012. Born in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1924, his family moved several times before landing in Tulsa, Okla., in 1937, where Tom attended high school. After joining the Army Air Corps at Fort Sill, Okla., in 1943, he was sent to study pre-meteorology - [Gordon L. Royce '60](https://minesmagazine.com/6568/) - Gordon L. Royce '60 of Mobile, Ala., died September 28, 2009. A native of Durango, Colo., Gordon was born in 1938. He was in the ROTC at Mines, where he earned a professional degree in petroleum engineering, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army, seeing active service in Korea. Gordon worked for Northern - [William 'Bill' R. Smith '48](https://minesmagazine.com/6560/) - William 'Bill' R. Smith '48 of Littleton, Colo., died February 5, 2012. Born in 1924 in Denver, Colo., Bill entered Mines in 1942, but served in the Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1945, returning in 1946 to complete his professional degree in petroleum engineering. At Mines, he was a member of the Alpha Tau - [Richard L. Rayno '59](https://minesmagazine.com/6571/) - Richard L. Rayno '59 of Tilton, N.H., died December 18, 2011. Richard was born in Franklin, N.H., in 1929 and worked as a locomotive machinist for the Alaska Railroad in Anchorage before serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and Army. Following his military service, he received a professional degree in geophysical engineering from Mines. For - [Henry A. Mullen '70](https://minesmagazine.com/6574/) - Henry A. Mullen '70 of Louisville, Ky., died June 11, 2012. Born in Adena, Ohio, in 1943, Henry graduated from Gallia Academy High School in 1961 and served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Duval County. He earned a metallurgical engineering degree from Mines and, starting in the 1980s, worked for Chemical Piping Systems - [Stephen Maszy '43](https://minesmagazine.com/6576/) - Stephen Maszy '43 of Windermere, Fla., died January 4, 2012. Stephen was born in Harsco, Ill., in 1918. After graduating from Mines with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering, he worked as an engineer with Martin Marrietta Corp. In 1966, he started Triangle Auto Parts, and then opened T & P Automotive Warehouse. He was - [Dorington G. Little](https://minesmagazine.com/6579/) - Dorington G. Little was born in Los Angeles in 1927. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Geological Engineering in 1950. While attending Mines he spent one year (1949) in Ethiopia working for Sinclair Petroleum as a field geologist. Dory began his career working as an exploitation engineer. His first - [Laurence 'Larry' B. Leigh '42](https://minesmagazine.com/6582/) - Laurence 'Larry' B. Leigh '42 of Colorado Springs, Colo., died July 3, 2011. Born in Little Rock, Ark., in 1919, Larry spent many summers vacationing with his family in Colorado. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Mines, he graduated with a professional degree in petroleum engineering from Mines and then served as - [Donald 'Don' B. Larson '88, MS '91](https://minesmagazine.com/6585/) - Donald 'Don' B. Larson '88, MS '91 of Grand Junction, Colo., died February 6, 2009. Born in Inglewood, Calif., in 1965, Don received his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Mines and, in 1991, moved to Wolfurt, Austria, to work for Doppelmayr Seilbahnen as a project engineer, where he enjoyed hiking, mountain biking, - [Lawrence H. Kumamoto MS '73, PhD '77](https://minesmagazine.com/6588/) - Lawrence H. Kumamoto MS '73, PhD '77 of Carson City, Nev., died October 4, 2011. Shortly after his birth in 1945, his family moved to San Francisco, Calif., where he spent his formative years. He earned a bachelor's degree in geophysics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967 and was then drafted into - [Robert 'Bob' A. Johnson MS '56](https://minesmagazine.com/6591/) - Robert 'Bob' A. Johnson MS '56 of Potomac, Md., died October 18, 2011. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Bob was born in 1929 and received a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University in 1950. After serving in the Army in the Korean War, he earned a master's degree in geophysics from Mines and, in 1960, - [Jerry P. Ilgenfritz '61](https://minesmagazine.com/6594/) - Jerry P. Ilgenfritz '61 of Golden, Colo., died May 19, 2012. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1938 and moved to Wheat Ridge, Colo., in 1951. A member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Mines, he graduated with a professional degree in mining engineering. He went on to earn a master's degree in - [Victor 'Vic' L. Hayes Jr. '48](https://minesmagazine.com/6599/) - Victor 'Vic' L. Hayes Jr. '48 of Charlotte, N.C., died March 22, 2012. He was born in Casper, Wyo., in 1922. Vic attended MIT before transferring to Mines in 1941, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. As a second lieutenant in the 1253rd Engineer Combat Battalion, he helped build a - [Donald 'Don' W. Gentry](https://minesmagazine.com/6602/) - Donald 'Don' W. Gentry of Bella Vista, Ark., died July 2, 2012. Born in 1943 in St. Louis, Mo., Don had a 25-year career at Mines as former head of the Mining Engineering Department, assistant to the dean of faculty, and dean of engineering and undergraduate studies. He also served on the McBride Tutorial Committee - [Frederick 'Fred' F. Dueser '49](https://minesmagazine.com/6606/) - Frederick 'Fred' F. Dueser '49 of Breckenridge, Texas, died February 26, 2012. Fred was born in Ellinwood, Kan., in 1922 and was a Navy pilot in World War II. After marrying Dorothy Roth in 1945, he earned a professional degree in petroleum engineering from Mines, where he joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Five years - [William H. Cooke '53](https://minesmagazine.com/6609/) - William H. Cooke '53 of Federal Way, Wash., died October 5, 2011. Born in Denver, Colo., in 1928, William was inducted into the CSM Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999 for his role on the 1951 football squad. Also a member of the swimming team, he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in metallurgical - [Russell Badgett Jr. '40](https://minesmagazine.com/6616/) - Russell Badgett Jr. '40 of Madisonville, Ky., died March 8, 2012. Russell was born in Wabbaseka, Ark., in 1918, and received the Silver Beaver Award as an Eagle Scout for distinguished service as a council leader. At Mines, he earned a professional degree in mining engineering, and was a member of Blue Key and, later, - [Donald 'Don' F. Asbra '55](https://minesmagazine.com/6619/) - Donald 'Don' F. Asbra '55 of Alexandria, Va., died July 1, 2010. Born in 1933 in Denver, Colo., Don graduated from Wheat Ridge High School and then earned a professional degree in geological engineering from Mines. After graduation, he served as a first lieutenant in the Army. His career took him from the oil fields - [Marquez Hall through video and photos](https://minesmagazine.com/6739/) - The Petroleum Engineering Department's new home officially opened September 28, 2012, seven years after an historic $10 million challenge grant from Timothy '80 and Bernadette Marquez (pronounced 'Marcus'). If you haven't been to campus in a while, take a look: Click on a thumbnail below to view the entire photo, and mouse over it to - [Geotechnical Gold](https://minesmagazine.com/6627/) - Dennis Ferrera '72 is one of the stars of the 2012 Olympic Games. He spent two years in London getting ready, and he beat his expected times. His achievements: leading a team that prepared a 600-acre site for construction of the facilities where most of the athletic contests took place, safely excavating unexploded World War - [Student Support](https://minesmagazine.com/6639/) - Colorado native and Mines sophomore Alyse White was awarded the Duane J. and Marcine M. Fritz Scholarship in spring 2012. Administered by CSMAA, the scholarship was established by Duane Fritz '51, who died in 1999, and his wife, Marcine, who died in 2008. The first Fritz Scholarship award recipient, White received $10,000 in assistance. She - [Alumni Adventures: Miners Playing Hard](https://minesmagazine.com/6643/) - Colorado School of Mines alumni had several opportunities over the last few months to stretch their legs and comfort zones with fellow Miners, most notably a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon and a cruise around Iceland's magnificent coastline. Grand Canyon: May 21-27 Ron Wolf '69 was one of 28 brave boaters who floated, hiked - [Fourth in Three in a Row](https://minesmagazine.com/6696/) - Kayla Johnson and her team placed fourth overall at the 2012 International Rope Skipping Federation's World Championships event in August in Tampa, Fla. Individually she placed fourth in consecutive triple-unders. Johnson, a senior studying metallurgical and materials engineering, has been skipping rope with the Jumping Eagles Competitive Jump Rope team since first grade and participated - [McBride Reveals Cultures, Focuses Goals](https://minesmagazine.com/6700/) - Fulfilling one of the requirements of the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs led these two students into unfamiliar territory this summer. - [Campaign Stops](https://minesmagazine.com/6716/) - President Obama spoke to a crowd in Lions Park on September 13, just minutes from the Mines campus. The event took place a few hours before a Romney campaign event a half-mile away in downtown Golden headlined by Mitt Romney's son, Josh. According to his campaign staff, the President's visit was the first time a - [Common Interests Build Common Bonds](https://minesmagazine.com/6710/) - The week before fall semester began, freshman Katrina Ward joined a four-day backpacking trip along the Colorado Trail with seven classmates, her future resident assistant and two guides from the Mines Outdoor Recreation Center. - [Faculty Spotlight: Illangasekare Accepts Henry Darcy Medal](https://minesmagazine.com/6713/) - On the Mines campus, Tissa Illangasekare is known as the friendly, upbeat civil and environmental engineering professor who transformed the old Volk Gymnasium swimming pool into a state-of-the-art soil and climate wind tunnel. But beyond campus, Illangasekare is known for transforming the field of hydrology. - [Computer Models Tell Watery Martian History](https://minesmagazine.com/6954/) - After NASA's 2001 Opportunity rover found rocks containing salt that formed in a watery environment on the planet's surface roughly 3.7 billion years ago, the agency's next objective was to try to understand more about the planet's climate history. This is where Mines Geophysics Assistant Professor Jeff Andrews-Hanna came into the picture. He used computer - [Pride and Remonstration](https://minesmagazine.com/7413/) - After reading the story about the bell [fall 2012 issue] and seeing my uncle in Editor's Take, we found a couple more photos from the past. My dad and his two brothers were involved in the bell heist and engraving. We were told the story and passed it on to our kids when they visited - [The Opening of Marquez Hall Crowns a Year of Bests](https://minesmagazine.com/6718/) - A record year in giving, highest-ever SAT scores for an incoming class, more research funding than in any previous year, on-campus recruiting reaching an all-time high, new athletic achievements, and an unprecedented pace of new construction: At the start of its 138th year, Mines can lay claim to a remarkable list of accomplishments. - [Megatons to Megawatts: The Missile Deal that Almost Blew Up](https://minesmagazine.com/6237/) - Nuclear power provides about 20 percent of the electricity used in the United States. Since 1995, about half of that has been generated with uranium from dismantled Russian nuclear warheads, shipped to the U.S. under the Megatons to Megawatts (MTM) program. When the 20-year program wraps up in 2013, about 20,000 nuclear warheads will have been put out of commission. The useful conversion of so much destructive power (think three warheads a day for 18 years) is an inspiring story, but the deal almost fell apart. Structurally flawed from the outset, the agreement required a decade-long collaborative effort led by private sector nuclear industry partners, with considerable support from the U.S. and Canadian governments. - [A Bell from the Past](https://minesmagazine.com/6688/) - My curiosity about the 1948 theft of the 1,200-pound University of Colorado bell, and its mysterious reappearance two years later, was first aroused 10 years ago. I was chatting with members of the Class of '52, who were on campus to celebrate their 50-year reunion. Naturally, I asked: "How did they do it? Who did - [Wild Women Truly Wild](https://minesmagazine.com/6792/) - I have to make a correction to the Wild Woman story (winter 2012). I never coached them because they were uncontrollable. - [Megatons to Megawatts](https://minesmagazine.com/6789/) - I was captivated by your story on the role played by Jerry Grandey '68 in salvaging the 1993 agreement to dismantle Russian nuclear warheads. I remember following those events nervously, wondering what would happen to those tens of thousands of warheads in the U.S. and Russian arsenals. How fascinating it was to learn that one - [Engineering a Quantum Leap in Solar Power](https://minesmagazine.com/6836/) - Over the last 25 years, a series of incremental improvements to photovoltaic cells have raised efficiency levels from around 15 percent in the early '80s to 20 percent today. However, after recent research at Mines helped confirm the effectiveness of quantum dots, scientists believe this new technology could elevate efficiency to 40 percent over the - [Did Arthur Lakes Discover T-Rex?](https://minesmagazine.com/7338/) - Arthur Lakes role in the discovery of the first T-Rex fragments near Morrison, Colo., in 1874 is captured in a recently released 60-minute documentary titled, 'Arthur Lakes: Discovering Dinosaurs.' The documentary includes reenactments and an interview with Bruce Geller, director of the Mines Geology Museum, who describes Lakes as the originator of the museum. Lakes - [Airstrips for the Allied Advance](https://minesmagazine.com/7162/) - This personal recollection by John H. Sullivan '38 is a fascinating firsthand account of a specific chapter and operation of the war. With an engineer's attention to detail, it chronicles his experience building numerous airstrips to serve the needs of the Allies as they advance across Europe after D-Day. In our age of purpose-built everything, - [Tips on Developing Your International Career](https://minesmagazine.com/7564/) - Is working internationally the right career move for you? Magi Boogaard '00 shared with attendees of a February 7, 2013, seminar the approach she found successful in working outside the United States. - [How Nike's Founder Helped Influence Cancer Researcher Joe Gray '68](https://minesmagazine.com/7582/) - When we published this story about Joe Gray '68 in 2010, he was director of the Life Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he and a team of scientists were conducting groundbreaking cancer research. He's now the Gordon Moore Endowed Chair at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, where he moved with the - [Engineer by Day, Fighter by Night](https://minesmagazine.com/7287/) - At 6'2" and 275 pounds, with a slick, bald head, neatly trimmed goatee and several tattoos stretching across his biceps, Shane Carwin '04 looks the part of an Ultimate Fighting champion. But get him outside the metal cage, where he is known for his hard, tactical punches, and you discover a soft-spoken engineer and a - [A Miner's Century](https://minesmagazine.com/7300/) - Graduating in the middle of the Great Depression, members of the Class of 1935 faced bleak job prospects. But E. Keith Staley '35, who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 13 in Oro Valley, Ariz., points out that life had been tough for some time. For example, to return home to Clayton, N.M., from Golden - [Career Development: Securing Your Next Move](https://minesmagazine.com/7309/) - On November 12, 2012, the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association's ongoing Professional Development Series featured 'Securing Your Next Move,' a panel discussion moderated by Cooper Swenson MS '04. The panel included professional recruiter Dave White '81 and business executives' Leslie O'Connor and Becky O'Rourke. About 45 alumni attended the event, and another 40 tuned - [Student Support: Generous Legacies](https://minesmagazine.com/7317/) - More than $14,000 was awarded to 19 freshmen and seniors at a reception on November 2, 2012, in the Ben H. Parker Student Center. Attended by more than 30 family members and friends, the event marked a longstanding alumni association tradition of offering special financial assistance to the children and grandchildren of members. - [Orediggers No. 1 in Learfield](https://minesmagazine.com/7333/) - In the final fall edition of the NCAA Division II Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings, Colorado School of Mines ranked No. 1. The Orediggers finished second in men's cross country, fifth in women's soccer, eighth in women's cross country and 17th in both men's soccer and women's volleyball. Cross country. Men took a top-five finish - [Faculty Spotlight: Taking Work Home](https://minesmagazine.com/7346/) - Farmer-scholars were common enough in the days of Thomas Jefferson, who proudly described himself as a 'gentleman farmer,' but that is no longer the case. Today, the life of a university professor is generally far removed from that of a modern farmer. Not so for Tom Davis PhD '74, a professor of geophysics at Mines, - [International Intercollegiate Mining Games Come to Mines](https://minesmagazine.com/7352/) - Mark your calendars and get ready to hitch a ride on an ore cart to the 35th International Intercollegiate Mining Games on the Mines campus March 13-17, 2013. Support our own Miners as the co-ed team defends its first-place win last year in Cornwall, England. - [Just Published](https://minesmagazine.com/7361/) - The Simple Truth: BP's Macondo Blowout John Turley '65, petroleum engineering graduate, offshore-drilling expert, and ocean engineer, describes his book as a 'facts-based nonfiction novel.' The 350-page book takes readers aboard Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, dramatizing the drilling of the 3.5-mile-deep exploration well, and documenting the operating and engineering decisions that led up to - [Stay Connected. Keep in Touch.](https://minesmagazine.com/7400/) - I had a very different Editor's Take in mind until the day before we went to press. That was when my boss and friend, Anita Pariseau, came into my office at the end of the day to say she'd taken a position at Colorado College and would be leaving in a few weeks. I'm happy - [Reaching Out](https://minesmagazine.com/7407/) - I loved [the fall 2012 issue]. Great magazine. I always give them to kids in the neighborhood who have an interest in going to Mines. - [Skier Safety Engineers](https://minesmagazine.com/7410/) - In the obituary for Donald Larson in the fall 2012 edition, it was such a pleasure to see that he had won the Robert Lesage award from the Rocky Mountain Lift Association in 2008. I know a little bit about Robert Lesage because he was my father, and also a Mines graduate with an EM degree in 1948. - [Quantum Dots](https://minesmagazine.com/7422/) - I really enjoyed the cover story on quantum dots as they relate to breakthroughs in solar panels. It's like getting an issue of Scientific American that relates to research being done at my old school. My only comment is, more articles like this, please! I'm sure Mines has enough going on to fill a much - [Earning Energy Independence](https://minesmagazine.com/7475/) - Could the United States reverse course from its position as the world's largest importer of oil and natural gas to become an exporter of these resources? A recent report by the International Energy Agency suggests we can. When Jennifer Miskimins MS '00, PhD '02 received her bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering in 1990, the United - [Cosmic Rays and the Department of Physics](https://minesmagazine.com/7709/) - Associate Professors Lawrence Wiencke and Fred Sarazin are part of a $4.4 million NASA grant to design a Global Light System that will work with the planned Extreme Universe Space Observatory on board the Japanese Experiment Module. - [Automated Chicken Farming in Saudi Arabia](https://minesmagazine.com/7733/) - In September 2012, after a decade in retirement, John Sulzbach '56 accepted a project management assignment in Saudi Arabia, where he and his wife, Ann, spent three years in the mid-1970s. Working for an Egyptian engineering company, the mining engineer supervised the engineering and construction of highly automated chicken farms in the desert that will - [Dean F. Thorpe '48](https://minesmagazine.com/7787/) - Dean F. Thorpe '48 of Syracuse, N.Y., died January 28, 2013. Born in 1922, Dean graduated with a professional degree in metallurgical engineering from Mines, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. His college years were interrupted by World War II, when he was stationed in the Philippines as a captain in - [David A. Tabaska '84 '86](https://minesmagazine.com/7798/) - David A. Tabaska '84, '86 of Breese, Ill., died February 11, 2013. Born in 1962, Dave earned bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and petroleum refining, and mathematics from Mines, and went on to earn an MBA from the University of Maryland. He worked in computer maintenance for the U.S. Census Bureau, and was a member - [Marlow E. Sharpe '49](https://minesmagazine.com/7804/) - Marlow E. Sharpe '49 of Roswell, N.M., died December 27, 2012. Born in 1924, Marlow grew up in Haxtun, Colo. In 1942, he enrolled at Mines, which he attended for one year, before joining the Army Air Corps. After his discharge in 1945, he returned to Mines, where he joined the rifle team and completed - [William H. Ruehle '52](https://minesmagazine.com/7810/) - William H. Ruehle '52 of Denton, Texas, died January 27, 2013. Bill was born in 1928 in the silver mining camp of Rosario, Honduras, to American parents. He earned a professional degree in geophysical engineering from Mines, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the varsity track and field team. Entering - [Norman R. Rowlinson '52](https://minesmagazine.com/7815/) - Norman R. Rowlinson '52 of Houston, Texas, died December 11, 2012. Born in 1929, Norm studied chemistry at Ripon College in Wisconsin from 1947 to 1949, and then transferred to Mines to earn a professional degree in geological engineering. From 1954 to 1956, Norm served in the U.S. military before earning a master's degree in - [Joseph J. Rebeck '53](https://minesmagazine.com/7823/) - Joseph J. Rebeck '53 of Evergreen, Colo., died November 6, 2011. Bud, as he was known, was born in 1931. He earned a professional degree in mining engineering from Mines, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and played varsity football. The 1951 team, of which he was a member, was inducted - [Darrell J. Beckley '53](https://minesmagazine.com/7905/) - Darrell J. Beckley '53 of Brush, Colo., died August 29, 2012. Born in 1926, Darrell served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. Upon his discharge, he enrolled at Colorado School of Mines, where he joined Kappa Sigma fraternity and played varsity football, his 1951 team was inducted into Mines' Athletics Hall of Fame - [A Mines Fascination](https://minesmagazine.com/7913/) - During a recent conversation in his Boulder, Colo., home, Hugh Evans '49 said, "Work is a balance between fascination and frustration." He's certainly experienced plenty of both over the last 89 years. His fascination with mining, which began at age 14, led him to Golden in January 1946 after being discharged. Although he'd been accepted - [Alumni Weekend: Reconnecting Over Three Days in Golden](https://minesmagazine.com/7925/) - Former members of band and choir, Department of Physics alumni, and the classes of '53, '63, '68, '73 and '78 celebrated together on campus during Alumni Weekend 2013, April 25-27. Here's a glimpse of the weekend in pictures. - [In Brief Summer 2013...](https://minesmagazine.com/7930/) - The Mines Mine Rescue Team won third place in the Men's Field Competition, beating eight professional industry rescue teams, during the Nevada Mine Rescue Contest held in the spring. Tina Gianquitto, a research associate professor in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies (LAIS), was awarded Best Paper (general, non-student) by the Society for - [Victory for MME, Second Time Around](https://minesmagazine.com/7935/) - The Mines Metallurgical and Materials Engineering team won the 2013 Materials Bowl competition for the second year in a row. - [Highest Year-End Learfield Ranking in School History](https://minesmagazine.com/7939/) - The Colorado School of Mines Department of Athletics finished with a school-record, 10th-place finish out of 290 NCAA Division II institutions in the 2012-2013 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings. The Orediggers have now finished in the top 25 of the standings for four consecutive seasons. Contributing to this victory were three RMAC Tournament titles and - [Mines Teams with Children's Hospital](https://minesmagazine.com/7946/) - Some day children with growth plate injuries could avoid deformities, children with cystic fibrosis could have better treatments, and children with birth defects could grow new bone, thanks to a new collaboration between the Colorado School of Mines Office of Research and Technology Transfer and the Children's Hospital Colorado Research Institute. Launched in early 2013, - [Modeling a Beetle's Impact on Water Systems](https://minesmagazine.com/7950/) - Associate Professor Reed Maxwell is concerned about the effect the lodgepole massacre will have on the headwaters of the Colorado and South Platte rivers, and is using hydrologic modeling to search for solutions. - [May 2013 Commencement Records](https://minesmagazine.com/7970/) - On May 11, 2013, Mines graduated the largest class in its history and awarded more degrees to women than ever before. - [Women Take First at Mining Games](https://minesmagazine.com/7975/) - Over five days in March, mining teams from around the world came to the Mines campus to compete in the 35th Annual International Intercollegiate Mining Games. - [Mines' New Boulder-Based Supercomputer](https://minesmagazine.com/7980/) - Colorado School of Mines' new 155-teraflop supercomputer, dubbed 'BlueM,' will allow researchers to run large simulations that support the university's core research areas while developing innovative algorithms to make the best use of a powerful hybrid system. Although BlueM will be housed at the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as part of a - [Student Voices: McBride Honors Students Tackle Challenges in Activism and Water](https://minesmagazine.com/7960/) - At the first annual Rocky Mountain Honors Symposium, our group decided not just to talk about change; we wanted to make a change happen right here on the Mines campus. - [Cosmic Messengers from the Extreme Universe](https://minesmagazine.com/7716/) - Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays carry an unfathomable amount of energy, but are elusive. Associate Professors Lawrence Wiencke and Fred Sarazin are part of a $4.4 million NASA grant to record many more of these than previously possible. - [Material Diversity](https://minesmagazine.com/7992/) - How diverse is materials research at Mines these days? Read about these three high-profile programs, housed in different departments and spanning a wide spectrum of industries, and judge for yourself. - [Honoring and Supporting Our Own](https://minesmagazine.com/8121/) - For those working in the energy industry in unstable countries around the world, the risk of terrorism is a daily reality. Miners who have lived with such risk would have been particularly alarmed by news of the January 16 attack on the gas plant in In Amenas, Algeria. 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