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Colorado School of Mines’ No. 1 world-ranked mining engineering program has received a historic $7.5 million investment from alum J. Steven Whisler and his wife, Ardyce, of Whitefish, Montana.
This year, there’s more than $110,000 in bonus and matching funds up for grabs for our featured causes, thanks to our Lead Challengers Andrew P. ‘78 and Sherry P. Swiger and other generous Mines donors.
The state-of-the-art 31,000-square-foot building, where the Mines community can turn ideas into startups, is the final piece of the Mines Entrepreneurial & Innovation Ecosystem.
#idigmines Giving Day is back, and there’s more than $130,000 in bonus and matching funds up for grabs for our 33 featured causes, thanks to our Lead Corporate Champion Credit Union of Colorado, Lead Challengers Andrew P. ‘78 and Sherry P. Swiger and other generous Mines donors.
The 37,000-square-foot building, located near 13th and Maple streets, will be the state-of-the-art centerpiece of the Mines Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem and the Labriola Innovation Complex.
When Brian Deurloo ’97 was a kid, he found out his neighbor was buying frogs—his favorite animal—at a quarter a pop. He showed up with a half-bucket of frogs. That was his first foray into entrepreneurship.
Construction on the new 33,000-square-foot facility – which will exponentially increase the scope of support for launching new businesses and ideas through Mines – could begin as soon as late 2021.
The Grandey Leadership by Design First-Year Honors Experience will teach first-year students leadership principles alongside ethics, communication, innovation and entrepreneurship, and research and design skills.
Charles Shultz ’61 and his wife, Louanne, have provided a generous gift to Mines’ Humanitarian Engineering program to support the program’s continued growth, reach and impact inside and outside the university.
The J. Don ’55 and Lois Thorson Capstone Lab will provide a dedicated space for Capstone Design@Mines projects.