Student Activities


The Mines campus generously gave food and monetary donations during the fall 2014 Castle of Cans food drive, providing enough to give boxes to 45 families. Eight additional boxes of food were also
Kohl KnutsonSport: Skydiving Petroleum engineering student Kohl Knutson has been skydiving for a year, and recently received an A license through the Accelerated Free Fall program for completing 25
Mechanical engineering student Chad Young won the Men’s A category and received 2 nd place as part of the Mines Cycling Team in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference Road Race Championships
Chemical and biochemical engineering student Corey Brugh is one of two Colorado students accepted into a spring cohort of University Innovation Fellows (UIFs), a program which empowers engineering
By Andrew Hoffman The Oredigger Members of the Engineers Without Borders / Bridges to Prosperity (EWB/B2P) student organization at the Colorado School of Mines recently traveled to Nicaragua to
Colorado School of Mines Equestrian Team president Allison Pelzel qualified for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Nationals Finals after competing in the Zone 8 Finals in early April
Over the course of seven days, 20 Mines students from the band, orchestra and choir presented 10 concerts along with a music and instruction program to underprivileged K-12 students, mining industry
Three women in the Colorado School of Mines Triathlon Club have qualified for their first trip to the Collegiate National Triathlon Championships. Club president and graduate student Tess Weathers
On Feb. 8, more than 100 Colorado high-schoolers – all female – spent the day at Mines for Girls Lead the Way 2014, a conference focused on women and the science, technology, engineering and
The Colorado School of Mines chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently received the “2013 Outstanding Collegiate Section Award” at the silver level and the “2013 Collegiate Professional