Mines Magazine: Fall 2024

Portrait of Le’Toya Garland ’04 in front of mural

This Colorado School of Mines alum is breaking beats and boundaries

February 5, 2025
After a career curveball, Le’Toya Garland ’04 reinvented her professional life and now co-owns School of Breaking in Aurora, Colorado.
Chris Saykally ’11 and Derek Saykally ’14 outside AC Transmission Total Car Care

These Mines alums - and brothers - take up the business mantle

January 29, 2025
Brothers Chris Saykally ’11 and Derek Saykally ’14 bought AC Transmission Total Car Care in Denver in 2020.
Beck Venture Center building

Venture Fund helps Mines students, staff, alumni bring transformative ideas to life

January 22, 2025
The inaugural fund, Mines Venture Fund 1, provides startup capital to entrepreneurs and innovators with ties to Colorado School of Mines.
Fervo Energy’s Cape Station geothermal energy project in southwest Utah

Mines alumni working to harness the heat beneath our feet

January 16, 2025
Hunter Knox ’05 and Aleksei Titov ’22 are among the Mines graduates playing a critical role in the development of geothermal energy sources.
Mines researchers on parabolic flight

For Orediggers in aerospace industry, the sky's the limit

January 7, 2025
As the aerospace industry continues to expand, Colorado School of Mines is preparing the next generation of aerospace professionals to shoot for the stars - no aerospace engineering degree required.