Hundreds of new students at the Colorado School of Mines are marching up Mount Zion in Golden in a tradition dating back to 1908.

Colin Wolden, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Mines, said, “Lithium-ion battery production is dominated in Asia and this is a real chance to relocate that important industry here to the United States, and Colorado.”

Ryan Eto '21, coach of the Mines men's club basketball team, shoots some hoops with Kaleb in Lockridge Arena.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland helped make the official announcement on Friday at the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden

The Colorado School Of Mines freshman class trekked up Mount Zion for an annual tradition that dates back more than a century.

On a warm spring Colorado day at the Colorado School of Mines, graduates are filled with hope for the future. One of them however is taking a much different path than his peers.

Stefanie Tompkins was appointed to be director for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA.

Colorado School of Mines says classrooms are expected to return to pre-COVID capacity when the fall semester begins Aug. 23.

“Historically the jobs in the oil and gas industry were higher paying on average. But of course that’s changing,” said Professor Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines.

“I see the events as a dramatic and dark day in the history of our democracy,” political specialist Ken Osgood said. Osgood is also a history professor at Colorado School of Mines.