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“Even though I’m the one getting this award, I’d really like it to stand for not just me, but everyone who has the same dreams and aspirations as I do,” Fabian Jimenez said. “It’s important to recognize that there are a lot of people out there doing the work and I don’t want them to be forgotten.”
“We are happy to report that career outcomes, both in first destinations and starting salaries, remain strong, a testament to the enduring value of a Mines degree," said Wendy Winter-Searcy, director of the Mines Career Center.
Bobby White and Josh Trujillo discussed the high-altitude rescue with Ellen during the show's Jan. 24 episode — and the talk show host gifted each of the undergraduate students $10,000 to commend their heroic gesture.
Spring classes began as scheduled Tuesday, Jan. 11 – in person and on campus – with COVID-19 health and safety protocols in place.
Mines conferred a total of 284 bachelor’s degrees during the in-person ceremony at Lockridge Arena on Dec. 17, 2021.
Winning the semester-long design challenge – and the $1,000 grand prize – was a solution for making temporary housing for refugees more durable, sustainable and easily deployable.
The Small Animal Fluorescent Imaging System, an imaging system designed to be affordable for small universities and research centers who need to conduct niche research, took the top award at the Fall 2021 Capstone Design Showcase.
Undergraduate Commencement will kick off the day’s festivities at 9 a.m. in Lockridge Arena. Graduate Commencement will follow at 2 p.m. in the same location.
The Mines Academy at Red Rocks will provide qualified RRCC students with guaranteed admission into any four-year degree program at Colorado School of Mines upon completion of a two-year Associate of Engineering Science degree.
Mechanical engineering junior Adam Schwartz selected as a University Innovation Fellow, a program from Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.