Alumni


Kurtis Griess '08 MS '10G recently helped Mines write a winning grant to create a program between the university and Jeffco Public School’s Alameda International Junior/Senior High School.
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.
Deborah Peacock ’78 is the president of an intellectual property firm that specializes in legal issues within the spaceflight and aerospace industries.
Originally organized as an alumni fundraiser, the annual golf tournament now contributes to an endowment that provides funds for Mines student scholarships.
“I really wanted to explore how the things we build and design impact the people they are actually made for,” said Peyton Gibson ’17.
For Trevor Bachand ’22, cofounding a startup was a scary but rewarding process, and it was Mines’ available resources and support that helped guide him through starting and running a business.
Jamie and Doug Wickler are in the exact spot they want to be at a time when it has become critical for all people to be involved in our food systems: stewarding the land, providing food to their community and constantly considering how to update their systems and processes to do those things as best as they can.
Geophysics faculty, students and alumni at Colorado School of Mines are looking below the surface to enable innovation in energy, infrastructure, space exploration — and beyond.
The decorated distance runner and student researcher is the first Mines student-athlete to reach the finals for the prestigious national award. NCAA will announce the winner at its annual convention in January.
Lauren Miller, a master’s student in geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been honored with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience