In Nov. 2016, a survey was sent out to the faculty concerning satisfaction, workload, and stress levels. With over 250 responses, the 2016 Faculty Climate Survey attempted to answer 27 questions pertaining to different aspects of being a professor at Mines. While the results show that faculty satisfaction has increased since the last time the…
On Wednesday, April 19 of E-days, Alpha Phi hosted their annual AlphaTraz fundraising event. Leaders on campus were invited to participate as “jailbirds.” They set their bails and invited friends, club members and teammates to donate money to either bail them out or raise their bail. Since AlphaTraz is one of the first E-Days events,…
Digger Drive, a Safe Ride program in which volunteer students help their fellow students get home safely, is on its way to Mines. Beginning in Oct. 2015, the Undergraduate Student Government has been working through the logistics and preparing the project to be approved by administration. “I got involved with this because I heard about…
The Mines international program includes two sides: students coming from partnering programs to study at Mines, and students from Mines studying abroad. While both are small in size, they are growing. Mary Cook, a staff member of the Office of International Programs, described the importance of having students come to Mines for their study abroad….