Is Colorado School of Mines a Good School for Cs

Public university in Golden, Colorado, U.S.

Colorado School of Mines

Motto	Nil sine numine (Latin)
Motto in English	Nothing without God's will
Type	Public research university
Established	1874; 147 years ago  (1874)
Academic affiliations	Space-grant
Endowment	$285.6 million (2020)[1]
President	Paul C. Johnson
Students	7,172 (Fall 2021)[2]
Undergraduates	5,491 (Fall 2021)[2]
Postgraduates	1,681 (Fall 2021)[2]
Location	Golden , Colorado , United States 39°45′4″N 105°13′21″W  /  39.75111°N 105.22250°W  / 39.75111; -105.22250 Coordinates: 39°45′4″N 105°13′21″W  /  39.75111°N 105.22250°W  / 39.75111; -105.22250
Campus	Suburban, 373 acres (1.51 km2)[3]
Colors	Blue & Silver[4]
Nickname	Orediggers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division II – Rocky Mountain
Mascot	Marvin the Miner Blaster the Burro[5]
Website	www.mines.edu

The Colorado School of Mines (informally Mines) is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on energy and the environment. While Mines does offer minor degrees in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, it only offers major degrees in STEM fields, with the exception of economics. In the Fall 2019 semester, the school had 6,607 students enrolled, with 5,155 in an undergraduate program and 1,452 in a graduate program.^[2] The school has been co-educational since its founding, however, enrollment remains predominantly male (69.2% as of Fall 2020).^[2] In every QS World University Ranking from 2016 to 2020, the university was ranked as the top institution in the world for mineral and mining engineering.^[6] It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".^[7]

History [edit]

Early history [edit]

Engineering Hall, constructed in 1894

George R. Brown Hall houses various engineering disciplines, including mining.

Paul Meyer Hall housed the Physics Department. It was demolished in Spring 2016 and replaced by the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering.

Alderson Hall, completed in 1953^[8] and renovated in 1992, was named for former university president Victor C. Alderson (1903–1913 and 1917–1925) and houses the chemical engineering department.

The CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering, opened to students in September 2017. It is the home building for the Physics Department, and the College of Applied Science and Engineering Dean's Office.

Golden, Colorado, established in 1859 as Golden City, served as a supply center for miners and settlers in the area. In 1866, Bishop George M. Randall of Massachusetts arrived in the territory and, seeing a need for higher education facilities in the area, began planning for a university which would include a school of mines. In 1870, he opened the Jarvis Hall Collegiate School in the central building of the Colorado University Schools campus just south of the town of Golden, accompanied it with Matthews Hall divinity school in 1872, and in 1873 the School of Mines opened under the auspices of the Episcopal Church. In 1874 the School of Mines, supported by the territorial government since efforts began in 1870, was acquired by the territory and has been a state institution since 1876 when Colorado attained statehood. Tuition was originally free to residents of Colorado.^[9] The school's logo was designed by prominent architect Jacques Benedict.

The first building on the current site of the school was built in 1880 with additions completed in 1882 and 1890. The building, known as "Chemistry Hall," stood where Hill Hall is now located. The next building to be added to the campus was Engineering Hall, built in 1894, which is still in use today by the Economics and Business Division.

Other firsts include the first board of trustees meeting held in 1879; the first formal commencement held in 1883 for two graduates (William Beebe Middleton and Walter Howard Wiley); the first international student graduated in 1889; and the first female student graduated in 1898. In 1906, Mines became the first school of its kind in the world to own and operate its own experimental mine, designed for practical teaching of the students, which was located on Mt. Zion and succeeded in the 1930s by the Edgar Mine. In 1879, there was some discussion about merging School of Mines and the State University in Boulder. Apparently, because of the specialized focus of School of Mines, it was decided that such a merger would not be appropriate. During the early years of the institution, the chief administrator was the "Professor in Charge". The designation "President" was first used in 1880. The "M" on Mt. Zion, a prominent feature in the Golden area, was constructed in 1908 and lighted in 1932.

Early academic departments were drafting, physics, metallurgy, chemistry and mining. In the 1920s, departments formed in geology, petroleum engineering and geophysics. Petroleum refining was added in 1946. The Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Division (formerly Liberal Arts and International Studies) and the Department of Physical Education and Athletics provide nontechnical educational opportunities for Mines students. Other facilities include: Ben Parker Student Center, Arthur Lakes Library, Green Center and the Edgar Mine which is located in Idaho Springs.

Recent history [edit]

The Colorado School of Mines is a public research university devoted to engineering, applied science, and its rovers.

In August 2007, a new student recreation center was completed. In 2008, the school finished expanding its main computer center, the Center for Technology and Learning Media (CTLM). In May 2008 the school completed construction and installation of a new supercomputer nicknamed "Ra"^[10] in the CTLM managed by the Golden Energy Computing Organization (GECO), a partnership among the Colorado School of Mines, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Science Foundation. In 2014, CoorsTek granted a $27 million investment to the university, leading to the 2017 opening of the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering, a multi-disciplinary building on campus dedicated to both academic and research activities.^[11]

Mines is the host of the annual Colorado State Science Olympiad, which draws teams from both the northern regional (hosted at Poudre High School) and southern regional (hosted at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) competitions. One or two teams usually advance to the national finals, depending on the number of teams registered to compete. Mines also hosts the Colorado Regional Science Bowl, and shares hosting of the Colorado State MathCounts Competition with University of Denver, alternating biennially.

Since 1964, the Colorado School of Mines has hosted the annual oil shale symposium, one of the most important international oil shale conferences. Although the series of symposia stopped after 1992, the tradition was restored in 2006.^[12]

Presidents [edit]

• Chris Stell. – 1873^{[n 1]}
• Gregory Board – 1875^{[n 1]}
• Milton Moss – 1878^{[n 1]}
• Albert C. Hale – 1880^{[n 2]}
• Regis Chauvenet – 1883
• Charles S. Palmer – 1902
• Victor C. Alderson – 1903^{[n 3]}
• William G. Haldane – 1913
• William B. Phillips – 1915
• Howard C. Parmelee – 1916
• Victor C. Alderson – 1917^{[n 3]}
• Melville F. Coolbaugh – 1925
• Ben H. Parker – 1946
• John W Vanderwilt – 1950
• Orlo E. Childs – 1963
• Guy T. McBride, Jr. – 1970
• George S. Ansell – 1984
• Theodore A. Bickart – 1998
• John U. Trefny – 2000
• Myles W. Scoggins – 2006
• Paul C. Johnson – 2015

Campus [edit]

Colorado School of Mines is located to the southwest of Golden's downtown, bordered to the west by U.S. Route 6 and to the north by Clear Creek. The campus spans 373 acres (1.51 km²),^[3] including over a dozen academic and research buildings, indoor and outdoor athletic facilities, two student centers, a library, eight residential halls, and administration buildings. Additionally, the campus hosts a research building for the United States Geological Survey,^[13] housing the National Earthquake Information Center.

The school operates the free admission Mines Museum of Earth Science, which displays rock and mineral specimens collected from Colorado's numerous mining districts as well as around the world. Notable objects in the collection include one of the "Goodwill" Apollo 17 lunar samples and the Miss Colorado crown. ^{[14] [15]}

The design of the university's buildings have varied widely over time, spanning a spectrum of styles from Second Empire to Postmodernist, created by noted Colorado architectural masters including Robert S. Roeschlaub (Hall of Engineering), Jacques Benedict (Steinhauer Field House), and Temple Hoyne Buell (Berthoud Hall). To date, three main academic buildings are gone (original Territorial School of Mines, 1871–93; Hall of Chemistry, 1880–1958; Paul Meyer Hall, 1963–2016), while the present campus includes:

• Alderson Hall
  • Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Berthoud Hall
  • Geology and Geological Engineering
• Brown Hall (Building)
  • Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, undergraduate Environmental)
  • Computer Science
  • Mining Engineering
• Chauvenet Hall
  • Applied Math and Statistics
• Coolbaugh Hall
  • Chemistry and Geochemistry
• CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering
  • Physics
• Center for Technology and Learning Media (CTLM)
  • Academic Computing and Networking
• Engineering Hall
  • Economics and Business
• General Research Laboratory and Museum of Earth Science
• Green Center
  • Geophysics
  • GC Office of Events
• Guggenheim Hall
  • President's Office (King PCJ)
  • Administrative Offices
• Hill Hall
  • Materials Science
  • Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Arthur Lakes Library
  • Library
• Marquez Hall
  • Petroleum Engineering
• Moly Building
  • Colorado Geological Survey
• Recreation Center
• Starzer Welcome Center
  • Admissions
  • Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association
  • Colorado School of Mines Foundation
• Stratton Hall
  • Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Applied Math and Statistics (not primary location)
• Steinhauer Field House
• Student Center
  • Financial Aid
  • Bookstore
  • Registrar
  • Student Life
• Student Health Center
• U.S Geological Survey
  • National Earthquake Information Center
  • National Landslide Information Center
• Volk Gymnasium
  • Physical Education and Athletics

Major open-air athletic facilities of the Colorado School of Mines include historic Campbell Field and Darden Field.

The honorary named Colorado School of Mines buildings commemorate Dr. Victor C. Alderson, Edward L. Berthoud, George R. Brown, Dr. Regis Chauvenet, Dr. Melville F. Coolbaugh, Cecil H. and Ida Green, Simon Guggenheim, Nathaniel P. Hill, Arthur Lakes, Dr. Paul D. Meyer, Winfield S. Stratton, and Russell K. Volk.

Academics [edit]

Mines is organized around 16 academic departments and 14 interdisciplinary programs:

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced Energy Systems
• Applied Mathematics and Statistics
• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science
• Economics and Business
• Electrical Engineering
• Energy
• Engineering, Design and Society
• Geochemistry
• Geology and Geological Engineering
• Geophysics
• GIS and Geoinformatics
• Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Military Science/ROTC
• Mining Engineering
• Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Operations Research with Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Physics
• Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
• Space Resources
• Underground Construction and Tunneling

Mines began the world's first graduate program in space resources in the fall semester of 2018, offering both master's and PhD degrees.^[16]

Rankings [edit]

Academic rankings
National
ARWU [17]	155–175
Forbes [18]	94
THE/WSJ [19]	169
U.S. News & World Report [20]	88
Washington Monthly [21]	78
Global
ARWU [22]	601–700
THE [23]	401–500
U.S. News & World Report [24]	503

USNWR departmental rankings [25]
Chemistry	96
Computer Science	91
Earth Sciences	28
Engineering	59
Mathematics	117
Physics	71

• Tied for 33rd in U.S. News & World Report's 2021 "Top Public Schools" in the U.S.^[25]
• 2nd in U.S. News & World Report's 2021 "Best Engineering Graduate Schools" in the U.S.,^[25] with the Petroleum Engineering program ranked 4th.^[26]
• Tied for 83th in U.S. News & World Report's 2021 "Best National Universities Rankings".^[25]
• 3rd out of 174 schools ranked in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's 2019 "Best Values in Public Colleges."^[27]
• 9th in "USA Today's Top 10 Engineering Schools 2015".^[28]

Admissions [edit]

For freshmen entering Fall 2020, Colorado School of Mines received 11,756 applications, accepted 6,240 (53.1%) and enrolled 1,268 (11.1% of those who applied).^[29] The middle 50% range of SAT scores for the enrolled freshmen was 620–710 for evidence-based reading, and 640–750 for math, while the ACT Composite range was 27–33.^[29] The average GPA was 3.78. Of the incoming class, 21.2% were women.^[29]

Traditions [edit]

E-Days [edit]

Each spring semester, the Colorado School of Mines students and faculty celebrate E-days (or Engineering Days). This three-day festival is kicked off Friday morning with the "Ore Cart Pull". This event consists of students collectively pulling an ore cart 7.5 miles down Colfax Avenue to the Colorado State Capitol in Civic Center Park. Other attractions of this event include a cardboard boat race down nearby Clear Creek, a concert featuring a community-voted artist, and a large fireworks show Saturday night to end the festival, among many other small campus-hosted events.

M Climb [edit]

Freshmen at the Colorado School of Mines are expected, but not required, to participate in the M Climb during orientation weekend. During this climb, students carry a ten-pound rock brought from their hometown up Mt. Zion. Before ascending up the mountain, students are given colored hard-hats which are spray-painted by members of the Blue Key Honor Society.^[30] Along the climb, non-freshmen encourage and heckle the new students with water balloons, silly string, and more, as well as leading the group in learning the Mines' fight song. At the top of the mountain, students place their rock on the "M," a large sign made of rock in the shape of Mines' M logo, and paint the M white using whitewash.^[31] On graduation, seniors are invited to take a rock from the M as a keepsake of their time at Mines.^[32]

Athletics [edit]

The Colorado School of Mines' intercollegiate sports teams are known as the Orediggers. The Orediggers compete as members of NCAA Division II and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference for all 18 varsity sports. The Oredigger athletic teams include baseball, football, wrestling, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's indoor/outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.

Colorado School of Mines was ranked No. 3 Best NCAA D2 school in the U.S. for student-athletes, according to Next College Student Athlete's 2018 NCSA Power Rankings.^[33] The NCSA Power Rankings recognize the best colleges and universities in the U.S. for student-athletes.^[34] Colorado school of mines athletics also ranked No. 2 in Football, No. 3 in Men's Soccer, No. 4 in Women's Soccer, and No. 5 in Women's Volleyball, among all NCAA D2 schools.

Notable alumni [edit]

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Notable faculty [edit]

See also [edit]

•  Colorado portal

• Colorado lunar sample displays

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Professor in Charge.
2. ^ Began as Professor in Charge, became the first President.
3. ^ ^{a b} Served as President Twice

References [edit]

1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Fall Headcount Enrollment". Colorado School of Mines. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Mines by the Numbers". Colorado School of Mines.
4. ^ Mines Graphic Standards Guide (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
5. ^ Blaster – Burro or Mule? Archived April 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020 – Engineering – Mineral & Mining". Top Universities. QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
7. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
8. ^ "Alderson Hall". Jefferson County Place Names Directory . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
9. ^ Thomas, Grace Powers (1898). Where to educate, 1898–1899. A guide to the best private schools, higher institutions of learning, etc., in the United States. Boston: Brown and Company. p. 23. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
10. ^ Mines unveils energy supercomputer 'Ra' Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering - Campus TourArchived July 22, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ Purga, Jaanus (2006). "26th Oil Shale Symposium in Golden – waking up the largest oil shale reserve in the world" (PDF). Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal. Estonian Academy Publishers. 23 (4): 385–386. ISSN 0208-189X. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
13. ^ "U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines announce long-term partnership". Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. October 22, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
14. ^ "MInes Museum - Campus Tour". tour.mines.edu. Colorado School of Mines. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
15. ^ "Home - Mines Museum of Earth Science". mines.edu. Colorado School of Mines. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
16. ^ School Of Mines Debuts The world's first degree program for space mining, Colorado Public Radio, August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
17. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020: National/Regional Rank". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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21. ^ "2020 National University Rankings". Washington Monthly . Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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24. ^ "2021 Best Global Universities Rankings". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved October 20, 2020.
25. ^ ^{a b c d} "Colorado School of Mines Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
26. ^ "Best Petroleum Engineering Programs". U.S. News & World Report. 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
27. ^ "Colorado School of Mines Ranking". Kiplinger's Personal Finance. July 2019.
28. ^ "The top 10 engineering colleges in the U.S." USA Today. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
29. ^ ^{a b c} "Colorado School of Mines Common Data Set 2019–2020, Part C" (PDF). Colorado School of Mines.
30. ^ Rusch, Emilie (August 13, 2019). "Incoming students to kick off academic year with M Climb". Mines Newsroom . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
31. ^ White, Mekialaya (August 17, 2019). "School Of Mines Freshmen Tackle 'M Climb' Tradition". CBS Denver . Retrieved July 25, 2020.
32. ^ "History and Traditions". Colorado School of Mines. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
33. ^ "NCAA Division 2 Colleges, NCSA College Power Rankings 2018". NCSA College Power Ranking Report. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
34. ^ "NCSA College Power Rankings of Top Athletic & Academic Universities". NCSA College Power Ranking Report. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Mines Athletics Website

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