Opportunities From: Volunteer with Mines

The tradition continues and now all May 2026 graduating students are eligible to receive their Mines Hat.  It is a hat for the new generation, and Mines is looking for alumni volunteers to come to campus to brand and distribute these hats to students and to celebrate this momentous occasion with them. 

Hat branding and distribution takes place on Thursday, May 7 from 8:30 am to 5 pm.  Shifts provide enough time to properly train in hat branding.  There will be a lot of energy and excitement on campus, and alumni are encouraged to come take part in this joyous day. 

Breakfast and lunch will be provided during the morning and noon shifts, and plenty of snacks and drinks will be available throughout.  Alumni can also brand their hat during this day. 

Calling all Mines Alumni - near & far!

Mines is looking for alumni to submit a short 2–3-minute video to support all first- and second-year students in their CSM 101 & 202 courses.  Your video will be influential in helping students consider the breadth of majors available to them and what the experience and opportunities are like for that area of study.  Or how prioritizing your well-being/wellness in your personal or professional life has impacted you.  Specifically, the school would like stories from alumni that can speak on any of the below topics:

The videos should not be more than 2-3 minutes long and the process is very easy to follow along and fulfill.  We hope to receive videos before the end of June. 

All stories and all experiences are welcome.  Please support the next generation of Orediggers by sharing your Mines and professional experience.  Someone will be in touch with detailed instructions on how to prepare and submit your video once you register using the blue "Respond" button at the top of the page.          

This course is designed to provide the Mines students with advanced career planning and job searching tools that are instrumental to be successful in obtaining internships, co-ops, research, and full-time positions. The class will also give them guidelines on transitioning into a new career, and making a positive impact in their chosen profession. In addition to working directly on skills and materials, we have guest speakers lined up who are leaders in their respective industries. If you are one of these engineers, executives, and owners of successful companies who are willing to share your valuable advice and tips with students, let us know.

The Alumni Knowledge Archive is a Mines Online program comprising of video interviews with Mines alumni who have at least five years of work experience. We make these interviews available to our faculty and staff developers, who select clips to use in our Online graduate programs and in continuing education courses to help bring learning to life.

If you graduated with any degree from Mines, have at least five years of experience in the working world, and have an interest in sharing your expertise, we’d love to hear from you. We’re particularly interested in finding alumni who can share their insights in:

We customize the questions to your experience. You might share:

Steps involved

Mines is expanding professional and continuing education programming. We offer a diverse portfolio of learning opportunities for STEM professionals who are seeking career advancement and lifelong learning.

What are we looking for? We are actively recruiting Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who are passionate about creating and presenting tailored content in professional STEM fields.

Is this right for you? If you are interested in sharing your knowledge and expertise with other professionals, apply today and join us for this exciting new initiative!

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This program teaches the 6 key competencies, and real world experiences are a valuable way for our students to learn about their importance and applications. Following are the ways one can get involved, please email us with any further questions.

Mines Career Center is holding Industry Panels in collaboration with departments for students to have a better understanding of various industries, emerging trends, opportunities, and career paths. These events are also great networking opportunities for organizations/ employers to make introductions and share their internship and job opportunities. Are you interested? Let us know!

Would you like to help Mines students via informal conversations you can have with students interested in your field or job? Let us know! We will make the connection. 

We have named our Innov8x Workshops as "Step Up Clinics" indicating the level of training offered, that is a "step up" from basic training that students are already receiving. The clinics will engage attendees in discussion and activity regarding innovation topics such as problem framing, intellectual property, business financing and more. Workshops will be conducted every other week on Wednesdays, 1-1:45pm during the fall and spring semesters, and will be free for students and faculty.

Join Our Newest Challenge as a Mentor, Judge or Problem Champion

We invite challenging problems from industry, government or non-profits. Mines students and faculty tackle problems in competitive challenges that range from 3 hours to 3 weeks or longer. Each challenge has 2 events: problem framing (mentors assist) and then solution pitches (final presentation where judges may be needed to select the winners). 

Teams win prizes by designing real-world solutions to problems with high demand.

Specific challenges and dates will be published on our website for the fall and spring semesters: https://innovation.mines.edu/challenges-form-page/