Opportunities From: Volunteer with Mines

Alumni volunteers are needed to help support the Midyear Commencement Ceremonies.  Alumni volunteers are asked to attend Commencement and participate by congratulating and handing out the alumni gift to each graduate as they leave the stage. The ceremonies will be held on Friday, Dec. 19th in Lockridge Arena, inside the Student Recreation Center. 

Each volunteer will receive a thank you gift for your time and service.

CSM 250: Engineering Your Career Path is a 1-credit course open to undergraduate students designed to help them with career exploration, career planning and job search.

An important assignment in the course is requiring each student to complete a practice interview - students consistently share this is one of the most helpful experiences they gain from the class.

We are seeking alumni to assist in facilitating these mock interviews, in-person and virtually. We will provide volunteers training in advance as well as a clear interview guide. All you need to do is show up and be ready to chat with students!

Event Details: The event takes place on Monday, March 16th with interviews happening from 5:30-7pm. We are asking volunteers to commit their time from 5-7:30pm to offer buffer time, but if you cannot attend the full event we still encourage you to sign up.

This is a drop-in event for students. We do not required students to register in advance and take students on a first come, first serve basis. You will be meet with students representing a variety of degree levels and majors. Since the interviews are general, you do not need to know about the student's major or career path or conduct the interview.

To expand our reach, we are offering this event simultaneously in-person and virtually, though the event will run the same for both formats. Please make sure to select your preferred attendance method.

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

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/ 

We are thrilled to announce the expansion of Mines Professional Education (Mines ProEd), designed to offer a diverse portfolio of opportunities for career advancement and lifelong learning for STEM professionals. As part of this initiative, we are reaching out to our alumni to create and deliver cutting-edge in-person, hybrid, and online content. With comprehensive support for course design and guidance, you'll have all the tools you need to succeed. Go to Forms (hive.com) for more information and apply!