Thanks, Orediggers!

Thanks, Orediggers!

Wendy Bohrson

Dorie Chen, department manager in Geology and Geological Engineering, has done an amazing job this semester and over the summer keeping our department and our home, Berthoud Hall, safe. She has managed an array of issues in our building, including graduate student access, lab access, reconfiguring classrooms, and she done many other jobs that have kept our students, faculty, and staff safe. Thanks Dorie, for everything you have done this semester and for all of your work over the summer!

Thanks to Cheryl Medford, in Geology and Geological Engineering. Cheryl was the face of GGE this semester, keeping the front office open through all of the pandemic ups and downs. She works all day long with her mask on, a task that takes patience and perseverance. And she is always ready to help everyone—faculty, staff and especially students. Thanks Cheryl for everything you did this semester!

Veronica Eliasson

I have no idea how she does it — but she stays on top of the process and several steps ahead — so we as faculty are incredibly lucky to have ORA Staff like Lauren Kitchen. She manages to submit fantastic proposals and white papers during the hairiest deadlines I can imagine. I could not do this without you! Many thanks!!!

Amelia Read

I am posting this as a Ph.D. student at Mines (though I am also teaching faculty). This semester I took CSCI 406, Algorithms, as a remote student. Dr. Dinesh Mehta, the instructor, did a phenomenal job to provide us not only with great videos with slides superimposed in post-processing to great effect, but also interacting with us via Zoom to provide us with direction and assistance on the worksheets that made it an active classroom. His flipping of exams to handle the open-book nature was...

Karen Dixon

My daughter, Maggie, was ill the week before Thanksgiving and Julie Engerman was instrumental in helping Maggie receive a proper diagnosis and treatment. Julie kept in touch with Maggie all week, advocated for her to receive additional testing and care throughout the week, and help Maggie coordinate between Urgent Care and Mines Student Health. We are so grateful for and impressed with the dedication and care that Ms. Engerman showed Maggie, especially at time when I am sure health services...