Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Office of
Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Mines supports the world’s need for economic prosperity through scientists and engineers who create knowledge and deliver solutions.
Welcome to the Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development. We support a wide range of projects that include leadership for some of society’s most pressing problems, technical and policy capacity building in the developing world, educational partnerships, continuing professional education, and conference services for a wide range of topics. We work closely with Mines’ Academic Affairs and Office of Research and Technology Transfer to build and manage projects and partnerships.
Our mission is to work with partners to create the opportunities needed to realize their personal, corporate, or government visions. If you are interested in partnering with one of the world’s best science and engineering universities to develop your project, please contact us for a discussion of the possibilities.
Our Strategic Priorities
Increasing prosperity and quality of life globally through science and engineering
Creating opportunities for students to build cultural and technical understanding through global exploration
Building partnerships to advance the frontiers of technical innovation and entrepreneurship
Advocating for a scientific, data-driven approach
to solutions for the global energy future.
Where We Are
Leadership
Office of Global Education
David Wright
Assistant Vice President for Global Education
Office of Global Initiatives
Will Fleckenstein
Director of Strategic Business Development
Mines Online
Sam Spiegel
Assistant Vice President for Online Education
Mines: A Global University
News
- Jennifer Miskimins nominated as 2026 president of Society of Petroleum Engineers
A Mines alum, Miskimins has 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry and has led Mines' Petroleum Engineering Department since 2020. - Mines graduates continue to see overwhelmingly positive outcomes
A total of 95 percent of recent Mines alums had positive outcomes after graduation, the newest report shows, up from an already high positive outcome rate of 93 percent in 2021-2022. … - Colorado School of Mines students take top spot at 2024 International Mining Games
A team of Colorado School of Mines students won the women’s division of the 2024 International Mining Games hosted at Montana Technological University. - Colorado School of Mines celebrates 90th Engineering Days
Set for April 11-13, E-Days is one of the most anticipated student events of the academic year. This year is no different as Mines celebrates its 150th anniversary. … - Colorado School of Mines, Chevron announce partnership for Global Energy Future Initiative
Chevron will sponsor research projects and participate in steering committees and working groups, adding industry expertise to solve complex problems related to the energy transition. …