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Dear Readers,Fall 2007Volume 97 Number 3www.mines.eduwww.csmaa.mines.edu/alumniM.W. “Bill” ScogginsPresident, Colorado School of MinesRoger A. Newell MSc ’71President, CSM Alumni AssociationAnita PariseauExecutive DirectorCSM Alumni AssociationNick SutcliffeEditor and Director of CommunicationsCSM Alumni AssociationEditorial BoardJim Larsen ’65, Joe Mahoney ’86, Anita Pariseau,Arthur Sacks, Erica Siemers, Nick SutcliffeMarsha Williams, Bill YoungArt DirectorCraig Korn, VeggieGraphicsContributing WritersLarry Borowsky, Jeff Duggan, Karen Gilbert,Trisha Bentz Kendall, Jennifer Nekuda,Erica Siemers, Marsha WilliamsPrintingAmerican WebCPM Number # 40065056Many thanks to all who wrote in response to the Spring/Summer issue and the launchof the Mines magazine website. Both were clearly well received and we were given severalexcellent suggestions. To further solicit your feedback, Mines magazine will be conducting areadership survey in the coming months. I know you receive many requests like this, and so Iwill take pains to make it very short and to-the-point. However, without broad participation,the results won’t be meaningful. So please, when it arrives, take a few moments to share yourthoughts. In return, I promise to review your responses with care.This issue covers a number of interesting topics. If you haven’t seen the new Student RecreationCenter first hand, then turn to page 18 to see photographs and read about the GrandOpening. We will post a much wider selection of photos on the website. May Commencementsaw the School’s largest graduating class ever; You can read about the ceremonies on page24. And finally, we offer two feature stories on Mines’ latest degree programs, both of whichare part of the School’s evolving response to changing energy demands: the Nuclear EngineeringProgram is covered on page 26 and the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Program isfound on page 22.Details and photos of this year’s Alumni Association Award recipients are included in TheNetwork, just ahead of Class Notes. Also featured in this section is Reunion 2007, some regionalget-togethers and freshmen sendoff parties. In the Last Word you will find some FossDrug-nostalgia—the store recently closed its doors after over 100 years of business.You will notice we’ve stapled a Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association membershipenvelope in the center of this issue. Mines magazine relies on support from Alumni Associationmembership funds, so this is a particularly appropriate context for the solicitation. Weare grateful to all those who continue to renew their Annual Membership or have investedin Lifetime Membership—for those who have yet to take this step, we hope this provides aconvenient way of doing so.Please keep the mail and email coming. Contacts information is found on the bottom leftof this page, or you can simply click on “Contact Us” on the Mines magazine website.Warm wishes for a productive and enjoyable fall,Nick SutcliffeEditor and Director of Communications, CSMAAP.S. If you have an idea for a Last Word submission and wish to get feedback on your ideabefore taking the time to write about it, please get in touch via the website or mail—thecoming issue has nothing slated for that spot as yet.Mines is published quarterly by the Colorado Schoolof Mines and the CSM Alumni Association for alumniand friends of the School. Mines magazine is a criticalcommunication serving the Colorado School of Minescommunity. Its mission is to keep readers informedabout the School, to further the goals of the School andthe Alumni Association, and to foster connectedness.Comments and suggestions are welcome. Contact usby writing to Mines Magazine, P.O. Box 1410, Golden,CO 80402; or call 303-273-3294 or 800-446-9488, ext.3294 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. M-F, MST; or emailmagazine@mines.edu.ContributorsLarry Borowsky is a freelance writer and blog consultant based in Denver.Lightbox Images, owned by Tom Cooper, provides photographic services in the Denver Metro region.Jennifer Nekuda ‘05, ME ‘06 (New Frontiers, “Solar Opportunities”) is a PhD candidate in metallurgyand materials engineering, and is working on a collaborative solar research project between Minesand NREL.Christopher Peters, owner of Peters Photography LLC, is a student at Colorado School of Mines.Colorado School of Mines 5