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.
Our mission is to advance global prosperity and improve quality of life through science and engineering. By creating innovative educational programs, we empower the next generation of leaders to address the world’s most pressing challenges. By facilitating dynamic collaborations between Mines students and faculty, with partners across industry, academia, and government, we inspire investment in transformative projects.
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.
Mines Around the World
Mines is engaged with countries all over the world. Click the button below to learn more about our existing partnerships. Do you have any global connections? Let’s chat!
Leadership
Office of Global Initiatives
John Bradford
Vice President for Global Initiatives
Mines Online
Sam Spiegel
Assistant Vice President for Online Education
Office of Global Initiatives
Will Fleckenstein
Director of Strategic Business Development
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Mines: A Global University
News
- Mines appoints inaugural Fryrear Presidential Chair to lead energy innovation
ARPA-E veteran Jenifer Shafer named inaugural Fryrear Presidential Chair at Mines to lead energy tech commercialization and bridge the lab-to-market gap. - Mines researcher part of NASA-selected satellite mission
Mines geophysics professor Matt Siegfried is a member of NASA’s EDGE mission to map the planet’s ice and ecosystems with the most accurate spaceborne altimeter ever. … - Colorado School of Mines is a top producer of Fulbright U.S. students
Learn more about the three Mines students and recent grads who were selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for academic year 2025-26. - #idigmines: Celebrate a decade of love for Mines on Feb. 12
Today, faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents and friends are coming together to show just how much they love Mines with the 10th anniversary of #idigmines Giving Day. … - Extensive freshened water beneath the ocean floor confirmed for the first time
International team co-led by Colorado School of Mines professor provides first detailed evidence of long-suspected hidden freshwater aquifers beneath the ocean floor …


