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Welcome to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines! Our mission is to prepare students to address current and future challenges in earth, energy and the environment by delivering high-quality research and educational programs in engineering and science.
We are home to ReNUWIt, the nation’s first National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for water, one of the world’s top Underground Construction and Tunneling Centers, a U.S. Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center for Underground Infrastructure, and a $2 MM EPA National Priorities Grant to develop decision support tools to implement gray-green stormwater infrastructure.
The Department Head must have a commitment to diversity and inclusion, provide intellectual and organizational leadership and effective management to academic, research, and extension programs in. Thomas, who served as Department Head in English from 2009 to 2020, is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society, and the author or co-author of several books including Putting the Supernatural in Its Place (2015); Haunting Experiences (2007); Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender (2003); and Featherless Chickens.
Stop by and visit if you are in beautiful Golden. We would love to show you the great things happening in our department and on campus!
Junko Munakata Marr, PhD
Professor and Department Head
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- Chris Higgins’ work on PFAS remediation wins SERDP Project of the Year
Christopher Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been recognized for the top environmental restoration project of the year by the U.S. Department … - Junko Munakata Marr named Civil and Environmental Engineering department head
Junko Munakata Marr is the new head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines. - Tailings Center names Michael Henderson as its first director
The new research and educational collaboration between Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and University of Arizona launched in June 2020. - First-of-its-kind study estimates daily PFAS dietary exposure from vegetables in adults and children
“While there has been an emphasis on identifying and cleaning up drinking water impacted by PFASs, much less attention has been given to assessing risks from consuming produce irrigated with PFAS-cont …
If you love books, movies, popular culture, and the digital world, let the English Department show you how to channel your passions into a career that matters. We are technical communicators and creative writers, rhetoricians and folklorists, composition scholars and teacher educators, literary critics and public intellectuals. In our classes you'll see the world through new eyes, ponder big questions about social justice, and prepare for careers in technical writing, the arts, education, law or business, as you hone the skills employers most want: writing, communications, and critical thinking. Click to learn more about our undergraduate major emphases in Creative Writing, English Teaching, Literature,and Technical Communication & Rhetoric.
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English majors are eligible for Department of English scholarships.
Dr. Phebe Jensen Publishes New Book on Astrology, Almanacs, and the Early Modern English Calendar
Department Faculty-Student Research Team Awarded College Summer Grant
Dr. Edenfield Wins Career Achievement Research Grant
Dr. Christine Cooper-Rompato’s Essay
USU Annual Art and Creative Writing Contest
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Now accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art. Deadline is February 1 at 4 p.m. For submission guidelines, go to cwcontest.usu.edu.
Dr. Jeannie Thomas to deliver the William A. Wilson Folklore Archives 2021 Founder’s Lecture
Dr. Jeannie Thomas has been chosen to deliver the The William A Wilson Folklore Archives 2021 Founder’s Lecture by Brigham Young University on Friday, January 29th, 11:00-12:00. In this lecture, 'Honing Your Legend and Conspiracy Theory Detector: SLAP Testing Unverified Accounts,' Dr. Thomas will speak about conspiracy theories including those surrounding COVID-19, Bill Gates, and the Denver Airport.
Dr. Thomas, who served as Department Head in English from 2009 to 2020, is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society, and the author or co-author of several books including Putting the Supernatural in Its Place (2015); Haunting Experiences (2007); Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender (2003); and Featherless Chickens, Laughing Women, and Serious Stories (1997).
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Dr. Phebe Jensen and Dr. Tammy Proctor, “Eating the Past”
Join Dr. Phebe Jensen, Professor of English and Interim Department Head, and Dr. Tammy Proctor, Professor and Department Head in History, on Thursday, January 28th, at 7:00, for the first in a four part series presented by the Department of History and Merrill-Cazier Special Collections on “Eating the Past.” The series explores food and cooking in a historical context, as USU faculty prepare recipes selected from cookbooks in the USU Special Collections and Archives. The presentations are free and open to the public.
Zoom link for “Household Management and Cookery in Early Modern Europe,” Thursday, 1/28, at 7:00 PM.
'Women, Surrealism, and Abstraction' Exhibit at NEHMA
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Several current and former English Department members wrote ekphrastic poems for the “Women, Surrealism, and Abstraction” exhibit, now on display at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, through July 31, 2021. The poems are posted near the works of art in the museum and are available on an audio tour. The text and the audio are also available online at https://artmuseum.usu.edu/exhibitions/women-surrealism-abstraction. Poets include Senior Lecturer and Logan City Poet Laureate Shanan Ballam, Lecturer Mary Ellen Greenwood, Adjunct Instructor Brittney Allen, Professor Emeritus Anne Shifrer, former grad student Terysa Dyer, current undergraduate students Jordan Forest, Lauren McKinnon, and Janelle Schroder, and recent Logan High graduate Taylor Fang.