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Class Note
We’re proud of Mines alumni. We want to cheer you on and celebrate your accomplishments. Tell us about your recent wedding, a new baby or your new job. Share a personal or professional accomplishment, volunteer activity or your favorite Mines memories. Stay connected to the Oredigger family, and let us celebrate you.
Please note: Class Notes will be edited for length, clarity and style. Only news that has occurred within the past two years will be considered for publication in the magazine.
Examples
M. Stephen Enders '76 was appointed to Klondike Gold Corp.'s advisory board in February 2025.
George Saunders '81 published his latest novel, Vigil, in January 2026.
Zahra Ghanbari MS '14, PhD '17 was awarded a patent in August 2025 for the development of hermetic electrical feedthroughs utilizing precious metal alloy pins.
Recently a group of friends, including three Mines graduates, went on a trek in Nepal. Kathy Roldan ’88, Vivek Chandra ’88, Karen Schoonover ’88 are pictured on Poon Hill soon after sunrise, the highlight of the five-day Ghorepani Poon Hill trek in the Annapurna Range of Nepal. The friends have traveled together frequently since graduating from Mines and credit their adventures for making their relationship even stronger.
Evan Halpern ’18 and Hannah (Thomas) Halpern ’18 welcomed their first baby, Nora Louise, in February 2025
Blake Shiparski ’17 and Jacquelyn Miller ’19 were married on July 29, 2023 in Morrison, Colorado, by their friend and fellow Mines alum Amy Goldstein ’18, MS ’18. Nine other Mines alumni celebrated with the couple, and they were also able to share a special Coors beer with Blaster during their cocktail hour.