Interesting School of Mines Tradition - Colorado
By Joan Cox, Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time
(House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373)
The School of Mines has an interesting tradition for those new students every year on the Friday before Fall classes begin.Students climb Mount Zion in Golden, carrying 10-pound rocks from their hometowns and add their rocks to the "M" on the mountain. It is called the "M Climb". This tradition begin in 1908 and back then faculty members and a team of burros helped with the short hike up Mt. Zion.This tradition was held August 16th this year, and temperatures were so hot, some students experienced heat issues.This year, this climb included - 1,774 new first-year and transfer students516 women538 students from underrepresented domestic ethnic or racial groups18 percent first-generation college students3 percent international students3.88 median high school GPA (on an unweighted 4.0...
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