News/Events
McBride News
Giving Back to Our Communities
The first of its kind, student-led “McLovin’ Service and Gratitude Initiative” officially launched this spring! Our events and activities included: workshops to create beautiful watercolor art cards with professional artist, Janet Nunn, which were then filled with messages of gratitude and delivered across campus; we invited students to contribute to a Mines mural full of life and color; and, finally, we hosted a fundraiser full of music from student groups, art and auction items from Mines and Golden contributors, cupcakes, cheese, lemonade, and spring timey goodness. We raised over $2,500 for homeless youth for the non-profit org, Urban Peak!
Our vision is a world where service and gratitude become integral to daily life, creating a positive ripple effect and building a compassionate local and global community. We have only just begun…
McBride Explores London
Students and faculty from the HNRS 435 class “Second Skin: Clothing Our Humanity” spent Spring Break across the pond exploring subcultural neighborhoods, engaging in a design workshop with an independent designer, touring a clothing production company, learning about the ethics and environmental challenges of fast fashion, and learning about the historical and modern developments of powerful “diva” women at the Victoria and Albert museum. Trips like this teach us so much about ourselves, our world, and our connections with each other. 
Happy New Year & Congratulations to our December 2023 McGraduates!
HNRS 305: Soul Food, in two pies, by Peter Reasoner
McBride Welcomes A New Cohort of 40 Students!
Successful Spring Banquet
At the 2023 Spring Banquet and Dinner, McBride welcomes a new cohort of students, celebrates graduating seniors, and revels in all of the McCommunity!
McBriders take on the Western Regional Honors Council Conference
McBriders Colleen McCulloch and Richard Jung were selected to join honors students from across the western U.S. to present their work at the Western Regional Honors Council Conference in Missoula, Montana
Students and faculty visit Washington D.C.
A group of students from a McBride HNRS 425 course joined with faculty to investigate supreme court cases, tour the Capitol, visit with senators, observe sacred monuments and memorials, explore museums, and see themselves in dialogue with the ideals and framework of the United States.
Happy New Year and Happy New Semester
Welcome back, McBriders! We are looking forward to our new year of adventures together.
McBriders Bora Basyildiz and Allison Palmer are recognized with Outstanding Senior awards!
Bora received an award as an Outstanding Graduating Senior from the Computational & Applied Mathematics department and Allison received the award from the Engineering department, as well as an additional Distinction for Leadership in Humanitarian Engineering. Congratulations on these well-earned awards! We always knew they were outstanding.
McBride Events
Stop by the Thorson First-Year Honors Design Expo!
Want to check out what the Thorsonites have been up to? Stop by the Design Expo on Friday!
What: Thorson First-Year Honors Design Expo
When: Friday 11/18, 12:15-1:15 pm
Where: Student Ballroom A
Check here for more info!
McBride Spring Banquet
Air out your fancy threads and get excited because the official invite is here: You are cordially, enthusiastically, and rhapsodically invited to The McBride Spring 2022 Banquet & Dinner on Friday, April 29th, 5:00-7:30 (with a special toast and after party following the banquet for our May 2022 McGraduates). The theme is “The Ironic Masquerade” and a program with more details will be forthcoming.
RSVP ASAP with your dinner choice (no later than April 15th).
See the pretty invite below. Yes, this event is required for all McBriders, but we all know that we do not need that as motivation.
McLibrary Grand Opening 3/31
Hello fellow McBriders!
The grand opening for the student library will be Thursday March 31st, 4:30 – 6:00 pm in the honors house.Join us and enjoy a charcuterie board, bookmark making, and a library full of amazing books that has been curated by your peers.(and of course there will be a tiny ribbon cutting, this is a grand opening after all)Hope to see you there!
Facing the Future: A Discussion on Energy, Politics and Beyond
Join an important town hall event hosted by the Grewcock Scholars titled “Facing the Future: A Discussion on Energy, Politics and Beyond” with Former Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel, Bruce Grewcock, and Pres. Johnson. Sec. Hagel will provide his perspective on a variety of domestic and global issues and how they will impact Mines students as they graduate and navigate their careers (potential topics include energy, our relationship to superpowers such as China and Russia, and the current political climate, etc.)
March 8th, 3:30pm, Student Center Grand Ballroom
Register today at https://mines.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1688 (login required for student tickets).
Spring 2022 McOpen House
Come visit us in the Honors House on Wednesday (2/2) between 5:00 – 7:00pm or Tuesday (2/8) between 8:00 – 10:00am. We will also have a virtual open house with alumni on Thursday (2/10) from 5:00 – 6:00pm here
For more info, click here: McBrideOpenHouse2022
McBride Open House
Join us at the Honors House at 1704 Illinois St! Find out more about the program at mcbride.mines.edu
Welcome Back McBanquet
Join us for our Fall 2021 McBanquet!
Screaming 2020’s McCelebration
Join us for the McBride End of Year Party!
ManBearPig Night on Friday (1/29)
Join us for ManBearPig Night, featuring the following topics and speakers!
- Drew Novick – My Grandma the Sapphire: How Materials Science Taught Me to Deal with Family
- Sam Fiorica – Vernacular Design: How Tradition Can Help Build a Better Future
- Wyatt Hinkle – Stories and Humanity: A Chicken and Egg Tale
This event will be virtual, via this zoom link: bit.ly/ManBearPigNight
Upcoming McOpen House Dates
Join us for more McBride open houses and information sessions in February at the following link: bit.ly/MeetMcBride2021! The dates and times will be:
- 2/4 (8:00-10:00am, 4:00-6:00pm)
- 2/5 (8:00-10:00am, 3:00-5:00pm)