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For more information on the Department of Residence Life, please visit: www.mines.edu/residence-life.
Mines Dining
All students living in the residence halls are required to purchase a residential dining plan. Students may choose from a variety of dining plan options and select one that best fits their lifestyle. Mines Dining offers delicious, healthy meals to satisfy every taste and need. Special dietary requests can be accommodated for students with food allergies or religious or medical dietary needs. Students simply use their BlasterCard (campus ID card) to access their dining plans. There are various options and times that meals are served each week. Please visit the Campus Living Office (Elm Hall) or minesdining.sodexomyway.com for more information.
Public Safety and Safety on Campus
Creating a safe living environment is of utmost importance to Residence Life, the Department of Public Safety and the Colorado School of Mines community. The Mines Department of Public Safety (Mines Police Department) is a full-service police department providing 24/7 police services to the campus community.
To promote student safety, police officers are focused on getting to know students, staff and faculty through a community policing philosophy. They regularly attend campus events and support Residence Life with safety programming initiatives. Police officers often accompany Residence Life staff members on their evening building walks. Additionally, Public Safety and Residence Life have a communication network for emergency purposes.
The Mines Police Department also offers the following services:
• Vehicle, bike and foot patrols by full- time sworn police officers
• Escorts to and from campus facilities and parking lots provided by officers 24 hours a day
• Training and education, to include alcohol and drug awareness, personal safety classes, and crime prevention
• Investigation and reporting of crimes and incidents and campus violations; traffic enforcement and other enforcement activities
• Membership in the Mines Emergency Alert Team, which allows students to
be immediately updated by text, phone, email and the campus public address system about any emergency situation in the campus community
• Additional services to the campus community such as: vehicle unlocks and jumpstarts, building and office security, and assistance in any medical, fire or other emergency situation
For questions and a description of additional police services, contact Public Safety at (303) 273-3333 or check out their website: mines.edu/campus-safety.
Parking
There is no parking available for first-year students living on campus without an approved waiver from the committee. Waivers are only approved for extreme circumstances. Please visit the parking website at inside.mines.edu/parking for more information regarding the waiver process.
Transportation
The Golden Shuttle is a shuttle service operated by RTD, providing service to the Golden community. This includes the Colorado School of Mines campus. Students receive an RTD pass at the beginning of each semester for access to RTD services. The CollegePass allows students to enjoy unlimited rides on RTD buses and light rails including all the way to DIA!
Colorado School of Mines has also partnered with Zipcar, a car share program. Students c an enroll online and be ready to go when the need arises. You can find this link in the right- hand column of the Parking Services website, inside.mines.edu/parking.
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