Education
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Historic day in Washington DC for mining education
For perhaps the most consequential meeting of the modern era of U.S. mining education, the leaders of the nation’s mining…
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Mining education gets federal boost as industry faces workforce crunch
During a mining roundtable at the U.S. Department of State on Aug. 7, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Government…
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Educating, Connecting, and Inspiring: See What’s New with the SME Foundation
In late July, the SME Foundation’s Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) again attended Scouting America’s National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. The 2026 Jamboree was attended…
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Globe 24-7, P&C Recruiting and HR and 3Pillars Asia Pacific merge to create global recruitment and human resource consulting service providers in the mining sector
Globe 24-7, P&C Recruiting and HR and 3Pillars Asia Pacific announce the strategic merger of their businesses to offer a…
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Celebrating Our Students During Back-to-School Season
SME’s student community of 2,000 plus members epitomizes our core values of safety, stewardship, innovation, ethics, inclusion and collaboration. Across…
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What students are seeking in a degree program and in their future careers, and what that means for attracting new talent
In an effort to reverse the trend of declining enrollments to mining engineering programs that began in 2015, the University…
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What students, parents and educators think about mining, and what it means for attracting the next generation of talent
Thanks to strong industry support and longstanding partnerships, the University of Arizona has provided extensive pre-college mining education and outreach…
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Influential Women in Mining: Denise Johnson’s Story
Mining has historically been one of the most male-dominated industries in the world. From underground operations to executive boardrooms, the…
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2025 SME Academic Career Development Grant and Ph.D. Fellowship Recipients Announced
For a 10th year, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) will award grants andfellowships to tenure-track professors and…
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SME sections get support to attend state science teacher conferences
This fiscal year, the Minerals Education Coalition (MEC) offered SME sections additional support. If SME sections attend their state science…
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