Let me start by saying that I have been to Mines as a student (undergraduate & graduate) and a…read morecorporate recruiter. Coming from this perspective, I have obvious positive bias towards this institution. Also, whatever you get out of your education is what you truly put in. Personally, I believe that Mines is a great institution that helps future engineers achieve their potential. From my experience, Mines has provided a lot of the skill sets I've needed to become successful in my career. Also, the programs at Mines are ever changing and evolving for the better. When I was taking classes, we definitely had a little bit more of a textbook structure. However, I see classes now incorporating more hands-on assignments and topics. Interestingly, I see classes moving towards topics that will truly be used in industry. I do believe that the education that you get from Mines will help you develop the skills you need to learn and be useful to a company. Opportunity. I definitely credit Mines will all of the opportunities I've received in my a lot of my life. Mines has helped me obtain funding, internships, connections, and jobs. Outside of this, there is a lot of opportunity for studying resources and help. If you aren't doing well, there are so many resources to help you do better. It is up to the individual to make use of these resources for their benefit. With all of the help that Mines offers academically, I believe that anyone can pass if enough effort is put into it. People do have to work and go to school. If you understand your limits and your financial ability, plan accordingly to what you think you can accomplish. Don't spread yourself too thin and only take on what you can chew. Honestly, the staff has been incredible to. If you give any normal person respect, I would believe that they would treat you with just as much respect. Respect is earned and given accordingly. I have received so much help from professors and administrative staff. They do want you to succeed. They are willing to help. But, be polite. Volatile conversations don't typically get you anywhere. This has just been my experience at Mines. I tried to address some comments I've seen in some of the other negative reviews I saw. Mines is a tough school, but it can be done. With hard work you can become successful. But, it's up to you to seize your own success and to pave your own way.

I'm reviewing the school as a first time visitor, having heard numerous stories from my…read morefather-in-law who truly enjoyed his time here as a civil engineering student. We specifically came yesterday to look for the frat house he was a part of Beta Theta Pi, and to take pictures and send them to him. Apparently it was the third building since he was a college student here, the first which was a barn (?) Then we went to the bookstore and bought some merch for him for Father's Day coming up. A fun adventure!

I've never been a student or staffer at RRCC, but I'm an art lover and I've been visiting the…read morecampus for many years to take in the Art Department's periodic exhibitions. These were originally presented on the basement walls surrounding the Department's classrooms and offices, but more recently a formal art gallery has been created in the spaces surrounding the Community Room. This is immediately to your right as you go in the main entrance to the College. The new gallery is quite nice. There's a long, rectangular space and also a rotunda-like area immediately outside the Community Room. Be sure you go through the double doors at the rear of the front gallery to get into the second space. The gallery is open during all campus hours. Occasionally the rear doors are locked, but if you call Campus Security, they will be happy to let you in. The gallery presents student work, but also shows featuring the Lakewood community interspersed with material of regional and sometimes greater significance. It's a bit of a drive for me, but the campus is pretty and a visit to the gallery makes for a relaxing afternoon.

Kyle Kelly is a bad Psychology chair. He does not communicate well with or seem to care about…read moreadjunct faculty at all. Go else where.

My company is launching a new product and my support, implementations and dev teams needed to be…read morebrought up to speed on the basics of Adbobe InDesign sooner rather than later. Barb from Rocky Mountain Training came in and gave my team an excellent, customized training on InDesign. She covered the basics as well as the specific features and functionality we need needed to support our new product. She did an excellent job of communicating with all users of different levels of experience in our group. The communication was excellent, the price was incredibly reasonable and overall I couldn't be more pleased with this investment. Barb is a Adobe Certified Instructor for Rocky Mountain Training in InDesign, InCopy, DPS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat & FrameMaker. She is also one of the organizers for Denver Creative Cloud User Group. http://www.meetup.com/Denver-Adobe-Creative-Cloud-User-Group/ Members of my team and I attended a user group Meeting prior to our corporate training to get a sense of Barb's training style and were happily impressed with the depth of content - definitely check it out if you are working with any of the Adboe Creative Cloud products!

I took two FrameMaker courses with Barb, and the format was fantastic. First, the cost was the best…read moreout of all the companies I researched. Second, I appreciated that the course was offered online, saving time and money. When it came time for the course, Barb was on time, kind, and extremely knowledgeable on my subject. The training was structured well, and the e-book was great. After completing training, I was no longer cursing FM all day everyday, but instead, I am utilizing the skills Barb taught, and still use the textbook for guidance daily. I ran into a subject that I couldn't find an answer in the book, and emailed Barb my question. She replied the next day with the perfect solution, explained clearly and concisely!! I would highly recommend RMT to anyone looking for Adobe training, and will look to RMT if I need future training.

It's very important that people understand your children will not get "swim lessons" like you think…read morethey will. This was not clear to us when we signed our kids up. By the end of 6 months, neither of them could use a kick board much less know any actual swim strokes. That said, they learned valuable water skills. Water safety, PFD usage, floating and other water-related lessons were given by the instructors. However, it was clear the weekly lesson plan was pretty loosey-goosey. When we felt our kids were getting repetitive lessons and weren't advancing, we asked how they tracked advancement and it was pretty they didn't beyond "I remember what they did last week". The format is about 45 minutes of class and 10 minutes of just fun time. The kids loved it. Each lesson had 1, sometimes 2 teachers, for 3-4 kids. The facility is very cool. The pool is very cool and there's plenty of room for parents to watch. They have lots of PFDs, floats, toys, and other water things. In terms of cost , it's very expensive compared to swim lessons at the rec center. And even further, it's run like a contracted gym membership, meaning when we told them we were taking the kids out of lessons, they insisted we owed 1 additional month fees because didn't give them a month's notice. So, we basically paid $400 to get out of a "contract" we never knew we signed. In the end, we felt the kids learned exceptional water safety lessons that they would not have learned in a rec-center style class. But we also felt they didn't actually learn how to swim. I think 2 months of weekly lessons here supplemented by swim lessons at a rec center would be best for giving your kids swimming and water safety skills.

I put my daughter in this program, with Coach Courtney, when she was about 8 years old. She was…read morestill a little uncomfortable treading on and swimming in water. We spend lots of time at big lakes and the Pacific shores, and I wanted her to be more comfortable around moving currents and waves. These lessons focus on that: Rivers, lakes, oceans, currents and under currents. She learned how to navigate stressful situations with confidence and it was pivital in her healthy relationship with water. She's a fish at the lake now, and we all feel safer knowing she's got foundational skills that can help save her life when the water gets rough.

Classes are adequate, but it is almost impossible to schedule a driving class. The wait time is 2…read moreto 3 months.

Drive safe is fantastic! I would recommend them to everyone…read morewithout hesitation! Everyone is very professional and kind. And considering I was a Flight instructor for a few years, and now an airline pilot, I know how important safety is. Drivesafe is very safety oriented and very thorough in their training and approach. And we all must realize this about our teenagers safety! I trusted Drivesafe with my two daughters and I am very pleased! Thank you, Drivesafe