Learning Through Failure: Let Them Walk Into the Swamp…
When the students choose the hard route…let them walk into the swamp! It’s a beautiful late-summer morning on the first […]
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Semester 54 Third Expedition: Connection, Revitalizing Pools, Feeling Capable and The Power of Returning
Amelia Madrigal I will be back to Utah. I whispered it to the flowers and the cacti and the cryptobiotic
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Living with Fire: HMI’s Approach to Wildfire Preparedness
A wildfire breaks out near Twin Lakes, CO on June, 11, 2024. Photo Credit: Steve Sunday On a Tuesday afternoon
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Letter from the Head of School: Navigating a Changing Political Landscape
On November 11th, a satellite text message went out to the four HMI expeditions in the canyons of Utah: “Election
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Meet Our New Semester Co-Directors, Sergio & Tate
As of fall, 2024, the HMI Semester is now led by two co-directors: Sergio Juárez, who oversees student & residential
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Alumni Spotlight: Abby Waisler on working in the Music Industry, The Eras Tour, and Beyond
By Abby Waisler HMI Semester 45 (Fall, 2020) Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences (CA) Class of 2022 Bates College
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Gap Rock & Trek Adventures in Patagonia
Gap Rock ’24 Hello from Patagonia. On November 10th we touched down here after many hours of plane time. We
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Alumni Donor Spotlight: Isabelle Ross
Isabelle graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2022 with a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
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Letter From The Head of School
Summer moves quickly through Leadville. As Summer Term students can attest, snow persists in the mountains well into July most
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In the Grand Scheme of Things: Reflecting on 10 Years of Teaching at HMI
Jacob Sheetz-Willard: HMI History Faculty 2014-2019, English Faculty 2019-Present “I.T.G.S.O.T.I.N.B.D.” I learned this initialism from a co-instructor during my first