Academic Programs at Fort Lewis College

Five CCHE Programs of Excellence:
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education has chosen five Fort Lewis College academic disciplines as Programs of Excellence. These include anthropology, biology, chemistry, teacher education, and the Center of Southwest Studies. Fort Lewis College has more CCHE Programs of Excellence than any other small college in the state.

Four Colorado Professors of the Year:
Four Fort Lewis College faculty members have won Colorado Professor of the Year awards, including Professor of History Duane Smith (1990), Professor of Chemistry Emeritus Doreen Mehs (1991), Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus Gary Knight (1996), and Professor of English and Southwest Studies Mary Jean Moseley (1997). Fort Lewis College faculty members have won more CASE Professors of the Year than any other public or private college or university in the state.

Professor Awarded Fulbright Scholar:
Assistant Professor of Business Herb Snyder was recently awarded a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship for the winter 2003 term. Snyder will teach and conduct research at a university in Ukraine next winter. He was a senior intelligence analyst in Ukraine in 1998.

The Fulbright Program was proposed to Congress in 1945 by Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas in order to foster international exchange of scholars. He viewed the program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world, especially in the aftermath of World War II.