Celebrating undergraduate research at FLC

Learn from our students as they present their research in our Annual Undergraduate Research Symposim & Awards Gala on Thursday, April 23. Free and open to the public.

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Fort Lewis College – Durango, Colorado

Undergraduate research. Fieldwork across the Four Corners. A degree built for impact.

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Undergraduate

Fort Lewis College is the only four-year college in the Four Corners. Here, undergraduates conduct original research, work alongside faculty mentors, and pursue an interdisciplinary liberal arts education shaped by the communities and landscapes that define the Southwest.

Transfer

FLC students arrive from many paths. What unites them is a community built on real relationships—faculty who know their students, peers who become colleagues, and a campus rooted in one of the most extraordinary regions in the country.

Graduate

FLC's graduate programs are built for educators who want their work to matter in the Southwest. Small cohorts, faculty active in their fields, and coursework designed to make an immediate impact in your career and community.

Nationally recognized. Publicly focused.

Fort Lewis College earns national recognition for what happens in and beyond the classroom. Designated a Carnegie Research College, named a Best Regional College by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, and a *Fulbright Top Producer, FLC pairs access, research, and public liberal arts education in Durango, Colorado.

US News & World Report Ranking for Best Colleges - Regional Colleges West 2026 award

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Workforce Development

New training program builds pathways into essential, well-paid water careers

FLC is launching the Fundamentals of Water Operations workforce training that aims to prepare the next generation of water operators, a field facing growing demand across Southwest Colorado. The program is the result of a years-long partnership between Project RUN, FLC@Work, the Four Corners Water Center, the City of Durango, and the La Plata Economic Development Alliance.