In 2022, FLC’s premier Native American & Indigenous Studies program received a critical academic boost. Helped in part by a generous gift from the Mellon Foundation, FLC hired four new NAIS faculty. This expansion advances the institution’s commitment to reconciliation with its past as a federal Indian boarding school by building a community of Indigenous scholars.

FLC Athletics announced the addition of indoor track and field for the 2023-24 season. Men's and women's indoor track and field will bring the department's total to 16 programs offered at the NCAA Division II level. 

Amid a nationwide effort to preserve Indigenous languages, FLC has developed a new partnership with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to train bilingual teachers in instructing a new generation of Ute-language speakers.

Despite the biggest winter storm in four years, FLC community members gathered to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an informal meet-and-greet hosted by the Black Student Union.

At her post deep in the Rocky Mountains, Kelli Lewis (Environmental Studies, ‘15), a ranger for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, patrols Eleven Mile State Park on a pair of ice skates. With a patrol area of 3,400 acres, Lewis dashes across frozen reservoirs to greet anglers and campers alike. 

FLC men's basketball player Akuel Kot was named to the Clarence Bevo Francis Award "Top 100 small college basketball players to watch list." Kot recently broke the single-game scoring record for the FLC men's basketball team and is currently ranked third in Division II scoring.