Heather Shotton, Ph.D. FLC Presidential Scholars Program connects students to opportunity Fort Lewis College's Presidential Scholars Program combines scholarships, mentorship, and professional development to help students succeed
Friends and Donors Students’ vision for an Indigenous Garden takes root at Fort Lewis College A student-led vision becomes reality as Fort Lewis College’s Indigenous Garden creates space for Indigenous knowledge, food sovereignty, and community connection.
Friends and Donors Fort Lewis College receives $1.25M grant from The Denver Foundation's Reisher Scholars Program Award celebrates 25 years of the program and expands scholarship access for FLC students.
Lazo-focused: FLC welcomes (back) new director of Alumni Engagement Alumnus Ryan Lazo (Anthropology and Environmental Studies, ’13) is thrilled to be back at Fort Lewis College and in a sphere of collaboration with his peers while also reconnecting with faculty who inspired his journey as a student.
Alumna and former student body president returns to FLC as a trustee Julie (Levy) Duvall (Political Science, ’05), the Board of Trustees' newest member, is ready to reconnect with campus and engage students, staff, and faculty in building the future of Fort Lewis College.
Fort Lewis College to host ACE Fellow Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus announced today that Eleanor Feingold, executive associate dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, will spend the fall semester on campus as a visiting American Council on Education Fellow.
Making a Splash Waking to the propane blast of water heating for coffee, Tish Varney looks up to see tiny bats swooping along the dawn-lit walls of Grand Canyon.
FLC alumna & Foundation Board member works to expand Native American education Born and raised on the Navajo Nation in Round Rock, Arizona, Faith Roessel lived the disparities of the education system as a Native student and has since focused her life’s work on changing the Native American education experience.
FLC Foundation has record setting year, receiving nearly $6.2M in gifts The Fort Lewis College Foundation received $ $6,172,368 from in gifts and pledges for the 2019-20 fiscal year, the largest annual amount in FLC history.
Schlessman Family Foundation donates largest gift in FLC history Since he was a kid, Gary Schlessman (Business, ’79) has always determined to carve his own path. While his father and siblings chose Colorado College, Schlessman opted to get as far away from the Front Range as possible while still staying in Colorado. He headed to Fort Lewis College in Durango in 1975 and discovered an education to live by and friends to last a lifetime.
Governor Jared Polis signs bill to pave way for FLC Health Sciences Center funding Senate Bill 20-219 sets in place a lease-purchase agreement to fund continuing capital construction projects at Fort Lewis College, University of Colorado, and Colorado State University.
John and Sophie Ottens Foundation gives $1.6M to FLC’s Native American Center After 20 years of service and millions of dollars in grants to FLC and the Native American Center, the John & Sophie Ottens Foundation is winding down operations, imparting one final gift to the NAC - the largest single cash gift in FLC history.
Sun shines on Fort Lewis College solar park with new funding from state The Fort Lewis Solar Innovation Park received $1.5M as part of the state’s Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program.