Student Stories Fort Lewis College students compete, build community at Native Youth Olympics in Alaska Fort Lewis College students competed in the Native Youth Olympics in Alaska, celebrating Indigenous tradition, athleticism, and global community.
Leadership Fort Lewis College receives full reaccreditation for 10-year term FLC earned the Higher Learning Commission’s highest level of reaccreditation, affirming its academic quality, mission-driven culture, and long-term commitment to student success.
Friends and Donors Inspired by paragliding, FLC student finds his calling as entrepreneur, wins Hawk Tank’s grand prize FLC’s annual business competition gives students and community entrepreneurs a real‑world platform to develop, refine, and pitch bold business ideas
A backstage pass to real-world theatre There’s no business like the stage business, and Fort Lewis College students have access to it all, thanks to FLC’s thriving Theatre Department and the annual Durango PlayFest.
New VP of Advancement is off to the races Melissa Mount joins Fort Lewis College with years of experience connecting philanthropists to meaningful causes. She's eager to help accelerate the success of the College and FLC students.
Four Steps to Career Readiness "How has Career Services prepared my student for this ever-changing workforce?” As I was looking their student up in our employment platform, I told each of the parents that it is never too late to meet with Career Services, even if their student was graduating that day.
Your student’s food security is your sleep security Sleep soundly knowing your student can cover basic needs like food and clean clothes by using their SkyCard—the student ID that works like a debit card on campus.
FLC designated as a Hunger Free and Healthy Minds campus by CDHE The Colorado Department of Higher Education announced that Fort Lewis College—and three other institutions of higher education in Colorado—has earned Hunger Free and Healthy Minds designations for its work to end hunger and address the mental health needs of students.
Protecting Powder Meet FLC alum Torrey Udall (International Business, ’13). As VP of Development & Finance at Protect Our Winters in Boulder, Colo., Udall aligns his passion for outdoor adventures with his professional path.
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.
Still Climbing After All these Years After graduating in 1988, Stephen Sullivan went on to earn success in the outdoor recreation and business realms. In 2011, he launched Stio, a direct-to-consumer, analytically driven, outdoor apparel company.
Win-win-ternships Thanks to generous donors and a bounty of support from FLC’s Career Services, students can gain invaluable real-world experience while doing a world of good before they even graduate. From farms to radio, Africa to outer space, student interns work alongside professionals in fields of their interests, gaining skills and insight into their future roles beyond the classroom.
Skiing for NASA In a unique scientific partnership with NASA’s SnowEx field campaign, FLC interns clicked into skis once a week and skinned up the slopes of Red Mountain Pass to the Senator Beck Basin Study Area, researching the snowpack of the San Juan Mountains. An amalgamation of universities and NGOs from around the world, NASA’s SnowEx cosmopolitan team informs hydrologists and...