Campus & Community

Playwright Eric Coble has hit the big time. His play “Velocity of Autumn” premiered on Broadway in 2014, and lead actress Estelle Parsons earned a Tony Award nomination for her role. After so much promising success, Coble’s star has kept right on rising—and this fall, he soared right back to his alma mater, Fort Lewis College.

Background: What's your title, and what do you do on your job? And how many years have you been at FLC? My title is Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving and I’m still trying to figure out what I do on my job! In a big picture sense, it is my responsibility to create connections, to care for and to cultivate our the body of our alumni here at FLC.

She’s brought her expertise to examining remains in the shadow of Egypt’s Great Pyramid, and now she’s using her knowledge to unlock the prehistory of the Four Corners.

She’s brought her expertise to examining remains in the shadow of Egypt’s Great Pyramid, and now she’s using her knowledge to unlock the prehistory of the Four Corners.

WICHE operates the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), of which Fort Lewis College is a member.

He will sit down with FLC art students at 11:30 a.m. in the Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum.

“I can’t think of a better place,” says Chuck Baltzer (’82 Geology) when asked about studying geology at Fort Lewis College.

“Life is about getting out and doing things,” Devon Parson's life seems to say. And passing that philosophy on to others for whom getting out and doing things isn't so easy has become his life's mission.

“Life is about getting out and doing things,” Devon Parson's life seems to say. And passing that philosophy on to others for whom getting out and doing things isn't so easy has become his life's mission.

This autumn marks the 25th anniversary of “probably the most powerful Native American human rights law that has ever been passed in the United States,” according to Kathleen Fine-Dare, professor of Anthropology and Gender & Women’s Studies at Fort Lewis College. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, enacted by Congress in 1990, requires the return of...