Campus & Community

As the Durango community continues to recover from the Gold King Mine spill, Fort Lewis College faculty and staff are finding ways to be of service. Rebecca Clausen, Sociology associate professor and chair of the Sociology & Human Services department, talks about an event she created to help the Durango community process feelings in the wake of the Animas River mine waste spill.

To help people understand the complex issues surrounding the Animas River mine waste spill, we're offering insights from Fort Lewis College faculty on questions people in the community are asking. What might be some of the social implications of this event on the Durango community? Response from: Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca Clausen. Dr. Clausen specializes in...

The guide will serve as a repository for information and resources related to the spill, including media coverage and government releases.

To help people understand the complex issues surrounding the Animas River mine waste spill, we're offering insights from Fort Lewis College faculty on questions people in the community are asking. What are some of the key things people should know now, a week after the spill? Response from: Professor of Geosciences Ray Kenny. Dr. Kenny specializes in environmental geology and...

Offering high quality climbs, the East Animas is a locals' favorite for cragging and Anthropology professor David Kozak is no exception. He wrote the first guide to cragging in the Durango area and has been climbing for decades.

There is no threat to Fort Lewis College’s water supply as a result of the Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River.

Engineers at Fort Lewis College, including Assistant Professor Ryan Smith and recent graduate David Heermance, demonstrate what is possible with the new technology of 3D Printing.

Janet Dillon, Systems Developer and Analyst for the FLC Information Technology Department, sees her job as being about creating more efficiency across campus to better serve the students. It’s a task she’s been successful in doing as evidenced by her being named this year’s Outstanding Staff Award winner.

“I see the students who get involved are the ones who seem to be most successful.” With this observation about involvement in mind, Dr. Steven Fenster, Assistant Professor of Biology at Fort Lewis College, finds ways to make his classrooms more than just lecture halls. For him, research represents an important path to engaging his students. It’s one of the reasons he is...

“In my philosophy statement, I echo the educational thinker, Stephen Brookfield, who said, ‘we teach to change the world,’ and I really believe that.” For Dr. Lee Frazer, Assistant Professor of Adventure Education and winner of the Alice Admire Outstanding Teaching Award, changing the world is not a pipe dream. He pursues that goal by helping his students become...