Heather Shotton, Ph.D. Fort Lewis Welcomes First Native President Amid Reconciliation Process Fort Lewis College has spent years taking stock of its history as a federal Indian boarding school and working with local tribes to make amends. Now its first Indigenous leader plans to continue the work she helped launch.
In the News Free training program in Durango addresses water industry workforce shortage A new training program at Fort Lewis College aims to tackle a water industry workforce shortage by connecting participants with a network of water operators.
In the News New partnership creates 'educational sovereignty' for Native American scholars at UNLV UNLV and Fort Lewis College have established a partnership aimed at expanding graduate access for undergraduate students.
FLC's response to COVID-19 featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education Fort Lewis College's response to COVID-19 and subsequent increases in enrollment and retention rates were featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education. President Tom Stritikus and consultants from Guild Education (formerly Entangled Solutions) spoke with Chronicle senior writer Goldie Blumenstyk.
The relationship between climate change and increasingly frequent fires in the high country Heidi Steltzer, professor of Biology, spoke with The Durango Herald about the relationship between climate change and increasingly frequent fires in the high country, like the Ice Fire west of Silverton, Colorado that began on October 19.
Audrey Harvey (Environmental Studies, '11) connect to her roots through restoration ecology Audrey Harvey (Environmental Studies, '11) believes that studying restoration ecology as a graduate student at Northern Arizona University continues a lifelong story that stems from her roots in the Navajo Nation.
FLC Case Management team lauded by CDHE The dedicated and knowledgeable FLC Case Management team, who help students overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was featured in a Promising Partnership Practices interview with the Colorado Department of Higher Education.