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.
Marissa Molina Chalkbeat Marissa Molina (Political Science, ’14), winner of White House’s “Champions of Change” award, discusses what it’s like to be an undocumented educator with an uncertain future in an interview with Chalkbeat.org.
Standing Rock Over Thanksgiving Break, 50 students, faculty, and staff traveled to South Dakota to join the protest at Standing Rock, bringing donated supplies. Upon their return, they staged a non-violent rally in downtown Durango.
Career workshop FLC students learned how to seek employment locally or nationally at federal agencies at a recent Career Services workshop.
Weather station Charles Hakes, senior lecturer of Physics & Engineering, facilitated the creation of a weather station at the Old Fort Lewis campus in Hesperus, which is now part of Texas Tech University’s “West Texas Mesonet” network of 100 stations.