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 alumni Durango Herald FLC alumni Chuck Baltzer (Geology, '82), Chris Schauble (Journalism, '91), and Tara Trask (Psychology, '91) were featured in a round-up article about the College's successful alumni.
Ramona Pierson movie Director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen) has signed on to helm a biopic of alumna Ramona Pierson's (Psychology, '94) incredible life story.
Marijuana tourism Lorraine Taylor Research done by Lorraine Taylor, assistant professor of Business Administration, and her students in a special research class, shows that marijuana legalization is having a minimal effect on local tourism.
Clausen “Fishy Business: Genetic Engineering and Salmon Aquaculture,” a book chapter co-authored by Dr. Rebecca Clausen, associate professor of Sociology, was recently published in Genetically Modified Organisms in Food.