In the News

Tom Stritikus sat down with The National Center on Education and the Economy for a QuickTake. Stritikus discussed how colleges should focus on being "student-ready."

FLC President Tom Stritikus and CU President Todd Saliman penned an op-ed in The Durango Herald on the innovative nursing program. Stritikus and Saliman expressed their shared vision to build a nursing workforce in the Four Corners region that will serve rural and Indigenous populations.  

In a column for The Durango Herald, Ben Waddell, associate professor of Sociology, advocates for due process for immigrants. If the United States allows millions of people to be processed outside the Constitution, it places everyone's rights at risk, Waddell said. 

Gilda Yazzie (Business Administration, '97), a long-time advocate for affordable housing in La Plata County, joined four other candidates vying for open Durango City Council seats. Yazzie, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, said she would like to see the city provide more educational opportunities for children of all ages.