In the News

Venaya Yazzie (English, ‘2000), a citizen of the Navajo Nation, is the host of the Native Voices radio show on San Juan College’s KSJE-FM. Yazzie, an artist herself, interviews Indigenous artists and unpacks the issues those professionals face.

In an episode of Filling Seats: The State of Enrollment Marketing in Higher Ed, Lindsay Nyquist, director of Marketing & Communications, explained her enrollment marketing strategy. Nyquist discussed, among other things, how FLC conveys authentic student voices through its social content and enrollment messaging.

Joshua Emerson (Economics, ‘19) joins the growing number of Indigenous comedians touring nationally. Emerson’s stand-up group and production company, DeadRoom, is named after the terrifying silence some comics face when climbing on stage. It is one of the only Indigenous comedy showcases in the world.

As the American Southwest experiences its worst drought in 1,000 years, local farmers and participants in the Farmer-in-Training program at the Old Fort at Hesperus are adapting their agricultural practices. By choosing water-wise crops, these new farmers are getting creative to make their agronomy aspirations viable in a hotter,...