In the News A Health Crisis Sent Her to the ICU and Straight Into Nursing School in Her Hometown Kari Sutherland woke up one morning as an undergraduate at Fort Lewis College and couldn’t breathe. The experience prompted her to change her major to nursing. Sutherland just wrapped up her first year of nursing classes as a member of the inaugural cohort of the CU Anschutz Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative. The program lets students in rural...
In the News Fort Lewis College graduates embark on a new journey Sterlin Harjo of ‘Reservation Dogs’ fame delivers keynote commencement address
Heather Shotton, Ph.D. Fort Lewis College community rallies behind its students Fort Lewis College marked two important milestones within days of one another.
km Jake Kurzweil, adjunct instructor of Environment & Sustainability, advocates for the protection of a wetland near Silverton from proposed construction projects. Kurzweil told The Durango Herald that the negative impacts on this particular habitat might branch off to others in the surrounding ecosystem.
jkj Kelsey Smith (Business Administration, '15) was named flagship operations manager for Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., the first-place company on Newsweek's list of "America's Best Retailers 2022" in the chocolate and candy stores category.
fnf FLC students and faculty spent two weeks this summer building a school in Ecuador and a water system in Nicaragua through the Village Aid Project, a registered student organization on campus. To prepare for the trip, students engaged in hands-on workshops during the spring that taught them how to build water systems and free-standing structures.
fjkf FLC juniors Melody Conrad and Vassar Stephens sold their startup brand of hot cocoa in a fundraiser for the La Plata County Humane Society. The cocoa business is a part of the New Business Venturing course taught by Michael Valdez, professor of Management.