FLC Student News

Four students in the new student group Indigenous Society of Psychologists and a Psychology faculty member attended the Society of Indian Psychologists national retreat and conference in June at Utah State University.

Elementary schoolers are learning how to identify physical characteristics of people from simulated human remains through a program at Durango's Powerhouse Museum designed by Anthropology students.

A team of engineering students competed in the First Nations Launch competition at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area, in Wisconsin.

Five students braved cool, wet spring weather and mud to volunteer their time with San Juan Mountains Association and BLM staff to plant native trees and shrubs along the Dolores River.

A portfolio by Design major and Marketing & Communications intern Christina Lopez that included a brochure promoting FLC's Graduate Studies programs took Best in Show at the AIGA Student & Young Professionals Portfolio Review in Colorado Springs.

Nine students presented at the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America meeting, in Manhattan, Kansas, in March. Senior Geology major Connor Broaddus won best poster presentation.

Environmental Studies major Kashia Caljesuseso has been accepted to Global Sustainability Scholars, a highly selective paid, three-year summer experiential learning program held at sites located in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

CXmagazine took an in-depth look at the "lucky" bicycle ridden by Sarah Sturm (Art, '12) when the former Skyhawks cyclist won the 2018 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship women’s singlespeed title in Louisville, Kentucky, in December.

A study by Environmental Studies students found that in downtown Durango last fall only 40% of residences and 30% of businesses with bear-resistant trash cans had the bins properly locked, which is leading to calls for the city to increase enforcement.

Four Biology students and two faculty attended the Sitka Whalefest, in Alaska, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.