Research & Scholarship Fort Lewis College named among nation’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report Fort Lewis College was named among the nation's best colleges in the 2027 U.S. News rankings, earning recognition as a Top Public School and posting significant gains in engineering and psychology.
Grants & Funding Fort Lewis College is making quantum computing and nanotechnology big with use of grant FLC, which received a portion of a $127 million federal and state Elevate Quantum Tech Hub workforce development programming grant in 2024, held its second quantum computing and nanotech workshop this week for high school and FLC undergraduate students – one of several initiatives the grant has made possible.
Dean's List Spring 2026 Dean’s List Announced Fort Lewis College recognizes 434 students who earned a place on the Spring 2026 Dean’s List. To receive this distinction, students must be full-time, degree-seeking and complete at least 15 credits of gradable coursework with a semester GPA of 3.60 or higher.
Gigi Richard and Kaitlin Mattos receive $110,760 from Walton Family Foundation Gigi Richard, director of the Four Corners Water Center, and Kaitlin Mattos, assistant professor of Environment & Sustainability, received $110,760 from the Walton Family Foundation to build a collaborative pilot Tribal Water Media Fellowship Program.
Deanne Grant and Janine Fitzgerald receive $1,500,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Deanne Grant, assistant professor of Sociology, and Janine Fitzgerald, professor of Sociology, received $1,500,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a “Humanities for All Times” project.
Marnie Clay receives $5,000 from Rocky Mountain Health Foundation Marnie Clay, assistant professor of Nutrition and Health Sciences, received $5,000 from Rocky Mountain Health Foundation for a Simple Gifts Fund grant “Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program Pilot.”
FLCV | Permafrost & Partnerships In the fall of 2021, FLC Environment and Sustainability Professor Heidi Steltzer organized a student expedition into the high mountains of the San Juans to search for suspected permafrost. Permafrost persistence in the high southern peaks of Colorado is an understudied phenomenon. Join us on this episode to find out what they discovered!