Major gifts to student grants and capital projects helped the Foundation set a school record gift total.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Jared Beeton presented his research on climate change at the quadrennial meeting of the International Quaternary Congress, in Dublin, Ireland, in July.

FLC was named to the 2019–2020 list of Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students by Winds of Change, the journal of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society.

Renowned ragtime pianist Adam Swanson (Music, '14) was profiled by The Syncopated Times for his remarkably accomplished career, including a performance at Carnegie Hall, a solo program at the Kennedy Center, a featured headliner at major jazz and ragtime festivals, and the only four-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest.

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.

Brandon Castle (Anthropology, '19), a tour guide at the Totem Heritage Center, in Ketchikan, Alaska, is the 2019 recipient of the $5,000 Patricia Roppel Scholarship from the Tongass Historical Society.

Marine veteran, speaker, stand-up comedian, writer. activist, and tribal official for the Santo Domingo Pueblo, Ricardo Caté (Education, ’06)  is the most prominent Native American cartoonist working today,

A new partnership between FLC and the University of Colorado Denver lets aspiring historians complete both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Public History in just five years. 

In the first two quarters of 2019, 15 faculty and staff received grants for their programs and departments, ranging in size from $250 to $83,000.

FLC placed in the top 100 of Great Value Colleges' ranking of the "Most Affordable Small Colleges West of the Mississippi."

School of Business Administration Dean Steve Elias has been named Vice Chair of the AACSB Small School Network for 2019-2020.

When Assistant Professor of Management Carma Claw started teaching at FLC this summer, she became the first Navajo business professor in the country.

Shane Seibel (Business Management, '13) was named executive director of the Southern Ute Growth Fund, which operates and manages the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s businesses and business investments.
 

The most winningest coach in men’s soccer history and ’05 National Champions team were inducted into the RMAC Hall of Fame on July 12. FLC women’s golf were also recognized at the ceremony, winning the 2018-19 Brechler Award for the top women’s golf grade point average in the conference.

The formal paths make it easier for PCC students with an associate degree to transfer into the same academic program at FLC and pursue a four-year degree.