Young people in La Plata County voted in this fall's election in numbers far greater than in 2014, and research by Assistant Professor Paul DeBell's political science students suggests why.

The anthology The Andean World, co-edited by Professor and Chair of Anthropology Kathleen Fine-Dare, was recently released by as part of the Routledge Worlds series.

Melinda Arviso-Ciocco (Native American & Indigenous Studies, '12) has been selected to be the state director for the New Mexico for the Old Spanish Trail Association, which is dedicated to protecting, interpreting, and promoting the Old Spanish National Historic Trail.

KDUR and The Durango Herald’s collaborative series “Creating connection: Solutions to youth suicide in La Plata County” was rated one of the best Solutions Journalism stories of 2018 by the national organization Solution Journalism Network.

Two new majors in the Sociology & Human Services Department offer timely and cutting-edge programs to complement the existing Sociology & Human Services major.

Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center funding expands popular business plan competition to local high school students, and top prizes will include Fort Lewis College scholarships.

For April Yazza, crowned Ms. Hozhoni at the 2018 Hozhoni Days Pageant & Powwow, the stage gives her a voice for the causes she believes in. 

View the awesome new video that went out to all our new accepted students this year! 

For the first time, students of color now make up the majority at FLC, reported at 51 percent, with 46 percent white and 3 percent unreported.

Registered nurse Amber DeHerrera (ATT '98-'01) talked to the Durango Telegraph about the lessons she learned working with birthing mothers in Tanzania through the Durango-based Tanzanian Mission Project.

Coordinator of Student Wellness Kendra Gallegos Reichle won the 2018 Outstanding Advisor award from the NASPA Foundation..

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

Indea Stroeve Rogers (Biology, '18) wrote about the value of field work for scientists for the American Geophysical Union following her experience aboard a research vessel in the Baltic Sea last summer.

Economics major Joshua Emerson was awarded the first-ever Native American Bank, N.A. Scholarship at the 2018 American Indian Achievement Awards, in Denver.

FLC launched the Indigenous Arts Festival in November. The inaugral festival's theme was “Resilience: Laugh, Cry, Persevere,” and featured an art exhibit, speakers, and two theatre productions.