William Dolphin (English, '89), son of former FLC President Robert Dolphin, Jr., has co-written a book with his wife, Michelle Newhart, Ph.D., titled The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma and the Patient Experience, which examines how cannabis is integrated into medical treatment.

FLC's master's degree in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education has been approved for New Mexico's TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) endorsement.

As institutions with large minority student populations that also serve rural areas, Fort Lewis College and San Juan College are well-suited to respond to the need for more teachers in remote areas, not only in Colorado, but New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah as well. 

Professor of History Andrew Gulliford's new book, The Woolly West: Colorado's Hidden History of Sheepscapes, examines the history of the sheep industry in Colorado and the West.

FLC has implemented an integrated process and website for compliance with federal law under the Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act.

With the help of donors, the Foundation created 14 new scholarships worth more than $667,000 in endowments and term scholarships. Among the new funds available to students are the Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher Basketball Scholarship, the Eula Mae and Kenneth L. Morris Scholarship, and Dene and Gordon Thomas English Scholarship.

Howard Grotts (Mathematics, '14) won his fourth cross-country national title at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, in Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia, in July.

FLC was named to the 2018–2019 list of Top 200 Colleges for Indigenous Students by Winds of Change, the journal of the Amierican Indian Science & Engineering Society.

Professor of Biology Julie Korb and several of her present and former students are spending the summer reseraching how controlled burns and forest thinning improve forest health in the San Juan National Forest. 

Durango was named the #4 Coolest Small Town in America by BudgetTravel.com.   

This new partnership, along with new FLC programs like the Pre-Health Certificate, will add to the College’s health sciences offerings, giving students more avenues to join the healthcare field. The College was also recently awarded just over $3 million to begin designing a new Health Sciences & Athletics Complex on campus.

Society of Toxicology awarded a $500 grant to Associate Professor of Biology David Blake to support his students' undergraduate research into the effects of derivatives of caffeic acid.

Steve Elias, dean of the School of Business Administration, has been selected to the AACSB's Small Schools Network steering committee.

FLC was named a top 5 Best Colleges for both Sociology & Human Services and Philosophy degree programs by Schools.com.

Bill Hesford (Teacher Licensure, '05), assistant principal at Bayfield Elementary and Bayfield Primary, was named the 2018 Outstanding Assistant Principal for Colorado by the Colorado Association of School Executives.