“Kenneth and Eula Mae are an example of two people who understood the value of an education and how it can affect a person’s life,” says FLC President Dene Thomas. “I wish I’d had the opportunity to thank them for their generosity, but I can promise that their investment in the lives of young people from Ignacio will be a credit to their name for years to...

The School of Teacher Education is in constant contact with educators and school districts to understand what programs would best serve the Four Corners region’s educational professionals. And that’s how FLC’s newest graduate program, a Master of Arts in Education: Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education that will launch this fall, came to be.

Roberts served in the Colorado legislature for a decade before leaving in 2016. In the legislature, she served in both the House and Senate. Much of her work focused on natural resource issues.

Lara Aase, librarian in the Center of Southwest Studies, received a scholarship from the National Endowment for the Humanities/Global Book Histories Initiative, for full course tuition and expenses at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

Skyhawks in men's and women's basketball and women's cross-country earned academic honors for their performances as student athletes.

Nine FLC students participated in the Rio Grande NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition, hosted by the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque on February 17, 2018. Senior music majors Jonathan Patton and Allie Boom placed first in their divisions.

Barney LeBlanc (Business Administration, '02) debuted his patent-pending "Gnar Bike", a snow bike / snowmobile combination, at the White River Rumble in Meeker, Colorado in early February.

Blythe Morrison (Anthropology, '14) is FLC's new contract NAGPRA Collections Specialist. Her work will focus on the documentation and analysis of at least two significant collections of Native American items under the care of the Center of Southwest Studies.

Skyler the Skyhawk, along with FLC students and staff, celebrated Valentine's Day at the "Love is a Drag ... Show" sponsored by the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center.

Four FLC students spoke on a panel at the AISA (American Indian Studies Association) National Conference in Tempe, Arizona, from February 1-2, 2018. The panel, titled "Upsetting Settler Nationalism" gave each participant a chance to speak on his / her independent research.

The FLC Environmental Center announced the winners of the inaugural Sustainability Superhero Award Winners at the Center’s 5th annual Sustainability Summit, on February 20. The award is a salute to leaders in sustainability efforts and advocacy both on campus and in the Durango community.

For two years, FLC has sponsored the Julia Robinson Math Festival, a national organization promoting mathematical education to local 6th and 7th grade students. The goal of this event, sponsored by the Mathematics Department, is to make math non-competitive and fun. Take a look at how FLC faculty and students engage with local middle school students to achieve that goal!

As part of their senior design project, Engineering students in Professor Don May's class are testing the stability of a portable structure that could be used as transitional housing for people who are homeless.

Michaela Goade (Art, 14) won "Best Picture Book of the Year" from the American Indian Library Association for her watercolor illustrations in "Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy."

Over five months, sixteen faculty and staff members received grants for their programs and departments, ranging in size from $960 to $1 million.