FLC was recognized among the Best Colleges in the Country for certain degree programs by Schools.com: Anthropology was ranked #4 and Chemistry was ranked #9.

From noon to 4 p.m., everyone is invited to tour the Biology Wing of Berndt Hall, the Chemistry Hall, and Sitter Family Hall, stopping to enjoy scientific presentations along the way. These presentations include building rivers on the River Simulation Table, getting to know the snakes, lizards and more in the Biology Animal Room, and enjoying liquid nitrogen ice cream.

When Dolph Kuss first arrived in Durango in 1953, he says he was "one of the few people other than cattle people who'd ever go into what is now the Weminuche Wilderness Area. I'd come back and people would ask me, 'What did it look like up there?'" Kuss says. Thanks to Kuss and a band of followers, students at Fort Lewis College today don’t have to ask those...

“I was lucky enough to hear Kevin speak last year, and it was incredibly impactful,” says Veronica Krupnick, recent FLC graduate and former Wellness Peer Advisory Council (WellPAC) president. “I believe that Kevin speaks our community’s language. One of his main messages – ‘it’s okay to not be okay, but it’s not okay not to ask for help,’...

“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.