The Fort Lewis College Music Department is a gem in the Four Corners region, but the program’s ambitions stretch beyond just southwestern Colorado. With the recent election of FLC Professor of Music Dr. Mark Walters as president of the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA), the reputation of the program will only grow.

Last July I held the sheet of paper on which Aldous Huxley had scribbled his last written thoughts, just hours before his death in 1963.  Unfortunately, what he wrote is nearly illegible—Huxley’s handwriting was difficult enough to read when he wasn’t in pain on his deathbed.  Still, the intimacy of those notes gave me goose bumps. Thanks to a Fort Lewis College...

Fort Lewis College welcomes author, poet, and musician Joy Harjo and her book Crazy Brave for this year’s Common Reading Experience. In the book, Harjo recounts her challenging upbringing as part of her journey to becoming an inspiring Native American artist.

Kimberly Welch (English,'00) published Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South through the University of North Carolina Press.

Senior Sport Administration major Rasmus Bach became the all-time winningest player in Fort Lewis College men's basketball program history on February 3 with his 93rd victory.

Schools.com ranked the FLC Chemistry Department in the Top 10 of all Chemistry programs nationwide.

Amy (Mohr) Bahl (Exercise Science, '05), the most decorated women’s basketball player in FLC history and a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee, boasts a 113-37 record in her six years as head women's basketball coach at Evergreen High School.

Want to learn more about Anthropology at Fort Lewis College? In this quick video, faculty, students, and alumni from the program share what makes this program unique!

The Skyhawks ice hockey club team is celebrating one of its best seasons ever, ranked 15th out of 29 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Pacific Division. 

Marshall Masayesva (Adventure Education '14) was recently inducted into the Emerging Leaders Program, a program of the Center for Jackson Hole, which trains a culturally diverse cohort of young outdoor recreationists for the conservation movement. 

FLC's Music Department has achieved re-accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music. The department was initially accredited in 1983 and is now confirmed through 2025. 

The John F. Reed Honors Program inducted nine undergraduate scholars into the program at a ceremony held at the home of President Dene Thomas, on December 14. Four graduating scholars and their capstone projects were also feted at the event. John F. Reed Honors program is a community of highly-motivated, high-achieving students seeking interdisciplinary...

Paige Gray, visiting assistant professor of English, won Honorable Mention for the Research Society for American Periodicals for her academic article “Join the Club: African American Children’s Literature, Social Change, and the Chicago Defender Junior,” published in Children’s Literature Quarterly.

Joy Harjo will visit Durango and Fort Lewis College for a number of events beginning Monday, February 12 and running through Wednesday, February 14. The centerpiece of her visit will be a keynote address and book signing on February 12 from 7-9 p.m. in Whalen Gym at FLC. The keynote is free and open to everyone.

First ascents tend to capture popular imagination. But not many people get known for their first descents. So photographer Stephen Eginoire recognizes just how rare it is that he gets to be the first human being to step into caves unseen by human eyes or trod by human feet in Grand Canyon National Park.