Shere Byrd, professor of Biology, was voted to the Durango 9-R School Board in the November 7 election.

If you missed the Climate Change Symposium at Fort Lewis College, you can watch it on the Fort Lewis College YouTube channel. The Climate Change Symposium brought together experts from across the state to discuss the past, present and future issues surrounding climate change.

Common Ground, FLC's anti-bias program that promotes cultural awareness and combats discrimination, hosted a 3-day intensive facilitator training with student, faculty, and staff participants. The new facilitators are now equipped with the tools to create conversations that move people toward understanding and healing.

The FLC Environmental Center & Theatre department arranged a talk-back with government representatives after a performance of "Urinetown" to address the issues raised in the play.

The Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition, which includes FLC's Public Health department, just received five years of grant funding to reduce drunken driving in the region.

Local First's new Durango Food Recovery Hub, which collaborates with the FLC Environmental Center, just received a three-year, $356,000 grant. It will become a combination clearinghouse, distribution center, and resource center for connecting unwanted food with businesses and consumers who will use it.

Senior Business Administration student Natalia Sells, also the current Miss Hozhoni, was diagnosed with prediabetes last summer. She responded by running a marathon and raising awareness of the condition.

Eric Smith (Mathematics, '16) co-authored an original research paper with Veronika Furst, associate professor of Mathematics, that was published in the current issue of Involve: A Journal of Mathematics.

Former art professor Gerald Wells was featured in the Vail Daily for his innovation in computer-based art.

“We don't build robots,” he explains. “We build the autonomy that goes in the robots and so we're kind of like brain surgeons, really. We put in the computer code. We put in the algorithms that enable the robots to make their own decisions.”

Shardai Pioche came to college knowing she wanted to help improve the health of Native American communities. Now, she’s making good on that desire, using her degrees in Public Health and Psychology to make a positive impact on Native students as a program coordinator in the NativeVision program in Shiprock, New Mexico. “Right now, we teach a health curriculum in school and after...

Wonder what it’s like to live on campus? Scott and Owen show off their room in Escalante Hall: a double occupancy room, with community bathrooms in the hallway, game room / lounge, and computer lab. Escalante Hall features both traditional housing and suite-style living.

Thirty four FLC students, along with two faculty members, attended the SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 19-21, 2017.

Over five months, nineteen faculty and staff members received grants for their programs and departments, ranging in size from $885 to $1,285,000.

Over the summer, 11 FLC students worked with students from the Tengeru Institute of Community Development in Boma Ng’ombe, Tanzania on food insecurity, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS issues. This anthropology ethnographic field program trains students -- whose majors included Biology, Sociology, Public Health and Anthropology -- in global health methods and assessment.