To celebrate the success of the men's and women's basketball teams during the 2016-17 season, FLC produced a 30-second commercial about the teams that aired nationally. A darkened Whalen Gymnasium was filled with fog and dramatic spotlights, and drones captured footage of Skyhawks athletes.

A Doll's House, a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen, is the first theatrical production of the Spring 2017 FLC Theatre Department. Originally written in 1879, the piece centers on themes of gender in society, individualism, and marriage.

Linda Simmons, longtime Outreach Administrator for the Teacher Education Department, was named Mancos' Citizen of the Year.

Apocalyptic Planet is this year’s Fort Lewis College Common Reading Experience selection. Each year, the College selects one book for all of campus to read. The selection is integrated into classroom discussions and other College and community events. 

Durango was named among the more affordable mountain towns by Outside Magazine.

Cycling website Singletracks.com named FLC to its list of 10 Best U.S. College & Universities for Mountain Bikers! 
 

Brandon Francis (att '15) was interviewed by Kelly Pettyjohn, host of KSJD's Big Fat Farm Show, about the food justice education he does in his work with the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center.

Fort Lewis College celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day each year with a rally, choir performance, and open mic session. In recent years, social justice workshops have been added, where campus and community members can learn about activism and social change.

The old adage says that those who can’t do, teach. Joslynn Lee is flipping that adage around—those who can do well, teach even better. In addition to training scientists around the country, Lee (Chemistry, ’06) draws on her own successes as a Native STEM student to mentor others pursuing higher education in any field.

KDUR, FLC's campus-community radio station, was named among "The Eight Music Stations to Listen to in 2017" on a Medium post by Ernesto Aguilar.

Senior English major and former Miss Hozhoni First Attendant Charine Gonzales won a prestigious Full Circle Fellowship to the Sundance Film Festival.

Steve Short, chairman of the FLC Board of Trustees, was named Durango's Citizen of the Year at the Chamber of Commerce's "Durango Rocks!" ceremony.

Training the “creative geeks” is something Fort Lewis College is built to do. All of FLC’s programs are built upon the liberal arts foundation that led to the College’s designation as Colorado’s public liberal arts college. What this means is that computer engineering students don’t just study computer engineering, they study art, music, English,...

Bob Pietrack ('04, Exercise Science), the men's basketball head coach, was named HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week for Week 9, an honor he also achieved in the 2015-16 season. 

When Giancarlo Vigil studied abroad in Argentina as a junior, his Uruguayan grandmother gave him one piece of advice: “Giancarlo, you have to try maté when you get there.” “I had no idea what that was,” Vigil (Economics, ’15) admits. But after his first taste of yerba maté, the traditional South American beverage, he fell in love—so much so...