On a snowy December morning, more than 200 students graduated from Fort Lewis College and participated in a Commencement ceremony in Whalen Gymnasium. The graduates were encouraged by Commencement Speaker Leslie Goldstein, winner of the Alice Admire Outstanding Teaching Award. Congratulations to all graduates and their families!

Durango's Community Cycling Celebration, on December 1, 2016, was created as a way to honor the role of the sport in our small mountain town, as well as raise funds for the FLC Cycling Team and Durango DEVO. Thanks to all who came out for the event!

We hope this short video reminds you of special people and places. Sending you the warmest wishes for this holiday season.

Your friends at Fort Lewis College.

Dawn Mulhern, associate professor and department chair for Anthropology, facilitated a group of Miller Middle School seventh graders visiting campus for a physical anthropology lab.

John Wright (Geology, '74) significantly reduced the environmental impact of Antarctic travel in 2006 by pioneering the construction of a road from the coast of the continent to the South Pole.

Senior Engineering majors Eric Hicks and James Schneider, along with Visiting Professor of Physics & Engineering Randy Palmer, won first place in Telluride's Startup Weekend competition with their RoofDogs idea. Two other teams from FLC competed, with representation from Business Administration and Anthropology.

Artist Chip Thomas' mural on the side of the Mears Apartments, installed in October as a part of Indigenous Peoples Day, was named the #2 story of 2016 by Brooklyn Street Art.

Around 200 Skyhawks will take that important and exciting walk across the stage and graduate.

Now in its 25th year, the FLC Environmental Center has influenced countless students, employees, and community members to be advocates and stewards of the natural environment. Report by DurangoTV. 

Moreen (Baylis) Sawyer was inducted into the Fort Lewis College Hall of Fame this past October. Sawyer (Exercise Science, ’05) is a three-time Skyhawks volleyball MVP, from 2001 to 2003. She was named to the 2003 All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference second team and earned RMAC honorable mention in 2001 and 2002. One of FLC's most productive hitters, Sawyer holds the career record...

In October, Matt Gutierrez was welcomed to Fort Lewis College Hall of Fame. Gutierrez (Exercise Science, ’07) was a four-year quarterback for Skyhawks football, from 2003 – 2006. He led the Skyhawks to their first-ever postseason win and earning the game’s MVP award in the 2006 Dixie Rotary Bowl. He also earned All-RMAC first team honors in 2005 and 2006 and was the RMAC...

This fall, seven Engineering students put themselves on the map—literally—when they completed FLC’s first student-designed and student-constructed building.

The Fort Lewis College Foundation has announced the endowment of what is now to be known as the Stephen A. Roderick Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is designated to support Fort Lewis College students in the Teacher Education program.

How can you conceptualize something as abstract as a food system?

Growing Forward: The Environmental Center plants the seeds for the next 25 years