Three students and the assistants presented their thespian talents at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Hawaii in February. Junior Theatre major Jaclyn Drummond earned a a spot to display her skills at the Kennedy Center in Washington D. C. in April. 

Ross McCauley, Associate Professor of Biology, earned a Fulbright award for the 2016-17 academic year. He will use the grant to study in Ecuador. 

Justin McBrayer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, earned a Fulbright award for the 2016-17 academic year. He will use the grant to study in Austria. 

Nancy Cardona, Associate Professor of English, earned a Fulbright award for the 2016-17 academic year. She will use the grant to study in Norway. 

Three years ago, Simon Walls’ Marketing Research students conducted a study with the Durango Chamber of Commerce. The results revealed that local professionals desired more education about how to utilize digital marketing to advance their businesses.

Hundreds of current students, alumni, faculty, and staff competed in the 2016 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on May 28-29. Senior Exercise Science major Payson McElveen scored first in the road race and third in the mountain bike race; sophomore Economics major Cormac McGeough topped the podium in the circuit race and took second in the overall road Omnium.

Student athletes recorded their highest collective grade point average in the past 10 years: The 14 varsity programs and club cycling earned a combined grade point average of 3.05, .02 points higher than last year.

Senior Theatre major Jaclyn Drummond won the National Stage Management Fellowship at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington D.C. for her Stage Management of the FLC Production of A Girl’s Guide to Coffee. As winner, Drummond was awarded the summer position of Stage Manager for the very prestigious Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT.

Students working with Engineering & Physics professors Ryan Haaland and Ryan Smith are helping the local Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad by creating models for broken train parts with a 3-D printer.

Over three months, 10 faculty and staff members received grants for their programs and departments, ranging in size from $1200 - $200,000.

Bob Stremba, professor and chair of Adventure Education, Lee Frazer, associate professor, and several graduates explain some of the misconceptions of the program and the myriad careers that graduates have.

Anthony Nocella, assistant professor of Sociology, and alumnus Josh Jones (Philosophy, '14) founded Durango Hip Hop to increase hip hop activism and transformative justice in the area.

Dennis Elkins, visiting professor and chair of the Theatre Department, is performing as Lt. Col. Nathan Jessup in Thingamajig Theatre Company's staging of Aaron Sorkin's play "A Few Good Men."

Lee Frazer, assistant professor of Adventure Education, delivered the commencement address at Bayfield High School, titled, "Risk, Uncertainty, and Adversity: Graduation as Rite of Passage" on May 15, 2016.

Durango was named one of America's Favorite Towns by Travel + Leisure magazine.