On a cold and sunny day in April, more than 500 FLC students walked across the stage at Whalen Gymnasium to receive their bachelor's degrees. Check out the social media around the event from graduates, faculty, staff, friends, and locals!

For Patrick Saunders (History, '81), baseball is a full-time job. As the Colorado Rockies beat reporter for the The Denver Post, Saunders covers more than 100 of the team's 162 games, plus spring training and any playoff games. It's a good thing he loves both the game and his work.

 

 

Every explorer knows to carry a Swiss Army knife into the field. But even when they stay on campus, the students, faculty, and administration at Fort Lewis College have their own multi-purpose tool right at their fingertips. That tool is the organization called Professional Associates. Professional Associates enriches the FLC experience by contributing its members’ diverse skills and...

Alumnus Trey Duvall (Art, '09), a graduate student at the University of Houston, was featured in a prestigious site-specific installation exhibition inside 34 renovated grain silos called SITE HOUSTON.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Justin McBrayer's op-ed about land ownership in the face of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge situation was published in the New York Times.

Kerry Ginger, visiting instructor of Music, contributed vocals as a part of the Phoenix Chorale to “Rachmaninoff: All-night Vigil,” the winner of Best Choral Performance at the 2016 Grammys.

Rebecca Benally (Physical Education, '90), the first Native American woman in the country to serve as a County Commissioner, will be awarded the Chancellor’s Medallion at the annual commencement ceremony of the Utah State University - Eastern Blanding campus.

Paul Booth, associate professor of Art & Design, won a Communicator Award of Excellence for a poster series he designed for the San Juan Citizens Alliance aimed at raising awareness of the Animas River Spill.

Three FLC faculty were named Fulbright Scholars for 2016-17: Justin McBrayer, associate professor of Philosophy, will be researching the origins and rationality of religious beliefs in Austria; Ross McCauley, associate professor of Biology, will be studying the evolution of plants in the Galápagos Islands, and Nancy Cardona, associate professor of English, will teach as a roving scholar...

Rebecca Clausen, associate professor and chair of the Sociology Department, is part of a team awarded a $600,000 grant by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program at the University of Arizona. They'll be investigating the effects of last year's Gold King Mine toxic spill on the Navajo community.

The Black Student Union, founded by senior Political Science major Dabney Meachum and senior Psychology major MeKayla Smith, supports minorities and promotes diversity.

TLC for FLC is Fort Lewis College's premier fundraiser for student scholarships and faculty research. Funds are raised through ticket sales, live and silent auctions, and generous donations. Students from the arts often perform and a great time is had by all! The 2016 event, with a Roaring Twenties theme, raised about $38,000.

More than 100 riders strong, FLC Cycling is a unique hybrid program, blending the fun of a club with the full-time professional coaching and equipment of a varsity sport. And all it takes to join is a helmet and a hunger to ride. The focus, though, is still on fun and team spirit. Collegiate cycling is a good time with great people.

Unlike professional racing, it's the nature of collegiate cycling that has each person riding to earn points for the whole team rather than just for themselves. It's that unique spirit that forges deeper and lasting connections among collegiate cyclists that last well after their college riding days are over.

In January 2016, Fort Lewis College launched its first annual "Hawk Tank" entrepreneurial competition,
modeled on the hit ABC show Shark Tank. The teams received mentoring in development and marketing from local business leaders and attended a series of workshops over a four-month period.