Fort Lewis College’s new men’s basketball head coach, Bob Pietrack (’04, Exercise Science), has some big sneakers to fill.

Pietrack is taking over for Coach Emeritus Bob Hofman for the 2015-16 season. In his 19-year career, Hofman earned every basketball coaching record in school history, including most wins and highest winning percentage.

Junior Theatre major Austin Minard spent two weeks in Ithaca, NY, setting up "The Haunt" this Halloween -- a haunted interactive outdoors experience related to his Kickstarter-funded business, FearWalk.
 

For Rick O'Block, being the radio color commentator for Skyhawks football is only natural: He's an FLC alumnus, and has officiated football games for more than fifteen years.

And broadcasting the Skyhawks is also a way to say thanks to what FLC has given him, he says.

For Rick O'Block, being the radio color commentator for Skyhawks football is only natural: He's an FLC alumnus, and has officiated football games for more than fifteen years.

And broadcasting the Skyhawks is also a way to say thanks to what FLC has given him, he says.

Spring Awakening is a rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. It is based on the German play Spring Awakening (1891) by Frank Wedekind. Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of teenage sexuality. In the musical, alternative rock is employed as part of the folk-infused rock score.

Each October, Student Union Productions teams up with the Residence Hall Association to create the scariest place on campus: a haunted house called Nightmare on Rim Drive. Watch as 4CornersTV correspondent Laura West braves the experience.

Students of William Nollet, assistant professor of Engineering, get unique opportunities to apply their classroom knowledge at AMPT, a local aeroscape rocket testing facility.

As a part of their Senior Seminar project, Engineering students Brandon Belcher and Jake Faust visit Florida Mesa Elementary School to teach about basic scientific principles. Here is some video coverage from local television station Durango TV.

Emily Shirtz, a Junior Graphic Design major, won Grand Champion of AIGA Design Slam competition on October 23 in Lakewood, Colorado.

Freshman Marketing major Amelia Thomas took first place in the Young Native Writers Essay Contest for her essay. She won a $2,500 scholarship and an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C., where she will be awarded her honor at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian.

It's always a great time with lots of school spirit on display at Fort Lewis College football games. "Talons Up!"

Senior History major and women’s golfer Jessica Thulson won the individual title at the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Invitational.

The FLC Cycling Team took first in the nation in the Division I Mountain Biking Championships, edging out Brevard College and Marian University.

A part of the community since 1974, KDUR creates a bridge between FLC and Durango. It provides diverse music, alternative news and local programming. The special part is, anyone can be a DJ!

Alumna Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (English & Exercise Science, '13) was awarded a Newhouse Fellowship at Syracuse University for her Master’s in Magazine, Newspaper & Online Journalism.