“I think the FLC environment is very important,” says John Wells (Business Administration, 1978). “I don’t think you can find a finer campus location aesthetically. I think it has an impact on students.”

Four dozen athletes push their backpacks and water bottles against the wall. Brightly colored cones and bean bags are spread around the wooden gym floor. The goal of the day’s activities are not immediately apparent to an outside observer, but one woman is clearly in charge.

Natalie Benally (Theatre, '10) was selected by Disney to voice Dory in the Navajo-language version of Finding Nemo to stimulate interest in the traditional language among Navajo children.

Legendary Fort Lewis College head men's basketball coach Bob Hofman is spending his last year as coach emeritus during the 2015-16 season.  Hofman submitted his retirement letter effective August 1 but will serve a transition year as coach emeritus.

This fall the historic FLC cannon was ready once again to put an exclamation mark on Skyhawks touchdowns.

In October, four new members were inducted into the Fort Lewis College Athletics Hall of Fame. 2015 inductees are:

The Skyhawks Cycling team rode home with the Division I national championship at the 2015 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals in Snowshoe, West Virginia, October 23-25, 2015.

FLC was well-represented by students and Skyler at Al Roker of the Today SHOW's broadcast from the Four Corners Monument.

Dawn Mulhern, associate professor of Anthropology, teaches students about everything from crime sites to Basketmaker sites in her forensic anthropology classes.

The community is invited to the Student Union Ballroom for this free forum.

Frame by Frame will be shown at Fort Lewis College on Wednesday, November 11 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Vallecito Room.

Thirty-three students and three faculty members traveled to Washington D.C. to the SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) National Conference. Student Natalie Joe won an award for the best poster presentation in Chemistry.

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.