When Colin Smith starts his year at Student Orientation, he uses a metaphor that doesn’t particularly ease the minds of the parents who are dropping off their children. He asks, “Do you know those rivers in Africa that the migrating herds must cross? Well, your kids have just come to one.” And then he asks, “Knowing your child, what do you worry about?” This...

Durango was named the #1 most charming and beautiful small town in Colorado by onlyinyourstate.com.

The Fort Lewis College Foundation Board of Directors has announced $602,000 for the College in support of the Geosciences, Physics and Engineering (GPE) Hall.

Sarah Meier, assistant director of Atheltics, earned the NFFCC Keith Jensen Award.

Anthropology Professor Kathleen Fine-Dare was interviewed about the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act by KSJD's Tom Yoder [PODCAST].

Alumna Marissa Molina (Political Science, '14) honored by the White House for being a Champion of Change.

FLC engineers are partnering with the City of Durango to use autonomous roots to gather information about La Plata County’s resources, mainly water.

Sports-related head injuries are a major concern today among organizations ranging from the National Football League to youth sports clubs. If Devin Leahy, assistant professor of Engineering at Fort Lewis College, has his way, he and his student research team will soon produce data that help sports equipment manufacturers design helmets that better protect heads from those injuries, thanks to...

Sports-related head injuries are a major concern today among organizations ranging from the National Football League to youth sports clubs. If Devin Leahy, assistant professor of Engineering at Fort Lewis College, has his way, he and his student research team will soon produce data that help sports equipment manufacturers design helmets that better protect heads from those injuries, thanks to...

FLC was listed by AISES' Winds of Change magazine as one of the Top 200 schools in 2015 for Native American students.

The STEM³ program exists to offer support to college students working toward science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees.

Wicked problems are issues that, at first glance, seem to have no solution. Dr. Dodds, this year’s Roger Peters Distinguished Professor, works with his students until they begin to, as he puts it, “poke holes in the problem” on the way to a solution.

Alumnus Howard Grotts (Mathematics, '14) finished first in the Pro Men's Cross Country race at the USA Cycling Mountain Biking Nationals in Mammoth, California. Nineteen other alumni and current Skyhawks competed and placed over the weekend.

Mariah Gachupin, a senior Gender & Women's Studies major, was a finalist in the Miss Native American USA Pageant held in Tempe, Arizona on August 8. Last year's winner, April Yazza, was also an FLC student.

Senior Marketing major Becky Gardner was interviewed by Monster.com about how to become a professional mountain biker.