This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Josh Kling, coordinator of Permitting & Programming. 

This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Nicolette Manning, assistant director of the Student Involvement Center. 

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process passing a resolution at its annual retreat in Denver last week.

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process at its annual retreat in Denver last week. FLC traces its roots to the Fort Lewis Indian School that operated from 1892 to 1910 in Hesperus—about 20 miles from...

Professor Janine Fitzgerald created the All Our Kin Collective this year to help address the loss of Indigenous languages in students’ communities and help them understand a crucial part of their identities.

FLC's Farmer-In-Training program at the Old Fort is partnering with La Plata County nonprofits to improve food security. They hope to create more agricultural education opportunities in the area and boost agricultural production.

The FLC women’s basketball team won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's 2022-23 Brechler Award, recognizing the Skyhawks squad as the league’s top academic women’s basketball team with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.57.

For Charles Leslie, director of the FLC Community Concert Hall, the upcoming season offers opportunities to see shows that don't often make it to the rural Southwest. A few he says not to miss include Black Opry Revue, Welcome to Indian Country, and this year’s Jazz on the Hill, which will feature Christian McBride—"the most important young jazz artist in the world."

Former Fort Lewis College cyclist Savilia Blunk captured a pair of national titles at the USA Cycling Cross Country Mountain Bike National Championship.

Fort Lewis College and the La Plata Economic Development Alliance are partnering on a new professional certificate program for workers and adult learners in the community. This Rural Upskill Network program, or Project RUN, is designed to drive economic mobility by training, upskilling, and retaining the region’s diverse workforce. 

This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Lori Dykstra, web marketing specialist. 

Professor Laurie Williams was named one of 67 winners in the first phase of the $6.7 million Energizing Rural Communities Prize challenge. The competition is designed to incentivize the nation's clean energy trailblazers to reenergize innovation and reassert American leadership in the energy marketplace.

Durango artist Maddie Sanders (Communication Design, '21) contributed to a collaborative art and science exhibit that will make the Colorado State Capitol home for the next five months. Sanders worked with CU Boulder scientists Nicole Brooks and Diane McKnight to create "Durango: Mining the Mineral Belt." Their work explores the relationship between acid mine and acid rock...

In an op-ed for The Durango Herald, President Tom Stritikus made the case for race-conscious admissions at institutions of higher education. The Supreme Court of the United States recently struck down the use of these policies, diverging from decades of precedent that helped diversify campus classrooms across the nation.

FLC cyclist Michaela Thompson won her gravel race debut alongside teammates Sarah Sturm (Art, ‘12) and Ellen Campbell (Biology, '20).