Mary Shepherd received $100,000 from the US Small Business Administration Mary Shepherd, Director, Small Business Development Center, received $100,000 from the US Small Business Administration through the Colorado Department of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT) to fund SBDC activities in 2023.
VoFLC: Tristan Gulliford This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Tristan Gulliford, help desk supervisor.
Alumni Awards honor outstanding FLC graduates A little over a decade after taking an accidental journalism course at Fort Lewis College, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Athletic Training, ’13) is the editor-in-chief of ICT (formerly Indian Country Today), a digital platform reporting on the Indigenous world.
Letter to our community on History Colorado's report on Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School To more completely understand the boarding school era, FLC’s leadership, working directly with leaders of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, advocated for Colorado House Bill 22-1327--state legislation that tasked History Colorado with investigating traumas inflicted upon Native American children at the Federal Indian Boarding Schools in the State of...
Letter to our community on History Colorado's report To more completely understand the boarding school era and as part of Fort Lewis College's reconciliation efforts, FLC’s leadership, working directly with leaders of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, advocated for Colorado House Bill 22-1327--state legislation that tasked History Colorado with investigating traumas inflicted upon Native American children at...
Acknowledging the past to focus on the future The contradiction between Fort Lewis College’s past as a boarding school and present as a Native American serving institution is stark, according to an op-ed for The Durango Herald by President Tom Stritikus, VP for Diversity Affairs Heather Shotton and board trustee Ernest House Jr. “We expect the unveiling of these painful truths to sharpen our focus on the...
Celebrating 30 Years of Fiesta on the Mesa With a game of Lotería, Latin food, a piñata and dazzling live performances by Mariachi Amigos de Nuevo México and Ballet Folklórico de Durango, Fort Lewis College celebrated the 30th Fiesta on the Mesa, launching this year's Hispanic Heritage Month.
Fort Lewis College celebrates gains in overall enrollment, increases in its Latinx population Fort Lewis College’s overall enrollment grew by 1.9 percent compared to last year, with dual enrollment, graduate, and transfer students driving the growth.
VoFLC: Josh Kling This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Josh Kling, coordinator of Permitting & Programming.
VoFLC: Nicolette Manning This week, tune in to hear FLC stories from Nicolette Manning, assistant director of the Student Involvement Center.
BOT passes resolution on Reconciliation 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.
FLC Board reaffirms its commitment to ongoing reconciliation process as it awaits History Colorado's report 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...
All Our Kin Collective 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.