FLC President Tom Stritikus and CU President Todd Saliman penned an op-ed in The Durango Herald on the innovative nursing program. Stritikus and Saliman expressed their shared vision to build a nursing workforce in the Four Corners region that will serve rural and Indigenous populations.  

In a column for The Durango Herald, Ben Waddell, associate professor of Sociology, advocates for due process for immigrants. If the United States allows millions of people to be processed outside the Constitution, it places everyone's rights at risk, Waddell said. 

Gilda Yazzie (Business Administration, '97), a long-time advocate for affordable housing in La Plata County, joined four other candidates vying for open Durango City Council seats. Yazzie, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, said she would like to see the city provide more educational opportunities for children of all ages.

Snowdown was once again in Durango—with a Shakespearean theme. Commenting for The Durango Herald, Larry Hartsfield, a professor of English, said that "Shakespeare and his works have endured to this day because he confronts the dark nature of human folly and vice with timeless storytelling."

The Art Gallery at FLC features Janet Diaz Muro's Hay Comida en la Casa exhibition. Diaz is a first-generation Mexican-American Chicana artist who addresses migration, immigration, labor rights, identity, and social injustice.

The Resolution on Culture on Shared Governance, drafted by the FLC Board of Trustees, is the latest milestone for Fort Lewis College in its commitment to fostering campus belonging.

FLC committed to the housing security of its faculty and staff by launching the Employee Mortgage Assistance Program, or EMAP.

Tune in to hear FLC stories from Justin McBrayer, professor of Philosophy and associate dean.

Bringing a mountaineer’s approach to our flat land lives

In 2022, FLC’s premier Native American & Indigenous Studies program received a critical academic boost. Helped in part by a generous gift from the Mellon Foundation, FLC hired four new NAIS faculty. This expansion advances the institution’s commitment to reconciliation with its past as a federal Indian boarding school by building a community of Indigenous...

FLC Athletics announced the addition of indoor track and field for the 2023-24 season. Men's and women's indoor track and field will bring the department's total to 16 programs offered at the NCAA Division II level. 

Amid a nationwide effort to preserve Indigenous languages, FLC has developed a new partnership with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to train bilingual teachers in instructing a new generation of Ute-language speakers.

Despite the biggest winter storm in four years, FLC community members gathered to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an informal meet-and-greet hosted by the Black Student Union.

At her post deep in the Rocky Mountains, Kelli Lewis (Environmental Studies, ‘15), a ranger for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, patrols Eleven Mile State Park on a pair of ice skates. With a patrol area of 3,400 acres, Lewis dashes across frozen reservoirs to greet anglers and campers alike. 

FLC men's basketball player Akuel Kot was named to the Clarence Bevo Francis Award "Top 100 small college basketball players to watch list." Kot recently broke the single-game scoring record for the FLC men's basketball team and is currently ranked third in Division II scoring.