The third-annual Blue Corn Harvest at the Old Fort Farm in Hesperus, Colorado, was a bonafide success. After conducting an hour-long Indigenous blessing, attendees worked in the fields to harvest the corn—marking the end of the growing season and the beginning of fall.

Tiffany Miera (Interdisciplinary Studies, ‘09) was honored with the generous Milken Educator Award. The $25,000 award recognizes elementary educators’ contributions to young children’s development.

Lindsay Nyquist, director of Marketing & Communications, sat down with the Higher Ed Demand Gen podcast to talk about her role as the leader of marketing creatives. Nyquist recounts the impactful branding changes implemented by the FLC Marketing & Communications Department.

Kayla Shaggy (Fine Art, ‘17) released her latest comic book Anathema, which follows two Diné twins searching for their mother’s murderer in a medieval landscape. Anathema took six years to produce and features a staggering 44 pages of art.

Chad Cheeney, the head endurance coach for the Fort Lewis College cycling team, was featured in a heartfelt promotional video for Kona Bicycles. The video follows Cheeney through a glorious day of riding with the FLC cycling team, Durango Devo, and others.

Chief Dull Knife College named Eva M. Flying (Exercise Science, ‘90) its new college president. Flying already had an illustrious career establishing and managing health and wellness programs at other higher education institutions across the country.

FLC cycling took home gold in the team relay on the last day of racing at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships at Purgatory Resort. The win was a stunning and rowdy culmination of collegiate racing, with the Skyhawks taking silver in the overall omnium.

Ryan Schwarz, an associate professor of Biology, spins tales in The Durango Herald about spiders in the Southwest and beyond. Schwarz encourages people to appreciate spiders for their beauty and many contributions to our ecosystem.

Tune in to hear FLC stories from Heather Shotton, the vice president for Diversity Affairs.

Fort Lewis College honored its Indigenous students, staff, and faculty on Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 10, 2022.

The Coutts & Clark Western Foundation made a massive contribution to the Fort Lewis College Student Health Center, which provides health care to students at a minimal cost.

In the fall of 2021, FLC Environment and Sustainability Professor Heidi Steltzer organized a student expedition into the high mountains of the San Juans to search for suspected permafrost. Permafrost persistence in the high southern peaks of Colorado is an understudied phenomenon. Join us on this episode to find out what they discovered!

Al Wolfe, the student engagement coordinator for the Diversity Collaborative at FLC, gave a talk on the power of storytelling for the FLC Speaker Series hosted by Undergraduate Research. Wolfe discussed how stand-up comedy and storytelling helped them through their struggles with anxiety.

Writing for the Durango Herald, Benjamin Waddell, associate professor of Sociology at FLC, argues against free-market capitalism. Waddell claims that it will transform America into a largely unrecognizable system defined by extreme inequality and rising poverty.

Jenni Trujillo, the dean of the School of Education, sat down with the Colorado Sun to discuss how the State of Colorado should attract more teachers of color. Teacher diversity, Trujillo said, is the key to preparing students for navigating a country that’s become increasingly divisive.