This fall, FLC students who are passionate about rivers will have the opportunity to dive into the history, science, and management behind one of the planet’s most important systems. 

Alumnus Ryan Lazo (Anthropology and Environmental Studies, ’13) is thrilled to be back at Fort Lewis College and in a sphere of collaboration with his peers while also reconnecting with faculty who inspired his journey as a student.

A diverse crowd of nearly 1,000 people congregated under a blue sky to hear from tribal elders, campus leaders, and Native American students in a ceremony held at the Clocktower to remove three history panels that inaccurately depicted the Federal Indian Boarding School era.

James Plate (Business Administration, '14) and Max Fields (Environmental Studies, '15) didn't expect to pursue careers as farmers and ranchers, but thanks in part to their education at Fort Lewis College—and their awesomely apt names—they're finding wild success in the local agriculture industry.

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business announced Jill Choate, associate professor of Teacher Education, as a 2021-22 Ethics Champion.

A new in-state tuition law is attracting Native American students, whose ancestors were forcibly relocated from their homelands, to Colorado public colleges and universities.

To centralize services and improve the shopper experience, the Grub Hub Food Pantry is hoping to receive federal funding to revamp the pantry's space in the Student Union.

Cyclists know how to endure some good suffering and one of the toughest races may be a new quasi-informal competition in Colorado. The LeadBoat Challenge, a linkage of two well-known bike races, celebrated Sarah Sturm (Art, '12) and Payson McElveen (Exercise Science, ’16) with podium finishes last weekend.

Professor of Art & Design Amy Wendland received a merit award for Sphinx Moon, a colored pencil and watercolor piece she created around a discarded sample from the Fort Lewis College Herbarium. Wendland's artwork was a part of the Bigleaf Magnolia Art and Garden Festival "Flower Encounters" botanical art exhibit and contest.

The spotlights are coming back on at the Community Concert Hall stage, with the fall season of in-person performances kicking off in October.

Durango, home of the Skyhawks and the Animas River, was recently named one of the top 10 Prettiest River Towns in America.

Jesse Duran, a senior majoring in Computer Engineering, spent 10 weeks at CU Boulder this summer, researching and working alongside optics faculty who were impressed with the academic culture Duran brought from Fort Lewis College.

From ensuring Skyler the Skyhawk looks fit to spicing up the FLC website and all the press releases and TV commercials between, the FLC Marketing & Communications team stays busy. This year at the 2021 UCDA Design Awards, the MarComm design team fetched four coveted distinctions.

Whether you were counting down the days or biting your nails in dread, it impacts a family when your child leaves for college—when they become less a “child” and more of a “student.” This changes the day-to-day of your life; it changes the relationships between family members still living together; it may even change the way you see yourself.

Forward paddle! Fort Lewis on the Water (FLOW), a new river education program, has launched and is bringing students to the heart of outdoor education and experiential learning in the Four Corners.