Aurum labs testing Aurum Labs, an alumni-owned cannabis testing facility in Durango, received a new certification through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to conduct hemp compliance testing for manufactured industrial hemp products. Fort Lewis College alumni account for nearly half of the employees at Aurum Labs, which is owned by Luke Mason (Chemistry, '05) and Liz Mason...
FLC cycling With a stacked team of veterans and promising first-years, Skyhawks cycling is gearing up for its mountain bike race season and looking to come home with some more championship hardware.
Alumna and former student body president returns to FLC as a trustee Julie (Levy) Duvall (Political Science, ’05), the Board of Trustees' newest member, is ready to reconnect with campus and engage students, staff, and faculty in building the future of Fort Lewis College.
Fort Lewis College to host ACE Fellow Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus announced today that Eleanor Feingold, executive associate dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, will spend the fall semester on campus as a visiting American Council on Education Fellow.
A backstage pass to real-world theatre There’s no business like the stage business, and Fort Lewis College students have access to it all, thanks to FLC’s thriving Theatre Department and the annual Durango PlayFest.
Skyhawks soar to the stars with NASA T2U Fort Lewis College Entrepreneurship and Engineering students are analyzing Earth-based market viability of space-based technologies through NASA's Technology Transfer University program.
Shot of science in cider The Durango Herald caught up with Associate Professor of Chemistry Callie Cole to talk about cider science and how chemistry can be used to manipulate the smell and taste of hard cider.
FLC alumnus Ricardo Caté wins governor's award Ricardo Caté (Education, '06) received the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. The governor's awards celebrate the foundational role that artists, art, and supporters play in the state.
Indigenous remains The origins of the Fort Lewis boarding school and forced assimilation of Indigenous students is a tragic chapter of Fort Lewis College's history, one that leadership is working to reconcile honestly and transparently.
Ben Waddell columns Associate Professor Benjamin Waddell puts his finger on the pulse of community and international issues in his most recently published columns about Colorado ballot initiatives, immigration, Cuban politics, and elections in Nicaragua.
Student watershed research Hanson Mike, a senior majoring in Environmental Studies, published a blog with Conservation International about how South Africa is responding to similar water struggles as the Navajo Nation, and what lessons he wants to bring home.
FLC cycling alumna on the road to the Olympics On the road to the Tokyo Games, FLC cycling alumna Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Exercise Science, '16) learned how to embrace her bi-culturalism on and off the bike.
Skyhawks football ready for fall season Skyhawks football is readying for their first full season since 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic all but shut down most athletics last year.
Tom Stritikus three-year op-ed In a guest column for The Durango Herald, President Tom Stritikus reflects on the milestones of his tenure and looks forward to what is to come for FLC in the next three years.
"Community of care" helps boost retention Fort Lewis College saw an astounding jump in first-year student retention—from 62% in 2019 to 68% in Fall 2020—just as the College was heading into a full pandemic school year. Provost Chery Nixon spoke with Colorado Public Radio about how creating a "community of care" contributed to students' decisions to return to campus.