Fort Lewis College has been awarded a five-year $1,185,000 grant to support undergraduate students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical sciences as they prepare for research-based Ph.D. programs.

For the first time since March 2020, the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College reopens with a live, in-person concert on Thursday, June 10, featuring three internationally renowned songwriters—Thom Chacon, Anthony D’Amato, and Daniel Rodriguez. They'll swap stories and share songs throughout the evening to a limited capacity, socially distanced audience, as well as...

The Colorado Department of Higher Education released a statement on Colorado public colleges and universities requiring the COVID-19 vaccine following Governor Polis' support of all of Colorado’s postsecondary students getting the COVID-19 vaccine for the fall.

Fort Lewis College's Theatre and Music departments came together to perform a French version of Cinderella with a unique twist about exclusion and inclusion. The performance was done in two musical scenes titled “Cendrillon” and “Diverse Voices."

The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees is now accepting applications for two open financial community member seats on the Investment Advisory Committee.

Newly elected representatives to the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College are assuming their positions on April 28 for a one-academic-year term. The new executive team is President Zhaida Wilbanks and Vice President Iyahna Calton. The new senators are Hannah Jones, Carter Rogers, Robert Dennett, Lauryn Baldwin, Jade Slavin, Noelle Swenk, and Jackson Berridge.

With multiple top-15 World Cup finishes in mountain biking, FLC junior Savilia Blunk has also won five national titles. Even with no races on the calendar during the pandemic, she devoted the entire last year to training and came out more eager to achieve her goals than ever before.

Fort Lewis College's Communication Design program has been named #4 in Colorado for best graphic design programs by Animation Career Review.

Soren McCarty (Photographic, Film & Video Technology, '96), a renowned and longtime photographer for Red Rocks Amphitheatre and AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, died on April 11, at age 49, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. To this day, many of the photos McCarty took hang backstage at Red Rocks.

Fort Lewis College has been awarded a five-year $1,185,000 grant to support undergraduate students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical sciences as they prepare for research-based Ph.D. programs.

Fort Lewis College, along with many other universities and colleges around the U.S., is requiring students returning in the fall to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. President Tom Stritikus made this announcement last week saying, "requiring vaccinations for students is our next step in protecting campus, increasing in-person engagement, and improving mental health."

Kevin Lynch (English-Communication, '99), an FLC alumnus and former staff member at The Independent, just released his first novel, Tabloid Baby, which is loosely based on his experiences working in and with media in Durango.

Ben Waddell, associate professor of Sociology & Human Services, filmed a video and co-authored an article for Rocky Mountain PBS about an immigrant mother's struggle to educate her children in the midst of a pandemic.

Jenni Trujillo, the dean of FLC's School of Education, has a passion for providing equal educational opportunities to bilingual LatinX and Native American students. Her expertise and personal experience has driven her to advocate for change on campus and the Four Corners region as a whole.

Paul Booth, professor of Art and Design, won an international design award from the London International Creative Competition for a poster he designed advocating for tackling climate change and warning that a future with more fires may lie ahead.