FLC earns 2025 Carnegie Classification as “Special Focus: Arts and Sciences” This classification places FLC among a select group of only 6% of colleges and universities nationwide.
FLC Unveils $6M CommonSpirit Sports Performance Center The state-of-the-art, 10,000 sq. ft. facility serves 500 student-athletes and, starting in the fall, members of the Student Life Center.
FLC students explore ecology, community and career paths at CU-Boulder’s Mountain Research Station Five FLC students traveled to the CU-Boulder Mountain Research Station this Spring as part of a fully-funded "SEEDS" national program that helps students get involved in ecology and gain leadership experience.
Residents rally for the planet during Earth Day Durango 2025 Student groups take environmental stewardship, sustainability into their own hands
‘Long overdue’: Fort Lewis College appoints first Indigenous president The liberal arts college in southwest Colorado appointed Indigenous matriarch in April.
Photo of the week Last week, a combined group of students, faculty, staff, and visitors gathered to plant two new trees near the clocktower on campus, celebrating Earth Week.
Dean of FLC’s School of Education, Jenni Trujillo, steps down to lead an early education project The longtime FLC leader and alumna will remain connected through an advisory role.
FLC’s seniors display creativity, expression in SURGE Exhibition The Fort Lewis College Art & Design Department hosted its annual SURGE Exhibition, featuring capstone projects from senior Art and Communication Design majors. Curated and designed by the students, the exhibition highlights their creativity and personal expression while offering a platform to share their work with the FLC and Durango communities.
Colorado’s Fort Lewis College — a former Indian boarding school — names its first Native American president “She reminds us that we’re never walking by ourselves,” said senior Selena Gonzales, a Diné member of the Navajo Nation. “We walk with our ancestors behind us and our future generations ahead of us.”
Indigenous nutrition conference at FLC helps connect health, nutrition, culture More than 130 people, including health care professionals, nutrition experts and students attended the conference held at Fort Lewis College April 3-4.
Award-winning author Tommy Orange to deliver FLC's 2025 Spring Commencement address Orange, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, gained national recognition with his debut novel, There There, which became a New York Times bestseller and offers a poignant exploration of urban Native American life.
We’re preparing them for jobs that don’t even exist yet’ New FLC president on opportunities, Indigenous heritage and first-gen students New Fort Lewis College president on opportunities, Indigenous heritage and first-gen students
First Native American President Named at Fort Lewis College As Vice President of Diversity Affairs at FLC, Heather Shotton has played a pivotal role in advancing a culture of belonging and enhancing student access and success.
FLC Board of Trustees unanimously appoints Heather J. Shotton as FLC’s next President Bringing over two decades of teaching, scholarship, and leadership experience, Shotton will be the first Indigenous person to lead the institution.
Laughter, candid discussion mark community conversations with Heather J. Shotton Addressing more than 100 staff members in the Student Union Ballroom, Dr. Heather Shotton, the sole finalist for the presidency of Fort Lewis College, shared her vision for the institution before taking questions from the audience.