The dedicated and knowledgeable FLC Case Management team, who help students overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was featured in a Promising Partnership Practices interview with the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

The Princeton Review included Fort Lewis College on its Guide to Green Colleges for 2021, a list based on colleges' use of renewable energy, recycling and conservation programs, the availability of environmental studies in academic offerings, and career guidance for green jobs.

FLC students want you to vote. Fort Lewis College students Logan Fullington, Cheyenne Williams, Coya Pair, and Joe Kinneen use their filmmaking and video production skills to raise awareness about the importance of voting.

Fort Lewis College is excited to partner with COVIDCheck Colorado to offer our community the first opportunity to experience a cutting-edge COVID-19 testing experience via a pilot study of SalivaDirect™. 

After watching COVID-19 devastate the Navajo Nation and take the lives of two loved ones, Fort Lewis College senior Ally Gee was prompted to share with campus the Diné, or Navajo, concept of K’é, meaning kinship. The philosophy is guiding FLC's response to staying safe during the pandemic.

In an interview with The Durango Herald, Wade Litt, assistant professor of Economics, pointed out that an economy largely tied to tourism makes southwest Colorado and La Plata County particularly vulnerable to spikes in COVID-19.

Elijah McClain’s death after a violent encounter with police deeply resonated with FLC alumnus Alex Blocker (Music, '16) — like McClain, Blocker is Black, in his twenties, and plays the violin. Blocker hopes that through his activism and music will come social justice, recognition that Black Lives Matter, and a brighter future for all.

The Native American Center hosted a Solidarity Walk and Student Showcase on Monday for Indigenous Peoples' Day, honoring the resilience of Indigenous peoples and celebrating Indigenous art, music, culture, unity, language, dance, storytelling, poetry, traditions, and food.

Provost Cheryl Nixon was interviewed by The Durango Herald recently about her first year at Fort Lewis College and what initially drew her to the institution and southwest Colorado.

A new bachelor’s degree program in Nutrition was approved by the FLC Board of Trustees this month. It will be offered through the Health Sciences Department and will emphasize public health, exercise science, and biomedical applications.

About 50 students participated in FLC's first-ever "First Generation College Student" virtual conference hosted by Career Services, El Centro de Muchos Colores, and the Native American Center, as well as other FLC faculty, students, and alumni. The conference highlighted the experiences of first-gen students and included life skills breakout sessions.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell spoke with WPFW community radio in Washington D.C. about the racist past and present of the Electoral College, and the political implications we face in the 2020 election.

The Ernest Becker Foundation invited the students in Professor of Psychology Brian Burke's Psychology Senior Research class to contribute nonpartisan psychological analyses of political ads to their website. The students' contributions have since been published online.

Ross McCauley, professor of Biology, conducted studies in the Galápagos Islands, looking at groups of closely related species that originated very quickly from a single ancestral species that arrived on the islands. His paper "The Radiation of Darwin’s Giant Daisies in the Galápagos Islands" was published in Current Biology.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell participated in a debate on Colorado Public Radio about Colorado Proposition 113 and the National Popular Vote Compact.