Campus & Community Fort Lewis College to hold 11th Annual Sustainability Summit Erica Nelson, a Din茅 Fly Fishing Guide and advocate for inclusivity in outdoor spaces, will share her experiences and insights on breaking barriers in the guiding community as the keynote speaker during this year’s 11th Annual Sustainability Summit. Nelson is the host of the Awkward Angler podcast.
Alumni FLC Alumni Awards: Celebrating advocacy, entrepreneurship, and service FLC to honor outstanding alumni, the exceptional accomplishments, and community service of graduates who continue to inspire future generations
Reconciliation With food demonstrations, solidarity walk, FLC celebrates Indigenous People鈥檚 Day DURANGO, Colo.— About 100 people gathered around the Fort Lewis College Clocktower bowing their heads as Southern Ute Elders Elberta Thompson and Nathan Strong Elk take turns blessing attendees ahead of this year’s Solidarity Walk. Strong Elk followed the blessings with a smudging ceremony, using traditional medicinal plants to cleanse those attending. The ceremony...
A change of heart: unjust pictures, narrative removed from FLC鈥檚 iconic Clocktower 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.
FLC Marketing & Communications team brings home more UCDA awards 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.
When your student leaves for college 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.
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.