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After 18 years at FLC, Dupont is leaving to become the CEO of the Durango Chamber of Commerce. He leaves behind a legacy based on teamwork and collaboration.

SkyPEP seeks to engage the Four Corners communities in creating a vision for engaged, inclusive citizenship by sharing stories, building bridges, and inspiring civic engagement.

The program offers students a unique pathway to nursing careers 

Hickenlooper's visit also included a visit to the construction site of the CU Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative. The program, a partnership between the University of Colorado College of Nursing at the Anschutz Medical Campus and Fort Lewis College, will offer nursing courses tailored to the unique healthcare needs of rural and Indigenous communities. The first cohort of 24 students is expected to begin classes in 2025.

Ellen Paul, Ph. D., professor of history at FLC will travel to Bosnia to study reconciliation efforts and how they could apply to FLC. She is the second FLC professor to receive the distinguished award this year.

Fort Lewis College's PEAQS program is transforming student careers with hands-on research, a $4.2 million NSF grant, and opportunities that even include launching micro-thrusters for satellites.

Camille Keith (Engineering '22) hopes to expand the work of the VAP Solar Initiative, bringing solar power to remote communities and inspiring future generations to join in the effort. 

Fort Lewis College will play a leading role in the workforce development programming for Elevate Quantum Tech Hub, which secured $127 million in federal and state funding to develop workforce and technologies for the rapidly growing quantum industry in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

The new Educator on the Water program provides teachers with an immersive, hands-on learning experience in nature, equipping them with innovative teaching tools to use in their classrooms —and outside of it. 

This year, 20 FLC students participated in All Our Kin Collective Summer Institute, a two-week program promoting excitement and love for Native Languages. Guided by instructors and tribal elders, students used songs, animated videos, and cultural activities to learn (and teach) Diné, Ute, and Lakota.

More than 400 people attended the inaugural Summit, aimed at fostering awareness and unity around regional climate interests and building resilience to climate change.

With a heartfelt farewell that included a scavenger hunt and a cheeky slideshow, the FLC community said goodbye to a president who thought outside the box, took risks, and walked at 100 miles per hour in a whirlwind of energy with one question in mind: What will we do next for our students?

The collaboration aims to enhance fire safety awareness and preparedness within the campus community, emphasizing proactive measures to mitigate the risk of fires.

Seven outstanding Fort Lewis College faculty and staff were recognized during this year's Employee Award Ceremony at the Student Union.

Kali Fajardo-Anstine, an author celebrated for shedding light on the overlooked stories and histories of Chicano and Latinx communities in the American West, will deliver the keynote address for Fort Lewis College’s 2024 Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4.

The day-long event brings together national policymakers, local experts, scientists, artists, and community members under a shared vision of environmental action and adaptation.

After six years at the helm of Fort Lewis College, President Tom Stritikus is stepping down to become the President at Occidental College, a four-year liberal arts college in Los Angeles, Calif. 

In the summer of 2023, five Fort Lewis College STEM students donned lab coats and dove into the mysteries of the universe at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso nestled below—way below—the snowcapped Gran Sasso massif in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.

History classes just got a little cozier on campus. Students are invited to pull up a chair and stoke their flame for studying the past at the HEARTH, also known as the History Education And Research Teaching Hub.

Professor Laurie Williams was named one of 67 winners in the first phase of the $6.7 million Energizing Rural Communities Prize challenge. The competition is designed to incentivize the nation's clean energy trailblazers to reenergize innovation and reassert American leadership in the energy marketplace.