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The team is the latest Village Aid Project, which has been providing essential services like clean water and solar energy to remote, underdeveloped communities since 2005. 

Manuelito ‘Manny’ Wheeler attended the screening of the Navajo-dubbed Star Wars: A New Hope (Sǫʼtah Anaaʼ: Siih Náhásdlįį), a project he led in 2012. The event marked the closing of the Center of Southwest Studies popular exhibit “The Return of the Force, which celebrated the many cultural, philosophical, and mythological connections between Indigeneity and the Star Wars universe.

FLC reported increases in continuing, undergraduate, graduate, and dual enrollment.

FLC and DIHFS officials hope this visit will be the first in a series of regular, quarterly stops. 

Thirty years ago, a group of Fort Lewis College students, donning donated T-shirts, made their debut at the won the inaugural National Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships. Unknowingly, the newly created Fort Lewis College Cycling Team ignited a cycling legacy that would propel the school to national prominence.

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.

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.

After a successful two-year run that included leading a strategic plan process for FLC Athletics, successful fundraising efforts, and collaboration on key construction projects, the FLC Board of Trustees extended Travis Whipple’s contract through 2028.

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. 

This summer, community members in Shonto, Ariz., participated in a three-day workshop to learn how photovoltaic systems work. The training was part of a broader effort to electrify the Navajo Nation community.

Now in its third year, Monitoring Environmental Microbiome program participants dive into complex computational analysis of environmental justice issues.

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, five local businesses benefited from free marketing services through the program, which provides students and recent FLC grads with paid hands-on experiential learning.

In a study published in the current issue of the  Marnie Thomson, an assistant professor of anthropology at FLC, says the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) could help refugee-led organizations gain international funding and legitimacy by recognizing and promoting them.

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.

Rosie Fool Head and Veko Mapenzi overcame significant obstacles to pursue higher education. Fool Head, from the Oglala Sioux Tribe, moved to Denver at 15 and worked in the service industry. Mapenzi, a refugee from Congo, lived in a Malawi camp before relocating to Denver. The Reisher Program has provided both the financial means to pursue a four-year degree and helped them find a community of peers at Fort Lewis College. Their journeys highlight the transformative impact of the program.