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As post-COVID retention rates for full-time students continue to drop nationwide, Fort Lewis College is implementing bold new programs to combat the national trend.

The Fort Lewis College Division of Communication, Creativity, and Aesthetics invites the community to Arts April 2022, a celebration of the arts featuring students and visiting artists, with a monthlong schedule of inspired performances, exhibitions, and literary readings.

The SkyWords Visiting Writers Series will host Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz for on-campus events Tuesday, April 12. Diaz was selected as the 2022 Common Reading Experience author.

September 2 was the first day of classes for FLC and for 24 new faculty.

The formal paths make it easier for PCC students with an associate degree to transfer into the same academic program at FLC and pursue a four-year degree.

In September 2018, FLC alumni and faculty boarded the D&SNGR for a trip back in time.

The Durango Train passes through over a billion years of geology and over 60 years of cinematic history on its 45-mile trek to Silverton. FLC Geology Professor Gary Gianniny lectured on the history of the landscape, while Asst. Professor of English Stacey Sotosky lectured on the many films made in the region!

"You can't tell the American story without the indigenous story," says Jenni Monet (English, '11). But as a Native journalist, she also knows just how hard that task can be. Monet shared her insights and experiences with students and staff when she visited campus in September.

Students in Stacey Sotosky's Digital Video Production class collaborated with the Geology Department and Rocky Mountain PBS on a documentary about Durango's rocky relationship with uranium. Duranium garnered a large turnout at its premiere in February at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, in Golden.

Alumna Cheryl Frost was recently elected to the Southern Ute Tribal Council with an ingenious – and unique – campaign platform: She ran on no platform at all. “I know the kind of person that I am,” Frost (English, ’95) says. “I don’t make promises to people that I can’t keep. I don’t make deals with people. I’m not going to put myself in an ethical quandary before I’m even elected. That’s why I chose no platform.”

In some ways, journalism has not changed in a hundred years. Yet today’s multimedia landscape would be unrecognizable to reporters of yesteryear – or even just a few years ago. To prepare the journalists of tomorrow for this kind of media world, Fort Lewis College’s new Journalism & Multimedia Studies major gets students working with contemporary and ever-evolving platforms, while also grounding them in the ageless principles of the field.

It’s a tale as old as photography: you see pictures of a house you might buy, or an event venue you want to book. The shots entice you to call on the place. But when you see it in person, it looks nothing like the photographs. Jordan Alexander cannot count the number of times he witnessed that disappointment while working in real estate.

Three scholars from Fort Lewis College (FLC) were awarded Fulbright grants for 2016-2017, tied for the most with the U.S. Naval Academy among bachelor’s institutions.  Top-producing institutions are highlighted annually in .

When Giancarlo Vigil studied abroad in Argentina as a junior, his Uruguayan grandmother gave him one piece of advice: “Giancarlo, you have to try maté when you get there.” “I had no idea what that was,” Vigil (Economics, ’15) admits. But after his first taste of yerba maté, the traditional South American beverage, he fell in love—so much so that he founded The Maté Exchange in Durango after graduation.

Three long-time FLC faculty members were recently honored for their commitment to teaching excellence and lengthy service. The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College awarded Professor Emeritus titles to Gordon Cheesewright, Professor of English; William Dodds, Professor of Marketing; and Ron Estler, Professor of Chemistry. Here, the professors share memories and highlights of their time at the College.

If there’s one thing every person has, it’s a life story. Fortunately, Susan Terrill-Flint is dedicated to helping people preserve their life stories and their family histories against time and age. And fortunately for many Durangoans and FLC alumni from the 1980s and ‘90s, Terrill-Flint this fall completed a life history with Hwaja Chung, a long-time Durango restaurateur and chef whose Main Avenue restaurant, Grandma Chung’s, was beloved by many. And who has an amazing story to tell.

What is it like to be a student at Fort Lewis College? In our "Day in the Life" series, we'll explore life at FLC through the eyes of our students. In this episode, we meet Lainey, an English major and media enthusiast. On this day, Lainey goes skiing up at Purgatory Resort, works with the student newsmagazine The Independent, and does her internship with KDUR Campus Community Radio. She gets hands-on experience in her field in the new Ballantine Media Center.

Playwright Eric Coble has hit the big time. His play “Velocity of Autumn” premiered on Broadway in 2014, and lead actress Estelle Parsons earned a Tony Award nomination for her role. After so much promising success, Coble’s star has kept right on rising—and this fall, he soared right back to his alma mater, Fort Lewis College.

A part of the community since 1974, KDUR creates a bridge between FLC and Durango. It provides diverse music, alternative news and local programming. The special part is, anyone can be a DJ!

Playwright & Fort Lewis College alumnus Eric Coble (English, '90) returned to campus in October to teach a series of workshops held in the Department of Theatre. Eric's Broadway play The Velocity of Autumn was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2015, and its star, Estelle Parsons, received a Tony Nomination for Best Actress in a Play. We caught up with Eric for a breakfast chat about his career, his time at the college, and most importantly, how he likes his eggs.

Playwright Eric Coble has hit the big time. His play “Velocity of Autumn” premiered on Broadway in 2014, and lead actress Estelle Parsons earned a Tony Award nomination for her role. After so much promising success, Coble’s star has kept right on rising—and this fall, he soared right back to his alma mater, Fort Lewis College.