Center for Innovation receives $1.4M matching grant to accelerate regional entrepreneurship The Fort Lewis College Center for Innovation is one of 50 organizations in the country and the only one in Colorado to receive a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale program.
FLC cycling hosts Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships The top collegiate athletes from around the country will head to Durango’s Purgatory Resort for the 2021 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships October 14-17.
Grub Hub Food Pantry gets fresh New space and funding bring expanded hours and food options to students, including fresh produce from regional farmers and ranchers.
Fort Lewis College鈥檚 students, faculty, and campus spotlighted in new TV series Fort Lewis College is featured in season one of The College Tour, a new IMDb TV series that gives viewers a virtual look into campus student organizations, outdoor spaces, science and art classrooms, athletic fields, and more.
Homesick at college Getting started at college is an enormous adjustment for students. It’s typical to feel lonely, nervous, scared, and sad right alongside feeling thrilled, hopeful, free, and empowered.
Sixth World Solutions This summer, Sixth World Solutions, a grassroots consulting firm on the Navajo Nation, provided Indigenous Fort Lewis College students with agricultural internships. Funded by the Native American Agriculture Fund, these internships focused on teaching students regenerative agricultural practices that will be brought back to their home communities.
Alumnus partners with running company Fort Lewis College alumnus and Indigenous ultrarunner Christian Gering (Environmental Studies, ‘15) is on the design of their new “American Southwest Collection.”
Fall Blaze On September 25, rubber meets the road (and trails) with the annual Durango Fall Blaze, a . In addition to the classic road offerings, this year's event has broadened to include mountain bikers and gravel cyclists of all abilities.
Alumna Andra Cirbo Since 2004, Andra Cirbo (Business Administration-Marketing, ‘92), has built an extensive career working at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. Now a Correctional Support Trades Supervisor III Captain, Cirbo manages massive kitchens in two correctional facilities that provide meals for offenders and vocational training for their re-entry.
First-year students flock to FLC This year’s incoming class is the largest group of first-years Fort Lewis College has seen since 2004, with 960 new students joining campus.