The Fort Report: Connecting Fort Lewis College

H O M E C O M I N G W E E K

It's that time of year, Skyhawks! Homecoming 2021 kicks off soon, and we can't wait to welcome all current students and alumni to a week of athletics, dancing, and flockin' 'til we drop!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Homecoming Weekend is also Family Weekend! Parents and families are encouraged to come to campus to spend time with their student and join our great events.

FAMILY WEEKEND EVENTS

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 to receive a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale program.

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.

Ruth Holcomb riding a mountain bike in the high country

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.

FLC students, faculty, and campus spotlighted in new TV series

Fort Lewis College is featured in season one of The College Tour, a new Amazon IMDb TV series that gives viewers a virtual look into campus student organizations, outdoor spaces, science and art classrooms, athletic fields, and more.

M O R E N E W S F R O M F L C

In a stunning display of sea-like light and color, Chad Colby, professor of Art & Design, worked with Fort Lewis College alumnae Lexis Loeb (Art, ‘16) and Hayley Kirkman (Art, ‘17) to produce a piece for Meow Wolf’s new galaxy space in Denver.
In a Salt Lake Tribune op-ed, Laci Begaye, a senior majoring in English Secondary Education, argues against the use of heavily mechanized land-management techniques. Advocating for minimally invasive, hands-on techniques, Begaye implores the next generation of land stewards to preserve the ancestral integrity of public lands in perpetuity.
Journalism & Multimedia Studies junior Amber Labahe received the prestigious Native American Journalists Association Facebook Journalism Project scholarship. Labahe emphasizes the importance of this scholarship in promoting Indigenous voices in journalism.
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous women are striving to achieve their academic goals. Nina Polk, who was a first-year at Fort Lewis College last year, spoke to Colorado Public Radio and The Hechinger Report about the challenges she faced as a new college student during the pandemic.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jesse Tune sat down with the “A Life in Ruins” podcast to help unpack a surprising new finding at White Sands National Park. The finding, a human footprint dating back approximately 21,000 years ago, would be the earliest evidence of human activity on the North American continent.
In The Durango Telegraph, professor of Biology Julie Korb advises residents of the American Southwest to prepare for the reality of living in an arid landscape affected by climate change. “Because it’s not if, but when,” she says.
As the West continues to struggle with widespread drought, some officials are now worried that it threatens our hydroelectric infrastructure in the region. Gigi Richard, director of the Four Corners Water Center and instructor of Geosciences, spoke at a conference about drought conditions and what to expect this winter.

That's hawksome

Fall colors are peaking and so is fundraising for the FLC cycling team.

Through registrations and donations, the annual Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Tour and associated giving campaign netted almost $50K for scholarships and club funds. Last month's event saw more than 200 leaf-peeping mountain bikers, gravel riders, and Skyhawks fans from afar come together in support of the team.

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