The Fort Report: Connecting Fort Lewis College

V I D E O O F T H E W E E K

From engineering labs and music rooms to the shores of the Animas River and the alpine forests in the San Juan Mountains, Fort Lewis College is powered by place. See for yourself in FLC's latest television commercial!

Ernest House, Jr. removes a panel from the clocktower

Campus moves toward healing with removal of panels

In a moving ceremony led by tribal elders and campus leaders, the three history panels that inaccurately depicted the federal Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School experience were removed from the Clocktower.

Jesse Durang, senior at FLC majoring in Computer Engineering

FLC Computer Engineering student brings fresh perspective to CU

Jesse Duran, a senior majoring in Computer Engineering, spent 10 weeks at CU Boulder this summer, researching and working alongside optics faculty who were impressed with the academic culture Duran brought from Fort Lewis College.

Graphic illustration of a drive-in movie marquee

Marketing team wins graphic design awards

At the 2021 UCDA Design Awards, the FLC Marketing & Communications team fetched four coveted distinctions for their creative works in photography, logo designs, and illustrations.

Sarah Sturm smiling big and holding her racing bikes

Alumni pedal their way to LeadBoat podium

Cyclists know how to endure some good suffering and one of the toughest races may be a new quasi-informal competition in Colorado. The LeadBoat Challenge, a linkage of two well-known bike races, celebrated Sarah Sturm (Art, '12) and Payson McElveen (Exercise Science, ’16) with podium finishes last weekend.

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

A new in-state tuition law is attracting Native American students, whose ancestors were forcibly relocated from their homelands, to Colorado public colleges and universities.
To centralize services and improve the shopper experience, the Grub Hub Food Pantry is hoping to receive federal funding to revamp the pantry's space in the Student Union.
The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business announced Jill Choate, associate professor of Teacher Education, as a 2021-22 Ethics Champion.
James Plate (Business Administration, '14) and Max Fields (Environmental Studies, '15) didn't expect to pursue careers as farmers and ranchers, but thanks in part to their education at Fort Lewis College—and their awesomely apt names—they're finding wild success in the local agriculture industry.
The spotlights are coming back on at the Community Concert Hall stage, with the fall season of in-person performances kicking off in October.
Durango, home of the Skyhawks and the Animas River, was recently named one of the top 10 Prettiest River Towns in America.

That's hawksome

Professor of Art & Design Amy Wendland received a merit award for Sphinx Moon, a colored pencil and watercolor piece she created around a discarded sample from the Fort Lewis College Herbarium.

Wendland's artwork was a part of the Bigleaf Magnolia Art and Garden Festival "Flower Encounters" botanical art exhibit and contest.

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