The Fort Report: Connecting Fort Lewis College

2021 Virtual Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition

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FLC and San Juan College present the winners of the 2021 Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition. For the first time, the competition featured students from San Juan College and local New Mexico high schools!

FLC to help preserve Ute language

In an effort to promote Ute language fluency among young people, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Fort Lewis College are working on a program to certify more instructors who can teach the Ute language both on the reservation and in K-12 schools.

FLC prepares students for biomedical research careers

Fort Lewis College has been awarded a five-year $1,185,000 grant to support undergraduate students traditionally underrepresented in biomedical sciences as they prepare for research-based Ph.D. programs.

Trees being planted in 416 Fire burn scar

Which trees come back after a wildfire?

Several FLC Biology students will be conducting research in the 416 Fire burn scar with support from American Forests, a conservation group, to see which replanted fir and pine species have trouble coming back.

Men’s golf has best RMAC finish since 2011

Fort Lewis College's men's golf team finished in second place at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships. Coach Jim Foltz says, "We’ve shown we can play well and play with top teams in our conference and region.”

Sign up for this bucket list adventure

Join FLC faculty, friends, alumni, and donors on the trip of a lifetime -- an eight-day, raft-supported hiking adventure along 225 miles of the Colorado River through the heart of Grand Canyon National Park. Spots are limited for this May 2022 excursion, so sign up today!

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education released a statement on Colorado public colleges and universities requiring the COVID-19 vaccine following Governor Polis' support of all of Colorado’s postsecondary students getting the COVID-19 vaccine for the fall.
The Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees is now accepting applications for two open financial community member seats on the Investment Advisory Committee.
For the first time since March 2020, the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College reopens with a live, in-person concert on Thursday, June 10, featuring three internationally renowned songwriters—Thom Chacon, Anthony D’Amato, and Daniel Rodriguez. They'll swap stories and share songs throughout the evening to a limited capacity, socially distanced audience, as well as live-stream viewers at home.
Fort Lewis College's Theatre and Music departments came together to perform a French version of Cinderella with a unique twist about exclusion and inclusion. The performance was done in two musical scenes titled “Cendrillon” and “Diverse Voices."
Soren McCarty (Photographic, Film & Video Technology, '96), a renowned and longtime photographer for Red Rocks Amphitheatre and AEG Presents Rocky Mountains, died on April 11, at age 49, after a year-long battle with colon cancer. To this day, many of the photos McCarty took hang backstage at Red Rocks.
Fort Lewis College's Communication Design program has been named #4 in Colorado for best graphic design programs by Animation Career Review.
With multiple top-15 World Cup finishes in mountain biking, FLC junior Savilia Blunk has also won five national titles. Even with no races on the calendar during the pandemic, she devoted the entire last year to training and came out more eager to achieve her goals than ever before.
Newly elected representatives to the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College are assuming their positions on April 28 for a one-academic-year term. The new executive team is President Zhaida Wilbanks and Vice President Iyahna Calton. The new senators are Hannah Jones, Carter Rogers, Robert Dennett, Lauryn Baldwin, Jade Slavin, Noelle Swenk, and Jackson Berridge.

That's hawksome

Crabapple trees over 100 years old span the orchards of Old Fort Lewis, where Fenceline Cider harvested fruit for their limited edition "Old Fort Cider"—available in Fenceline's Cider Club, at Fenceline's taproom in Mancos, and at 11th Street Station in Durango.

"The old-growth apples from Old Fort Lewis in Hesperus produce a complex, bitter, sharp blend with a long finish and notes of lemon zest, pineapple, and nectarine," says Sam Perry (Art, ’05), Fenceline co-founder and FLC alumnus. "It's been a crowd favorite among those in our new Cider Club and we're thrilled to continue to partner with Fort Lewis on the effort."

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