Campus & Community

Fort Lewis College hosted its first in-person commencement in a year with multiple outdoor ceremonies celebrating nearly 430 graduating seniors.

Each spring, just before commencement, Fort Lewis College hosts the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Symposium to celebrate the research and creative works of graduating seniors.

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Fort Lewis College from hosting any in-person commencement ceremonies in 2020. Now with the prevalence of vaccines and low local case counts, FLC will host its first in-person commencement in a year in multiple outdoor ceremonies.

Students applying to Fort Lewis College for 2021-22 will have the ability to do so through Common App, a powerful online college application platform that serves more than three million applicants, teachers, counselors, and advisors across all 50 United States and around the world each year.

Calls for adventure and excitement amidst a pandemic can have rather adverse consequences. Within a seven-day period in February, 15 people were killed by avalanches, which is a number not seen since 1910. With many ski areas restricting visitors, the backcountry is more and more appealing. “It’s hard to say 'no' when you’re bored,” said Sue Kraus, professor of...

Jason Stanley (English, ‘08) is from a family that believes in the power of education and in his leadership roles as high school principal and college regent, he's hosting field trips to FLC to introduce students to “the campus in the sky” and the opportunities that college provides.

For the Deming and Sells-Wheeler families, Fort Lewis College has been a part of their legacies for multiple generations.

With her bright smile often accentuated by scarlet lipstick, Hayley Kirkman (Art, ‘17) blends art into the tiniest details of her life.

FLC classrooms are evolving to encompass even more Indigenous perspectives, thanks to a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. Visiting Assistant Professors Davina Two Bears and Brian Twenter have both joined the Native American & Indigenous Studies Department as this year's Mellon Scholars.

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, or AACSB International, announced that Fort Lewis College has extended its business accreditation, an accomplishment that has been achieved by only 5% of the world’s schools offering business degrees at the bachelor’s level or higher.