Campus & Community

Roderick’s career at FLC began as a Teacher Education professor, going on to serve as department chair, provost, and interim president. Roderick died July 4, 2020.

When the Spanish Flu hit Southwest Colorado, the Fort Lewis School closed campus from October 1918 through April 1919, according to FLC archives. One hundred years later, Fort Lewis College is once again striving to emerge from a pandemic healthier, tougher, and wiser than ever. 

After 20 years of service and millions of dollars in grants to FLC and the Native American Center, the John & Sophie Ottens Foundation is winding down operations, imparting one final gift to the NAC - the largest single cash gift in FLC history.

AHS has been awarded $13.7M through the Colorado Department of Education for construction of a new facility to be built on the Fort Lewis College campus, south of the Bader-Snyder Residence Halls. 

The Fort Lewis Solar Innovation Park received $1.5M as part of the state’s Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program.

In a virtual yet emotional video commencement, FLC graduates were announced by their department, with addresses from FLC leadership, the student body president, and adventurer and author Erik Weihenmayer.

The launch of the Bridge to Bachelor's Degree Program guarantees new, first-time Colorado community college students pursuing an Associate degree admission to all state universities.

The 2020 Faculty & Staff Award recipients have distinguished themselves in their teaching and service to the students of Fort Lewis College.

The program acknowledges FLC alumni accomplished in their careers, in conjunction with the annual Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Symposium for graduating seniors.

Provost Nixon welcomed graduating seniors into the world of ideas at the virtual Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Symposium.