Latest News | Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO

FLC is among the student teams taht received EPA awards nearly $1.2M for innovative solutions to environmental and public health challenges.

The Durango Herald reports that an FLC marketing professor is working with the U.S. Fire Administration to promote fire safety and education through social media marketing skills.

A Colorado Sun article explores the painful history and progress of Native American students at Fort Lewis College, reflecting on Colorado's past and the contemporary efforts to acknowledge and heal from historical injustices. 

The Durango Herald reports that the first cohort of students is working through the Snow and Avalanche Studies certificate, a unique program that will help propel students into the snow and avalanche industry. 

A Rocky Mountain PBS story, which includes a video, highlights the work that Engineering Professor Laurie Williams and the Village Aid Project team have been doing to bring solar power to Navajo Tribal Lands. 

FLC Tribal Water Media Fellowship Program Awarded Grant from Walton Family Foundation. The Chinook Observer reports that following the positive outcomes of the first program in 2023, the grant is set to back more fellows in 2024.

KSUT Tribal Radio's Sarah Flower reports on the $2.9 million revamping of Skyhawk Hall, noting that the nursing training facility is expected to house the CU Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative, an innovative partnership to increase the diversity of nurses in the Four Corners region.
 

The Inside Higher Ed reports that three public colleges in Colorado have come together to request more funding for rural education. Adam State University, Western Colorado University, and Fort Lewis College are asking for $9 million more than what they get to help expand the success of their students' futures and careers.

The Durango Herald reports that renovations are underway for FLC's new nursing facility. The college is renovating the Skyhawk Hall with the University of Colorado Anschutz. The facility will house the new nursing program.

The historical site of Fort Garland opened an exhibit about the history of Buffalo soldiers and Native Americans. Museum officials and artists recently screened a film on the exhibit at FLC, addressing the erasure of both Black and Native people from history, , reports KSDJ.