In the News Kari Sutherland woke up one morning as an undergraduate at Fort Lewis College and couldn’t breathe. The experience prompted her to change her major to nursing. Sutherland just wrapped up her first year of nursing classes as a member of the inaugural cohort of the CU Anschutz Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative. The program lets students in rural...
Belonging Inaugural Skyhawk Summit highlights collaboration and student-centered work at FLC Faculty and staff came together for a day of learning, connection, and student‑centered collaboration.
Heather Shotton, Ph.D. 鶹Ѹשraises over $4.6M for scholarships in celebration of investiture Donors rally around President Shotton’s investiture to remove financial barriers for students
FLC’s Herbert E. Owen Native Plant Garden receives accreditation from ArbNet The Herbert E. Owen Native Plant Garden was built in 2012 as an educational resource for the Biology Department. It is named for Herb Owen, professor of Biology at 鶹Ѹשfrom 1955 to 1978 and founder of the department.
鶹Ѹשprograms receive $4.4 million in grants from Department of Education New academic hub, TRIO Student Success Center, and TRIO STEM3 received grants that will help support student success and increase retention and graduation rates.
The little things After identifying a perennial herb that had never been reported in Colorado before, Professor of Biology Ross McCauley welcomed three students to join him in a five-week Field Botany class with the goal of the course mirroring McCauley’s venture: to learn how to identify vascular plants while in the field.
Kate Suazo featured by CDHE The Colorado Department of Higher Education and her team for their exemplary work in supporting students through the coronavirus pandemic this spring.
Remember when: Yearbooks Once upon a time, yearbooks served as America’s collegiate scrapbooks, the cradle of institutional memories created by students for students. Records reveal that FLC's yearbook tradition lasted only 30 years.
Two new members appointed to 鶹ѸשBoard of Trustees Christopher Adam Red and Mary Rubadeau fill two new seats on the Board after it expanded from seven to nine voting members this spring.
Chemistry students have access to industry leading instrumentation for undergraduate research The 鶹ѸשChemistry Department is now home to two new instruments typically only found at large universities for graduate level research.
Lab partners with a purpose Two lifelong pals found friendship in FLC’s Chemistry lab, a place they’d always imagined giving back to, and eventually help pave the way for future chemists.
CU Boulder, 鶹Ѹשannounce new postdoctoral teaching fellowship This new collaborative program between the two institutions looks to ultimately improve teaching across the state.
鶹ѸשFoundation has record setting year, receiving nearly $6.2M in gifts The Fort Lewis College Foundation received $ $6,172,368 from in gifts and pledges for the 2019-20 fiscal year, the largest annual amount in 鶹Ѹשhistory.