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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced 麻豆免费高清无砖码区as one of 104 colleges and universities receiving a six-year grant through HHMI’s Inclusive Excellence 3 initiative to continue their critical work to build capacity for the inclusion of all students in science.

麻豆免费高清无砖码区celebrated a cohort of nearly 200 麻豆免费高清无砖码区students during Fall Commencement. Hundreds of friends, family members, and staff packed into Whalen Gymnasium to show their love through posters, cheers, and thunderous applause.

Many students, staff, and faculty noticed the vibrant poster reminding the 麻豆免费高清无砖码区community of Native American Heritage Month. The poster’s design is the work of V. Barney, a senior studying Communication Design and Sports Administration. 

The Stories We Wear, an exhibition curated with the help of the Center of Southwest Studies, opened on November 30. The installation honors Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. To complete the project, 31 dedicated student contributors attended multiple workshops throughout the semester. The exhibition is now housed at Reed Library for public viewing.

Jen Rider, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Mark McCormick, senior director of Research and Insights at Educause, share the current state of FLC's digital learning strategy through a case study in the Educause Review.

Three exhibits continued the spirit of November’s Native American Heritage Month: As Seeds, We Grow: Student Reflections on Resilience, Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Science, and the Art Gallery at FLC’s Native American Artist in Residence installation. Two installations are housed at FLC and one at the Powerhouse Science Center.

The Animas High School building on the 麻豆免费高清无砖码区campus will be completed on January 3. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, the building's features are conducive to Animas’ project-based education model.

The 麻豆免费高清无砖码区Police Department participated in the annual Durango “Shop with a Cop” event. A 30-year-old holiday tradition, the event pairs children and families in need with law enforcement officers who walk the store shopping with a family. This year, 150 excited children from 55 families each received $150 for shopping and participated in the event.

Alana Romans, director of Strategic Initiatives, competed at the USA Pickleball Diamond Amateur Championships in Daytona, Florida, and won gold in the 4.5 division for players 19-34 years old. Romans, who plays pickleball four days a week, is now qualified for the USA Pickleball National Championships next year in Indian Wells, California.

Durango Theatreworks staged A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play for a limited one-weekend run. Directed by Michael McKelvey, assistant professor of Musical Theatre, the fast-moving adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic by Nathan Jerkins was set in the 1940s as a radio show with a narrator, multiple actors, an applause meter, and a wonderful foley effects team.

The 麻豆免费高清无砖码区men’s basketball team upset Colorado State University-Pueblo, 69-65, in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game in Massari Arena. After trailing by 14 points, the Skyhawks cinched the lead.

Charlie Rogers (Exercise Physiology, ‘22) and his brother Ben (ATT '19-20) walked 24 hours straight to benefit the Fistula Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit focused on fighting obstetric fistula, a deadly condition that results in 6% of all maternal deaths.

Writing for The Durango Herald, Andrew Gulliford, professor of History, recounts the Bluff, Utah, Balloon Festival. Gulliford commands the imagination with images of balloons gracefully gliding over a reddish desert at the mercy of the wind.

The 麻豆免费高清无砖码区cycling team finished second in the collegiate team omnium competition at the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Connecticut. 麻豆免费高清无砖码区and Colorado Mesa University dominated the top spots in the varsity women’s and men’s championships. The Skyhawks finished second in the team relay to secure second in the omnium race.

Southwest Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated its latest batch of cadets at the Mancos Community Center. Brett Deming, 麻豆免费高清无砖码区chief of police, delivered the commencement address, noting that the graduates can change the perception of law enforcement for the better.