Success Stories Springboard Fellowship helps ܽƵ graduates find success Launched in 2022, the program provides students with job-seeking skills, pairing them with community mentors to support them.
Alumni ܽƵ alum Matthew Schaeffer helps lay groundwork for reconciliation From student researcher to reconciliation coordinator, Schaeffer draws on identity and lived experience to shape a more inclusive future at Fort Lewis College.
Belonging ܽƵ's EXCEL program transforms learning through hands-on experiences In the last two years, EXCEL has funded 86 courses across 24 departments, impacting over 2,000 students.
Four Steps to Career Readiness "How has Career Services prepared my student for this ever-changing workforce?” As I was looking their student up in our employment platform, I told each of the parents that it is never too late to meet with Career Services, even if their student was graduating that day.
Your student’s food security is your sleep security Sleep soundly knowing your student can cover basic needs like food and clean clothes by using their SkyCard—the student ID that works like a debit card on campus.
ܽƵ designated as a Hunger Free and Healthy Minds campus by CDHE The Colorado Department of Higher Education announced that Fort Lewis College—and three other institutions of higher education in Colorado—has earned Hunger Free and Healthy Minds designations for its work to end hunger and address the mental health needs of students.
Protecting Powder Meet ܽƵ alum Torrey Udall (International Business, ’13). As VP of Development & Finance at Protect Our Winters in Boulder, Colo., Udall aligns his passion for outdoor adventures with his professional path.
Making a Splash Waking to the propane blast of water heating for coffee, Tish Varney looks up to see tiny bats swooping along the dawn-lit walls of Grand Canyon.
Still Climbing After All these Years After graduating in 1988, Stephen Sullivan went on to earn success in the outdoor recreation and business realms. In 2011, he launched Stio, a direct-to-consumer, analytically driven, outdoor apparel company.
Win-win-ternships Thanks to generous donors and a bounty of support from ܽƵ’s Career Services, students can gain invaluable real-world experience while doing a world of good before they even graduate. From farms to radio, Africa to outer space, student interns work alongside professionals in fields of their interests, gaining skills and insight into their future roles beyond the classroom.
Skiing for NASA In a unique scientific partnership with NASA’s SnowEx field campaign, ܽƵ interns clicked into skis once a week and skinned up the slopes of Red Mountain Pass to the Senator Beck Basin Study Area, researching the snowpack of the San Juan Mountains. An amalgamation of universities and NGOs from around the world, NASA’s SnowEx cosmopolitan team informs hydrologists and...
There is no I in Team Despite 2020-21 playing out as the most unusual year in college athletics, Skyhawk teams showed up ready to play and make school history.
Partnerships of Yore Learn about two of ܽƵ's historic community partnerships: the Heart Fund Drive and Radio KIUP.