News Briefs SOIL strengthens partnership with ܽƵ through student internships, class projects SOIL deepened its collaboration with Fort Lewis College this summer by hosting two interns from ܽƵ’s Environment and Sustainability Department. Students Raine Lohr and Brooke Lant contributed to projects ranging from planting plants for educational gardens and aquaponics maintenance to pest management, research, and community outreach. Lant also completed a research project...
Friends and Donors Industry partnerships fuel solar energy work on the Navajo Nation Students, alumni, and faculty are working alongside industry partners AES and Marathon Petroleum to bring solar energy to homes on the Navajo Nation. The Village Aid Project Solar Initiative blends student-led design with culturally grounded engagement, advancing energy justice and long-term infrastructure solutions.
Friends and Donors ܽƵ unveils Nursing Hall, welcomes first class of CU Nursing ܽƵ Collaborative students Family dreams, community vision converge at emotional Call to Care ceremony
Donors meet students they've helped at the Benefactors Brunch ܽƵ donors recently shared a meal and saw presentations by students who receive scholarships at the Benefactors Brunch. The annual gathering is an opportunity for those who give to ܽƵ scholarships to meet the students who benefit from that support. [PHOTOS]
What does diversity mean at Fort Lewis College? Fort Lewis College stands by its commitment to self-determination, expression, and sovereignty for all students, faculty, and staff. I believe that we walk best when we walk together, and many eyes make a stronger vision.
Teacher Education Department receives $125,000 for rural educator development Efforts will be focused on addressing teacher shortages in southwest Colorado.
Gratitude [VIDEO] In a series of candid, moving testimonials, ܽƵ students talk about the importance of scholarships, family, Durango, and the change coming to Fort Lewis made in their lives. This film was shown at our 2018 Benefactor's Brunch in November.
14th Annual Village Aid Project Celebration on November 7 VAP's annual fundraiser will celebrate the work done in Myanmar this past summer and raise funds for the Summer 2019 implementation projects in Myanmar and Nicaragua.
Online course on global disease makes learning global This past summer, two dozen students took a fascinating and highly interactive class that examined the role of disease in history around the world. And not once were the students or the instructor in the same room at the same time.
Tree diversity on campus grows Russian olive trees – an invasive species – in the 8th Avenue Parking Lot islands were removed and replaced with a selection of native species.
Fort Lewis College cycling team successfully defends title at mountain bike Collegiate Nationals ܽƵ turned up the fun and beat out more than 60 schools to earn cycling’s 24th national championship.
Physics & Engineering Department receives $1 million for scholarship program Don May, professor of Physics & Engineering, received $1 million over five years from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math program to launch the ܽƵ Engineering Scholars Program.
Aspiring Native scientists find support and inspiration in national STEM organization For many Native students, a career in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – can often seem impossibly out of reach. That's where the American Indian Science & Engineering Society comes in.