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In an official letter commenting on the recent report on the Federal Indian Boarding School Investigation, NEH highlights several programs seeking to remedy the present-day impacts of the federal Indian boarding school system, including its funding of the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ All Of Our Kin Language revitalization program. ( The National Endowment for the Humanities)

Andrew Gulliford, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ professor of History and Environmental Studies, discusses the effects of climate change he witnessed during a trip to Alaska this summer. Gulliford and a handful of current and former ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ students traveled by canoe the Birch Creek, one of Alaska’s wild and scenic rivers east of Fairbanks. (The Durango Herald)

Even with all the choices we can access through our screens, we still need to be in the same location while something is created in front of our eyes and ears, writes Charles Leslie, director of ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Community Concert Hall, as he unveils the new 2024-25 performing arts season. (The Durango Herald)  

Fort Lewis College launched its as a way to help teachers develop experiential and place-based learning curriculum. (The Durango Herald)

This summer, community members in Shonto, Ariz., participated in a three-day workshop to learn how photovoltaic systems work. The training was part of a broader effort to electrify the Navajo Nation community.

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ is among 80 institutions of higher education part of the new class of the FirstGen Forward Network. The colleges and universities are chosen based on their demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation college students

Mary Shepherd, Director, Small Business Development Center, received $25,835 from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade to support the Community Business Preservation Program (CBPP).

Beth LaShell, Director of The Old Fort at Hesperus, received $249,889 from the Colorado Historical Society—State Historical Fund to “complete exterior restoration and stabilization of the Root Cellar Barn, part of the Old Fort at Hesperus.”

Ross McCauley, Ph.D., Professor, Biology, received $20,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for “Surveys for a Silverspot Butterfly (Speyeria nokomis nokomis) and its host plant the bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla)).” 

Tiffany Cozad, Director of Campbell Child and Family Center, received $7,023 from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood for a “Stabilization/New Provide Success 2024 Bonus Grant.”

Tiffany Cozad, Director, Campbell Child and Family Center, received $22,500 from the Buell Foundation for the Campbell Child and Family Center.

Yiyan Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Physics & Engineering, received $24,966 from the US Department of Transportation through North Dakota State University for “CTIPS Research, Education and Technology Transfer Projects.”

Janine Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology & Human Services, received $25,000 from the Vadon Foundation to support the “Return to Dinetah: Community-Based Language Learning” project

Tyler Dunn, Director, Reed Library, received $20,263 from The Colorado Department of Higher Education for the “Putting Students at the Center through Open Educational Resource (OER).”

Stella Zhu, Basic Needs Coordinator, Student Well-being, received $98,285 from the US Department of Treasury through the Community Shares of Colorado, Inc. for Capacity building and infrastructure support funding, “Farm to Campus/Campus to Farm.”