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Longtime Nordic figure, Olympic commentator, and Harvard University ski coach Peter Graves (Physical Education, '76) was honored with the by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and the International Ski Federation.

Chair and Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies​, Dr. Majel Boxer was awarded a research fellowship from the Buffalo Bill Center of The West to explore the cultural arts of Dakota women and men with particular focus on 19th and early 20th century materials and techniques.

Four ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ students were featured in an article by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on Native American students doing internships with the National Institute of Health: junior Exercise Science major Skyler Bordeaux, senior Public Health major Cherella Hughes, freshman Biology major Randall Hughes, and sophomore Chemistry major Uriah Contreras.

Marissa Molina (Political Science, ’14), winner of White House’s “Champions of Change” award, discusses what it’s like to be in an interview with Chalkbeat.org.

Over Thanksgiving Break, 50 students, faculty, and staff traveled to South Dakota to , bringing donated supplies. Upon their return, they staged a non-violent rally in downtown Durango.

When Holli Hipwell graduated from Fort Lewis College, she figured she’d have to move away to find fulfillment as an event planner. But not only is she still based in Durango three years later, she now gets to bring holiday magic to life for kids and kid-spirited adults across the country. Hipwell (Business Administration, ’13) works as a brand coordinator with Durango-based Rail...

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ students learned how to at a recent Career Services workshop.

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ and Durango have joined a growing number of places and groups that have adopted the re-designation of Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. On October 10, 2016, ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ students, faculty, staff, and community members came together to honor this historic event.

The donation will go toward the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI), which benefits students from the Four Corners area.

A fledgling yerba mate tea company earned $5,000 in last year’s inaugural Hawk Tank Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration and Alumni Engagement Office. Starting in January, a new group of contestants will get a chance to turn their own business visions into viable – and maybe prize-winning – strategic development plans...

Charles Hakes, senior lecturer of Physics & Engineering, facilitated the creation of a weather station at the Old Fort Lewis campus in Hesperus, which is now part of Texas Tech University’s “West Texas Mesonet” network of 100 stations.

Global travel brand Expedia voted Durango #3 on its list of .

Lynn Wickersham, a research associate with ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ's San Juan Institute of Natural and Cultural Resources, just published The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas.

Both the Sierra Club and the Princeton Review recognize Fort Lewis College for its sustainability efforts.

Sixteen members of the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Outdoor Pursuits community undertook a two-day service project near Bluff, Utah, on the San Juan River.