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Community Concert Hall season

For Charles Leslie, director of the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Community Concert Hall, the upcoming season offers opportunities to see shows that don't often make it to the rural Southwest. A few he says not to miss include Black Opry Revue, Welcome to Indian Country, and this year’s Jazz on the Hill, which will feature Christian McBride—"the most important young jazz artist in the world."

Funding secured for professional certificate program

Fort Lewis College and the La Plata Economic Development Alliance are partnering on a new professional certificate program for workers and adult learners in the community. This Rural Upskill Network program, or Project RUN, is designed to drive economic mobility by training, upskilling, and retaining the region’s diverse workforce. 

Capitol art exhibit

Durango artist Maddie Sanders (Communication Design, '21) contributed to a collaborative art and science exhibit that will make the Colorado State Capitol home for the next five months. Sanders worked with CU Boulder scientists Nicole Brooks and Diane McKnight to create "Durango: Mining the Mineral Belt." Their work explores the relationship between acid mine and acid rock...

Diversity in higher ed

In an op-ed for The Durango Herald, President Tom Stritikus made the case for race-conscious admissions at institutions of higher education. The Supreme Court of the United States recently struck down the use of these policies, diverging from decades of precedent that helped diversify campus classrooms across the nation.

Gravel race debut

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ cyclist Michaela Thompson alongside teammates Sarah Sturm (Art, ‘12) and Ellen Campbell (Biology, '20).

MVMNT

For more meaningful relationships and fuller lives, Charlie Rogers (Exercise Physiology, '22) is and movement.

Aspen public art

Installation artist Chris Erickson (Art, '94) is . The project is a temporary street mural, and community members are invited to help paint it from start to finish.

Johns Hopkins ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna

The Center for Indigenous Health held a graduation ceremony for seven Indigenous scholars receiving advanced degrees from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, including ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna Natalie Joe (Cellular & Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, '16), who spoke to Native News Online about her achievement.

Juneteenth celebration

Alumna Destiny Morgan (Communication Design, '23) with a speech about honoring different identities and cultures on one of the most important days in U.S. history.

Curse words in class

Marnie Thompson, assistant professor of Anthropology, to get students thinking about gender and power in everyday language.

Endangered Species Act

Fifty years in the making, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most important and effective U.S. laws. Andrew Gulliford, professor of History, celebrates the protection of peregrines and condors—and hopes for the inclusion of other threatened species before it's too late.

Skyler's

Fort Lewis College Athletics hosted The Skyler’s and also a spring Hall of Fame ceremony, while inducting an all-soccer class to honor the rich history of Skyhawks soccer.

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