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BOT passes resolution on Reconciliation

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process passing a resolution at its annual retreat in Denver last week.

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Board reaffirms its commitment to ongoing reconciliation process as it awaits History Colorado's report

DENVER — Recognizing the profound impact that federal Indian boarding schools had on Indigenous communities, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the College’s reconciliation process at its annual retreat in Denver last week. ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ traces its roots to the Fort Lewis Indian School that operated from 1892 to 1910 in Hesperus—about 20 miles from...

All Our Kin Collective

Professor Janine Fitzgerald created the All Our Kin Collective this year to help in students’ communities and help them understand a crucial part of their identities.

FIT program partnering with local nonprofits

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Farmer-In-Training program at the Old Fort is . They hope to create more agricultural education opportunities in the area and boost agricultural production.

Brechler Award for women's basketball

The ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ women’s basketball team won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's 2022-23 Brechler Award, recognizing the Skyhawks squad as with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.57.

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.

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