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Sanitas Cycles is a titanium bicycle frame building operation co-founded by David (Environmental Studies, '20) and John Siegrist. With his father’s work at DEAN Bicycles as the backdrop of his childhood in Boulder, Colorado, Dave started working on bikes after graduating from ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ.

Keeping Those Oars in the Water

Tolerance for adversity and uncertainty  is a cornerstone of the Adventure Education (AE) Department’s leadership curriculum with broad applicability.

Faculty and staff award winners announced

This year's faculty and staff award recipients exhibit exceptional work, from supporting ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's day-to-day operations with excellence to advancing institutional goals.

Coffee company brews up win at Hawk Tank

Wakȟályapí Coffee, founded by Fort Lewis College junior Devyn Valandra, took home the $10,000 first-place cash prize for the best business plan at this year’s Hawk Tank competition.

Mario Martinez appointed as Fort Lewis College’s new provost

Following a highly competitive national search, Mario Martinez was announced as Fort Lewis College's new provost and vice president of Academic Affairs on April 13, 2023. Martinez brings a methodical approach to higher education administration that will focus on addressing equity gaps in student outcomes, championing continued institutional transformation and innovation, and working...

Hozhoni Days Powwow draws historic crowd

The 57th annual Hozhoni Days drew a historic crowd of nearly 2,000 people to Whalen Gymnasium. Three vibrant events spanning March 29-31 celebrated Indigenous culture, history, and traditions woven into ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s fabric. It was a blur of scholarship exhibits, powwow competitions, and bustling vendor stalls. But at its core, Hozhoni Days provided a time for people to gather, dance, sing,...

Chemistry alum wins scientific dance competition

For anyone who has ever struggled to follow a postgraduate’s description of their Ph.D. thesis, the American Association for the Advancement of Science created a solution: the “Dance Your Ph.D.” video contest. The 15-year-old competition invites scientists of any discipline to explain their Ph.D. thesis through interpretative dance. For flow artist and chemist Checkers...

Snow Studies Series: ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Ski Resort Operations Certificate

Skiing is the economic lynchpin for many Colorado communities, providing capital to local businesses and opportunities for further economic development. The industry produces $4.8 billion in revenue in the state and provides 46,000 year-round jobs. The ski industry is also an integral part of the United States economy, generating $20 billion in economic output annually.   

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The Center of Southwest Studies exhibition As Seeds, We Grow: Student Reflections on Resilience will close with a celebration on April 5. Joe Kinneen (Journalism & Multimedia Studies, '22) , which chronicles its opening last year. 

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Writing for The Durango Herald, Andrew Gulliford, professor of History, recounts "Posey's War." It was a brutal affair, Gulliford said, started by the encroachment of settlers onto the ancestral lands of the Ute and Paiute nations. At the center of the conflict was 55-year-old William Posey: a Paiute leader...

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Reefer Madness, The Musical opened on March 17 at the Durango Arts Center and will conclude its run on April 2. It’s a high-camp parody of a deadly serious film made in 1936 to warn the nation about the menace of marijuana. It was produced by Michael McKelvey, assistant professor of Musical Theatre, in association with his company...

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Hosava Kretzmann (Public Health, '18), a citizen of the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe, was the first American and sixth person to cross the finish line at the Los Angeles Marathon. The 28-year-old finished the 26.2-mile race in a time of 2:19:55 ahead of 22,000 other runners. Incredibly, it was the first...
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