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cycling Cx National

The Fort Lewis College Cycling Team secured second place at the 2021 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Illinois. In spite of fierce competition,

Ben Waddell Column

Ben Waddell, associate professor of Sociology & Human Services, authored an op-ed for The Salt Lake Tribune.

Angel Benally Employee Blog

Angel Benally (Political Science, ‘20) . Indigenous nations, historically underserved populations in terms of cell coverage, stand to gain a crucial tool when responding to emergencies.

Pearl Harbor

On the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, Fort Lewis College students debated the meaning of patriotism in today’s context. In a discussion facilitated by Andrew Gulliford, professor of History and Environmental Studies, the students arrived at differing answers on what patriotism means to them.

LANL Internship

Indigenous women are the most underrepresented group of scientists in the field of physics. With a new internship, .

Co colleges vacc rates

With their markedly high rates of vaccination, At a vaccination rate of 92%, Fort Lewis College leads this welcomed trend in public health.

Banking Alumni

With over 25 years of successful banking experience, Kent Curtis (Business Administration, '82), president & CEO of First Southwest Bank, .

Mother Earth: Acknowledging Indigenous Homelands

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Project Consultants: Dr. LeManuel Bitsóí, Dr. Majel Boxer Before becoming a college, Fort Lewis was a U.S. military post located in Hesperus, Colorado. The post was decommissioned in 1891. The U.S. government then refitted the vacant facility into a non-reservation boarding school, which operated from 1892 to 1910. Navajo, Ute, and Apache children were the first of many Indigenous...

ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ on the White Rim

By Thomas M. Schiefer (Political Science, ‘04) Golf, Roshambo, Marbles, Washers, other forms of gambling with rocks: it would be easy to confuse the trip for something other than a bike adventure through the desert. And yet, there we were, another night under the crisp sky, playing yet another game. The game was simple: teach the group something – anything – in ninety...

Students help make ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ a Tree Campus USA

By Ben Brewer, student contributor For decades, trees across the Fort Lewis College campus have provided students myriad cultural, educational, and psychological benefits. Now, their presence is receiving official recognition, thanks to an Arbor Day Foundation “Tree Campus USA” certification awarded to ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ in 2019.   To be certified, campuses must establish a campus...

Herbert E. Owen Native Plants Garden & Outdoor Classroom

In the 1960s, Herbert E. Owen, the father of ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s Biology Department, had a vision to share a garden featuring plants that grow naturally across the Four Corners. In 1969, he hired Preston Somers, who embraced Owen’s idea and, 35 years after Owen’s retirement, helped make that dream a reality. The first iteration of the garden was planted at the site of the current Sitter...

Negative Buoyancy

Keep yourself focused and efficient in world of cluttered to-do lists and pressing deadlines.

Maddie Sanders reclaims her roots

When she craved something sweet, Maddie Sanders (Communication Design, ’21) says her grandmother would send her to the “ginormous honeysuckle bush” behind their family’s garden in Checotah, Oklahoma. Sanders leaned into the saccharine memory as a muse for her collaborative art project, “Reclaiming Roots,” a black-and-white sketched collection of twelve...
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