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About 50 students participated in ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ's first-ever "First Generation College Student" virtual conference hosted by Career Services, El Centro de Muchos Colores, and the Native American Center, as well as other ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ faculty, students, and alumni. The conference highlighted the experiences of first-gen students and included life skills breakout sessions.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell about the racist past and present of the Electoral College, and the political implications we face in the 2020 election.

The Ernest Becker Foundation invited the students in Professor of Psychology Brian Burke's Psychology Senior Research class to contribute nonpartisan psychological analyses of political ads to their website. .

Ross McCauley, professor of Biology, conducted studies in the Galápagos Islands, looking at groups of closely related species that originated very quickly from a single ancestral species that arrived on the islands. His paper "The Radiation of Darwin’s Giant Daisies in the Galápagos Islands" was published in Current Biology.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell about Colorado Proposition 113 and the National Popular Vote Compact.

Skyhawks cycling alumna Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Exercise Science, '16) has been busy this month competing in elite women's mountain biking races in Europe, coming away with 14th in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup XCC race and 26th in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships XCO race.

Archaeological and paleoenvironmental data suggests that inhospitable environmental conditions, specifically the absence of mature woodland ecosystems, substantially delayed the human colonization of Ireland, compared to the rest of Europe. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jesse Tune had his paper on these findings published in Quaternary Science Reviews.

At a small, distanced ceremony on Friday, October 9, the Fort Lewis College community and friends broke ground for a new state-of-the-art facility.

Congrats Skyhawks – we have an A going into midterms! However, we have just been handed some difficult assignments and final grades have not yet been determined.

Checkers Marshall (Chemistry, '16) received the Haugland Fellowship for their research on metal organic framework nanoparticles. This is the first graduate research fellowship ever awarded by the University of Oregon's Chemistry & Biochemistry Department.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell explains the Electoral College and its ties to racism in The Colorado Sun, The Globe Post, and for History Colorado.

A statewide committee awarded Carol Little (Accounting, '85) the . The Durango local has worked as a victim advocate for the District Attorney's Office for 25 years.

With only one active case of COVID-19 currently in the campus population, and disrupting in-person instruction.

The hard work of staff and faculty in the implementation of strategic initiatives . First-year and transfer student enrollment is up, as is retention of Skyhawks entering their second year at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ.  

Three students contributed to “The Strater: The Hotel That Built Durango,” kicking off the eighth season of Colorado Experience from Rocky Mountain PBS.