Fort Lewis College

09/18/2026

🐻 Be bear aware, Skyhawks!

Please stay alert, especially at dawn, dusk, and after dark. Check your surroundings before going outside, take trash out with a friend, and always latch trash containers.

If you encounter a bear, give it space and back away slowly. Do not run, approach, feed, crowd, or attempt to take a close photo.

📞 Bear sighting: Central Dispatch at 970-385-2900
🚨 Immediate threat, injury, or bear inside a building: Call 911

09/15/2026

Hey Skyhawks! 🎉Fiesta on the Mesa is happening tonight, and everyone is invited! Join us as we celebrate the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month with great food, live performances, and community.

🌦️ Due to weather, the event has been moved indoors to the Student Union Ballroom.

Bring your friends, bring your appetite, and come celebrate with us! 💃

08/11/2026

Fort Lewis College recently welcomed healthcare professionals from across the Four Corners for hands-on simulation training, expert-led learning, and valuable networking opportunities through the CU/FLC Nursing Collaborative. Together, we're strengthening rural healthcare and building connections that support communities across our region.
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The room has gone quiet as a team of three health care workers steps into the hospital room to care for a 32-year-old woman who just delivered her baby at home. The woman is still bleeding and requires immediate help. Can we put her on vitals and get an IV started? orders Kat Brummell, who, acting i...

08/09/2026

Fort Lewis College has been named one of Newsweek's America's Best Colleges for Women!

This recognition reflects our commitment to creating opportunities for women to lead, succeed, and thrive both on campus and beyond. We're honored to be included in Newsweek's inaugural ranking and proud of the supportive community that helps make FLC a place of opportunity for all.

Fort Lewis College has been recognized in Newsweek's inaugural America's Best Colleges for Women ranking, a new list developed in partnership with Gender Fair. The ranking evaluates institutions across four areas tied to the Women's Empowerment Principles: Leadership, Pay & Policies, Safety, and Opp...

08/06/2026

The Katz School of Business at Fort Lewis College has received an extension of its accreditation from AACSB International, reaffirming the school's commitment to excellence in business education and continuous improvement.

The Katz School of Business at Fort Lewis College has received an extension of its accreditation from AACSB International, reaffirming the school's commitment to excellence in business education and continuous improvement. AACSB accreditation is recognized globally as the gold standard for business....

07/20/2026

Submit your FLC Alumni Summit Awards nomination TODAY! alumni.fortlewis.edu/events/alumni-summit-awards

07/10/2026

When students see their cultures, communities, and identities reflected in the classroom, learning becomes even more powerful.📚✨
Through a partnership between Fort Lewis College and AISES, educators across the Four Corners are connecting STEM education with Indigenous knowledge, community expertise, and culturally sustaining teaching practices.
Read how this innovative program is transforming classrooms and empowering the next generation of learners.

In a third-grade classroom at Tuba City Elementary School, students explored mathematics, science, engineering, and design through an unexpected lens: Navajo weaving. Students analyzed traditional weaving patterns, designed their own creations on graph paper, built miniature looms, and examined STEM...

07/02/2026

FLC senior and Reisher Scholar Britt Herman is heading to Australia this fall to study how colonization has shaped Indigenous cultures around the world—and how those communities can learn from one another. As a Native American & Indigenous Studies major and Gilman Scholar, she’s turning her global goals into reality (with her daughter by her side 💛).

Fort Lewis College student Britt Herman walked into orientation for the Reisher Scholarship expecting to learn about funding for her senior year. Instead, she walked out with a plan to travel to the other side of the world. They mentioned that they would cover study abroad, said Herman, a senior maj...

06/23/2026

A Fort Lewis College biology professor is taking research global!

Dr. David Blake has earned a Fulbright Award to study groundbreaking virus-based therapies that could target some of the deadliest brain cancers. Working with an international team in Denmark, his research could help improve outcomes for patients facing aggressive tumors.

Could viruses be used to target and destroy some of the deadliest forms of brain cancer? That’s the question Fort Lewis College Biology Professor David Blake, Ph.D., will investigate after receiving a Fulbright Award to join an interdisciplinary research team at Aarhus University in Denmark. Blake...

06/18/2026

FLC just received a $1.35 million Mellon Foundation grant to launch a new humanities initiative that brings together Indigenous knowledge, culture, and environmental understanding.

This exciting project will create hands-on student experiences, new classes, and community programs designed to explore our connections to each other and the world around us.

Fort Lewis College has received a $1.35 million Humanities for All Times grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish the Laboratory for the Humanistic Study of a More-than-Human World. This ambitious interdisciplinary initiative explores relationships between people, culture, and the natural world...