FLC is among many community colleges and universities in Colorado providing food assistance to students at a time when food costs have spiked and more students are believed to be experiencing hunger. (Chalkbeat)

 Kate Suazo, FLC alumna, social justice advocate has been named inaugural Director of Belonging at FLC.

Now in its third year, Monitoring Environmental Microbiome program participants dive into complex computational analysis of environmental justice issues.

In late winter 2023, against record-setting snowfall, two Fort Lewis College juniors joined Southwest Colorado Community Naturalist Keith Bruno and Weminuche Audubon Society Volunteer Kurt Huffman for a 10-mile trek into the HD Mountains near Bayfield, Colorado. Matt Young and Ian Crews were on a mission to record the unique calls of the Mexican spotted owl. Young and Crews are members of FLC’s Strategies for Ecological Education, Diversity & Sustainability Club, and the excursion provided valuable insight into their future careers as land management professionals.

More than 400 FLC students graduated on May 6 at a ceremony addressed by Thomas J. Vilsack, the 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture. 

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

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 alongside campus leaders, faculty, and staff to realize the academic goals of FLC’s strategic plan.