What better way to study European art and culture than to witness it? In May, Paul Booth, associate professor and chair of Art & Design, and Julie Tapley-Booth, business manager of the Center of Southwest Studies, did just that with a troupe of eight students.

Norm Franke didn’t set out to be a banker when he attended college. But 34 years after starting his career, he finds himself a regional president of Alpine Bank in charge of location development – a role that also enables him to invest in the health of his new community. Franke (Business Administration, ’83) worked on Colorado’s Western Slope for 20 years...

Four FLC students, under the direction of Biology Professor Julie Korb, attended a four-day workshop through SEEDS at the Rocky Mountain Biology Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado. They were able to network with influential scientists and other students and prepare for careers in their field.  

Nine FLC Geosciences students, under the direction of Geology Professor Gary Gianniny, presented on their research at the in Flagstaff.

Steve Elias, the new dean of the School of Business Administration at FLC, wants to build more bridges between the business school and the region's businesses. 

Fourteen FLC students, along with faculty, staff, and alumni, traveled to Denver for the . Senior Engineering major Jeremy James and Junior Chemistry major Uriah Contreras won honorable mentions for their oral and poster presentations.

The School of Education was recognized by the for three of their Promising Partnership Practices: “Learning About Community Resources,” “Professional Exhibition,” and “Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival.”

Brett Sublett, assistant Cross-Country coach, broke a trail record when he and four other men . The group completed the 485-mile trek in 3 days, 15 hours, 54 minutes.

The Real History of the Americas takes a positive, but different look at the history of North and South America from the viewpoints of Hispanic, African-American, Asian, Native and LGBT peoples, among others. The 2017 theme is “Honoring the Heartbeat of our Mother,” and will feature indigenous drumming, traditional foods, lectures, art, theatre and storytelling.

The FLC campus is remarkably beautiful as it is, but an impressive inventory of public art installations enhances that natural scenery with intentional works of creative and meaningful art.

Melissa Knight-Maloney, professor and chair of Exercise Science, participated in the in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She placed 14th in her age group and 4th among American women.

The FLC Cycling Team placed in Indianapolis, Indiana in September 2017. 

Junior Allie Wolfe is studying to be an art therapist. But until a year ago, she had no idea that stand-up comedy would be her own therapeutic outlet. Now she’s one of the top performing comedians in the Four Corners region, and she’s experiencing the very benefits of expressive therapy that she wants to foster for her future clients.

A degree in Biology and experience racing bikes for FLC led Emma Millar ('11) to be the perfect Head Crew Leader for Trails 2000 -- she gets to combine theoretical strategic plans with physical labor to create and repair local trails.

Bob Dolphin, former president of FLC, was profiled in Tempe's East Valley Tribune for his success and positivty despite a polio diagnosis at age 23.