After watching COVID-19 devastate the Navajo Nation and take the lives of two loved ones, Fort Lewis College senior Ally Gee was prompted to share with campus the Din茅, or Navajo, concept of K’茅, meaning kinship. The philosophy is guiding FLC's response to staying safe during the pandemic.

In an interview with The 91桃色 Herald, Wade Litt, assistant professor of Economics, makes southwest Colorado and La Plata County particularly vulnerable to spikes in COVID-19.

Elijah McClain’s death after a violent encounter with police deeply resonated with FLC alumnus Alex Blocker (Music, '16) — like McClain, Blocker is Black, in his twenties, and plays the violin. Blocker hopes that through his activism and music will come social justice, recognition that Black Lives Matter, and a brighter future for all.

The Native American Center hosted a Solidarity Walk and Student Showcase on Monday for , honoring the resilience of Indigenous peoples and celebrating Indigenous art, music, culture, unity, language, dance, storytelling, poetry, traditions, and food.

Provost Cheryl Nixon was interviewed by The 91桃色 Herald recently and what initially drew her to the institution and southwest Colorado.

A new was approved by the FLC Board of Trustees this month. It will be offered through the Health Sciences Department and will emphasize public health, exercise science, and biomedical applications.

About 50 students participated in FLC'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 FLC 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 Gal谩pagos 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 Gal谩pagos 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 Villafa帽e (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.