Fort Lewis College News

  • Team time trials kick off 2012 Collegiate Road Nationals (USA Cycling )
    posted on May 4, 2012 at 08:11:00 pm
    The race of truth started things off at the 2012 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships. MIT and Marian University defended their womenand#39;s titles, while Duke University and Fort Lewis College rode to victory on the menandrsquo;s side.
  • Chancellor makes choice for UMPI presidency (Providence Journal)
    posted on April 13, 2012 at 01:25:00 pm
    PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) -- The University of Maine System chancellor is recommending an administrator at Fort Lewis College in Colorado to serve as president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle....
  • Basketball: Judge's Jacob Gondrezick signs with Fort Lewis College (Salt Lake Tribune)
    posted on April 12, 2012 at 08:14:00 pm
    #### Basketball: Judge's Jacob Gondrezick signs with Fort Lewis College The Salt Lake Tribune ##### Published Apr 12, 2012 07:14PM MDT Jacob Gondrezick, a guard at Judge Memorial Catholic HIgh School in Salt Lake City, has signed with Fort Lewis College of Durango, Colo. The 6-foot senior was a two-year starter for Judge and was recently named all-state second team in Class 3A by The Salt Lake Tribune. Gondrezick is the son of former University of Utah star Gale Gondrezick and Lisa Gondrezick. In a school news release, Skyhawks coach Bob Hofman said Jacob Gondrezick has a high basketball IQ and is "extremely competitive." Gondr... ##### Copyright 2012 The
  • Metal go-round (The Durango Herald)
    posted on July 26, 2011 at 06:12:05 am
    Nick Keeler, an employee of Habitat for Humanity and an environmental studies major at Fort Lewis College, throws a metal tube into a scrap-metal recycling bin on Monday at the Habitat ReStore, 120-E Girard St. in Bodo Park. A week’s worth of donations had almost filled a large industrial bin, and another bin is on the way for anyone who wants to recycle scrap metal between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m ...
  • Fort Lewis College offers tuition cut (9 News Denver)
    posted on July 25, 2011 at 04:43:11 pm
    DURANGO (AP) - Fort Lewis College is offering a bargain to high school students who attend college while they're in high school.
  • FLC helps high-schoolers get a taste of college work (The Durango Herald)
    posted on July 25, 2011 at 08:12:06 am
    By her senior year at Durango High School, Tori Duhaime was kind of over the whole high school thing.So instead of hanging out at DHS, she enrolled in three classes at Fort Lewis College during the spring semester and tried out the life of a college student.
  • A weavers eye (The Durango Herald)
    posted on July 25, 2011 at 06:11:15 am
    Carolyn Klinnert needle felts an iris at the Art Hall at Fort Lewis College during Sunday’s Intermountain Weaving Conference. Needle felting is part of a larger process called “wet felting” that Klinnert says, “is the same as throwing a sweater in a washing machine, only we are doing it on purpose.”
  • Gore Takes on Climate Deniers with 24 Hours of Reality (Environment News Service)
    posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:29:26 pm
    Al Gore waves to the audience at a Power Shift event at the Environmental Center Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, April 15, 2011. (Photo courtesy Fort Lewis College )
  • Hermosa Off-Road Classic returns July 30 (The Durango Herald)
    posted on July 8, 2011 at 06:06:05 am
    Ride on.The Hermosa Off-Road Classic Mountain Bike Race is coming back July 30.The fifth edition of the classic is sponsored again by the Fort Lewis College cycling team.The event includes the ride on one of themost famous Durango-area mountain bike trails as well as a post-ride campout and barbecue.
  • Helping hands (The Durango Herald)
    posted on July 6, 2011 at 06:11:26 am
    Editors note Fort Lewis College alumni Gavin Wisdom, a former intern with The Durango Herald, went to Japan after his May graduation to aid in the recovery. This is the first of periodic contributions to the Herald he plans to write.By Gavin WisdomHerald Staff WriterISHINOMAKI, Japan
  • Fort Lewis alum Danielson to ride in 2011 Tour de France (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 27, 2011 at 06:08:43 am
    Former Fort Lewis College cyclist Tom Danielson will ride in the 2011 Tour de France his first time in the elite Pro Tour stage race.Danielson, an FLC graduate and a former winner of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race, was named recently to the Garmin-Cervelo team for the 2011 Tour, scheduled to begin Saturday.
  • On years longest day, a special view (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 22, 2011 at 06:11:52 am
    Two dozen people gathered at Fort Lewis College early Tuesday to mark the longest day of the year ancestral Puebloan style.They watched as the sun, shining through a recessed window high in the northeastern corner of the Center of Southwest Studies exhibit gallery, cast a spiral image on the opposite wall.
  • Outlasting the darkness (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 18, 2011 at 08:11:56 am
    Cancer survivor Keenan DesPlanques, 14, of Durango speaks during the opening celebration of the La Plata County Relay for Life on Friday evening at Ray Dennison Memorial Field at Fort Lewis College.
  • Former Coyote A.D. Resigns At Fort Lewis (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
    posted on June 16, 2011 at 06:37:10 am
    DURANGO, Colo. — Former University of South Dakota athletic director Kelly Higgins resigned Wednesday as the A.D. at Fort Lewis College (Colo.), effective Aug. 31.
  • Higgins resigns from his FLC post (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 16, 2011 at 06:06:16 am
    Kelly Higgins has done pretty well for himself during his three-year run as athletic director at Fort Lewis Collegeb FLC won the 2009 NCAA Division II Mens Soccer Championshipsb FLC finished runner-up at the 2010 NCAA Division II Womens Basketball Championships
  • Are you ready for some football? (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 14, 2011 at 06:08:02 am
    Fort Lewis College has all its hashmarks covered for this summers youth football camp.Grades 2 through 8? June 22-24.Grades 9 through 12? June 25-26.
  • Former Fort Lewis College V.P. Paul Pixler dies at 90 (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 12, 2011 at 06:13:16 am
    From helping Fort Lewis College become accredited to turning on generations of hikers, Paul Pixler left an indelible imprint on Durango. He died at 90 on Sunday, June 5, 2011, in Boulder.
  • Sports Brief (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 5, 2011 at 06:08:47 am
    Bid now online for your Skyhawks Sky Sox suiteThe bidding for use of a luxury suite for a Colorado Springs Sky Sox game as part of Fort Lewis Colleges Big Hawktion ends today. The highest bid as of Friday night was 250, and all net proceeds from the winning bid benefit FLC athletics.
  • Sal Pace says hell challenge Tipton (The Durango Herald)
    posted on June 2, 2011 at 08:11:06 am
    DENVER State House Minority Leader Sal Pace will challenge U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, in the 2012 race for Congress, Pace confirmed Tuesday.His decision sets up a race between two Fort Lewis College graduates.Pace said his values are in sync with the voters in the 3rd Congressional District.
  • Information age affects art world, too (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 22, 2011 at 06:11:36 am
    Even the art world has not remained untouched by developments in social media.I think exchanging information is fundamental to what art is, said National Public Radio personality Neda Ulaby, who made her first trip to Durango on Saturday to contribute to a panel discussion about Art and the Zen of Social Media at Fort Lewis College.
  • Officials to present plans for multiuse fields (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 19, 2011 at 06:11:22 am
    City of Durango officials will hold a public meeting Monday to present initial design plans for a new multiuse field complex on the northeast corner of the Fort Lewis College campus.The complex is the result of an agreement between the college and the city. It will be located at Goeglein Gulch Road and Fort Lewis Drive.
  • Holt leads FLC on Day 2 (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 18, 2011 at 06:08:03 am
    It wasnt their best effort of the season, but it certainly wasnt their worst, either.Fort Lewis College slipped a spot to fifth overall Tuesday at the 20-team NCAA Division II Mens Golf Championships at the Robert Trent Jones at the Shoals Fighting Joe Course in Florence, Ala.
  • Skyhawks set for first flight at nationals (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 16, 2011 at 06:15:28 am
    The Fort Lewis College golf team will make its historic first appearance at the NCAA Division II National Championships today in Florence, Ala.
  • Omnium title optimal for Ratcliff (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 9, 2011 at 06:14:06 am
    Alister Ratcliff of Fort Lewis College is the king of the road.Ratcliff won the mens individual omnium title Sunday at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals in Madison, Wis.
  • A splash of home (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 7, 2011 at 06:13:56 am
    The Demons are ready to make one more splash at home.The Durango High School boys swim team will close out the regular season Saturday at the Fort Lewis College pool, the Demons' final races before heading to regionals in Grand Junction on May 13-14.
  • FLCs long road to Roads (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 5, 2011 at 06:14:06 am
    The Fort Lewis College cyclists are headed to Madison, Wis., in search of history.The Skyhawks were scheduled to fly out of Durango today for their possible date with destiny at the Collegiate Road Racing National Championships. The event will start Friday and run through Sunday.
  • FLC golf swings into 2nd (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 3, 2011 at 06:16:15 am
    The Fort Lewis College mens golf team started fast at the NCAA Division II Mens CentralWest Super Regional Golf Championships in Albuquerque on Monday.The Skyhawks opened the three-round tournament with a composite 287, one under par.Sonoma State of California led with 283 after the opening 18 holes.
  • College degree Priceless (The Durango Herald)
    posted on May 1, 2011 at 06:02:50 am
    While crossing the stage at Fort Lewis Colleges commencement ceremony Saturday, 2011 graduate Jeff Hofferber turned to the crowd, pumped his fists in the air and let out a jubilant shout.I was pretty excited, he said after the ceremony. I dont know, I guess I just had to share my emotion with everyone.