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Joyous season greetings from FLC. View our 2019 Yearbook video and download a 12-month digital 2020 calendar.
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The Board of Trustees approved a new graduate degree option at its December meeting, the Master of Arts in Education: Principal Leadership.
FLC was ranked fourth in the state of Colorado in a study released by LendEDU that looks at the best colleges in the nation for financial aid.
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Callie Morris (Journalism & Multimedia Studies, '19) produced a video feature story on a local baker as part of a student project with Rocky Mountain PBS. The segment aired on "Arts District" and can be viewed online.
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The Southern Ute Growth Fund has hired alumna Maria Baker (Psychology, '00) as Vice President of Human Resources.
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President Tom Stritikus was elected to the prestigious Board of Directors of the American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities.
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Shirena Trujillo Long (Spanish and English, '00), longstanding student mentor and program coordinator of El Centro de Muchos Colores for 15 years, was profiled in The Durango Herald.
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Check out Summits, FLC's new alumni-stories video series that highlights some illustrious alumni whose passion for their fields have brought them success.
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The Center of Southwest Studies, founded in 1964 as the first research center in the U.S. to focus exclusively on the Southwest, is looking at how its records and mission can be more accessible to community members and the students of FLC.
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The secret identity of Skyler has been revealed! James Young, a senior in History and the student behind Skyler for the last three years, will be leaving the nest when he graduates from FLC this spring.
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The School of Business Administration and partners held the annual Southwest Economic Summit on campus last week, where economists forecasted the trends expected for Colorado and the Southwest in 2020.
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Nearly 200 students graduated from FLC on December 20, 2019. Colorado Senator Rhonda Fields gave an inspiring address, encouraging students to find their voice and take a seat at the table.
Professor of Environment and Sustainability Heidi Steltzer was part of a panel of climate science experts testifying at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
After struggling with drug addiction and serving time in jail, Jamie Matthews (Accounting, '15) enrolled back in school and turned her life around. She was one of four people to receive pardons from Governor Polis in December.
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When filmmaker Alexandria Bombach (Business Administration, '08) isn't directing a documentary about the Indigo Girls or Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, she's at home in Santa Fe, working to shape the future of New Mexico's filmmaking industry.
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Local school districts are implementing new surveilling tools to protect students from bullying, gun violence, self-harm, and inappropriate content. Associate Professor of Philosophy Justin McBrayer spoke with The Durango Herald on the ethics of surveilling.
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