OP Spring Break

Story by Alexandra Lamb Photos by Nicole Curry

Fort Lewis College Outdoor Pursuits is offering four spring break trips this year. Trips include California surf school, paddling the Rio Grande, a Grand Canyon service project and a locally hosted wilderness first responder course.   A spring break trip interest meeting was held in the fall, and sign up day for trips was on Monday, Feb. 1, OP intern Christina Spohn, said. Early...

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Geosciences, Physics and Engineering Walkthrough

Photos by Talulah Gilroy

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FLC Brown Bag Lunches: Dedicated to Teaching

Story by Carolyn Estes Graphic by Camden Smith Photos by Talulah Gilroy

At Fort Lewis College brown bag lunches are a way for professors learn how to teach their students in a better and more efficient way.   The meetings are not just an instruction, they are more like a workshop, Leslie Goldstein, senior lecturer on the math faculty, said.   Canvas was the latest topic at the brown bag lunch. Canvas is a course management tool that all...

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El Niño: An Average Winter

Story by Lyle Iron Cloud Graphic by Allison Anderson

In the coming months, cold temperatures and snow will give way to longer days and warmer weather. This year’s El Niño will be over allowing summer to flourish.     El Niño is a warming of water in the southern pacific ocean that brings changes to a weather system that is operating normally, Jonathan Harvey, assistant professor of geosciences at Fort Lewis...

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FLC Students and Alumni Compete for Business Startup Money in First Ever “Hawk Tank” Competition

Story by Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business.   The Competition   “We recognized there was a need and also a desire from students to do this, and so we just moved...

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