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Catalyzing Creativity Catalyzing Creativity

Monday, March 24, 2025 | Manhattan Adams

Catalyzing Creativity

Undergraduate Students Get Hands-On Research Experience at Fort Lewis College
Martin Luther King Jr. March Martin Luther King Jr. March

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | Junior Parrish

Martin Luther King Jr. March

Fort Lewis students and staff honor the civil rights leader

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you? Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | Izzy Mora

Why Does the Sticker Stick with you?

From bumpers to bottles, Fort Lewis expresses itself through stickers


Criterion Five Plans for FLC's Future

Article by Madilyn Bates, Graphic by Allie Hutto

The Higher Learning Commission continues the accreditation process at Fort Lewis College, and the teams evaluating the school based on various outlined criteria are wrapping up their analysis of gaps in FLC’s policies.

 Criterion five judges the school’s planning for resources, budget and effectiveness through a few core components.



The Higher Learning Commission continues the accreditation process at Fort Lewis College, and the teams evaluating the school based on various outlined criteria are wrapping up their analysis of gaps in FLC’s policies.         Criterion five judges the school’s planning for resources, budget and effectiveness through a few core components. ...

Taking a Look at Teaching and Learning: The HLC Committee's Teaching and Learning Team

Story by Madilyn Bates, Graphic by Allie Hutto

As the Higher Learning Commission Accreditation proceeds to evaluate different aspects of Fort Lewis College’s performance, the criterion three team is beginning to assess teaching and learning. Teaching and Learning criterion three involves measuring the quality, resources, and support the school offers its students. “Criterion three deals directly with the quality of...

Assessing Our Mission: The HLC Committee's Mission Team

Story by Madilyn Bates

The Higher Learning Commission’s re-accreditation process is underway for the 2013-2014 school year, and teams are assembled to begin evaluating the school based on five categories. The Mission Team, which is led by Michael Martin, associate professor of history, and Lee Frazer, assistant professor of adventure education, will evaluate whether the mission statement is an accurate...

An Author Amongst Us

Story by Alexa Chance, Photo by Christian Bachrodt

When Steven Meyers, professor of English at Fort Lewis College, isn’t teaching creative non-fiction or Semantics, he is doing his own work. Meyers is the author of two creative non-fiction titles that have recently been re-released: The San Juan River Chronicle and Notes from the San Juans. Meyers hadn’t planned to be a full-time professor when he was hired in 2000,...

The Lost and Found

Story by Meghan Olson, Graphic by Allie Hutto

As students busy schedules may lead to absent-mindedness, misplacing and forgetting important items can happen with ease. Luckily, there is a place where these lost and found possessions may be located.

The front desk in the Student Union hosts a “lost and found” box, where all students who find a misplaced items or who are looking for their own are encouraged to go.


As students busy schedules may lead to absent-mindedness, misplacing and forgetting important items can happen with ease. Luckily, there is a place where these lost and found possessions may be located. The front desk in the Student Union hosts a “lost and found” box, where all students who find a misplaced items or who are looking for their own are encouraged to go. All...

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