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'''Fort Lewis College''' is a selective public liberal arts college located in [[Durango, Colorado|Durango]], [[Colorado]]. FLC is a member of the [http://www.coplac.org/ Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges] and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the [http://www.ncahlc.org/ North Central Association of Colleges and Schools], with additional program-level accreditations in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Marketing; Athletic Training; Chemistry; Engineering Physics; Music; and Teacher Education.
'''Fort Lewis College''' is a selective public liberal arts college located in [[Durango, Colorado|Durango]], [[Colorado]].
FLC is a member of the [http://www.coplac.org/ Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges] and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the [http://www.ncahlc.org/ North Central Association of Colleges and Schools], with additional program-level accreditations in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Marketing; Athletic Training; Chemistry; Engineering Physics; Music; and Teacher Education.


As the state of Colorado's designated public liberal arts college, hallmarks of the college are quality academics, personal attention from faculty, opportunities for broad intellectual exploration, a close campus and local community, and a uniquely scenic campus in the southern Rocky Mountains. Specializing in undergraduate education, the college offers 30 bachelor's degrees through its four academic units. The campus' 3,856 students (Fall 2011) come from 47 states, 19 countries, and 139 American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages.
As the state of Colorado's designated public liberal arts college, hallmarks of the college are quality academics, personal attention from faculty, opportunities for broad intellectual exploration, a close campus and local community, and a uniquely scenic campus in the southern Rocky Mountains. Specializing in undergraduate education, the college offers 30 bachelor's degrees through its four academic units. The campus' 3,856 students (Fall 2011) come from 47 states, 19 countries, and 139 American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages.
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==Campus==
==Campus==


The 247-acre Fort Lewis College campus is in southwestern Colorado is situated at 6,872 feet atop a mesa overlooking the Animas River Valley and downtown Durango. A network of trails as well as city bus service (free to students with FLC IDs) connects the campus and town.
The 247-acre Fort Lewis College campus is in southwestern Colorado is situated at 6,872 feet atop a mesa overlooking the [[Animas River|Animas River Valley]] and downtown Durango. A network of trails as well as city bus service (free to students with FLC IDs) connects the campus and town.


The campus' distinctive architectural theme utilizes locally quarried sandstone to acknowledge the region's Native puebloan building style and evoke the Four Corners landscape and colors. The style was crafted by prominent Boulder architect James M. Hunter, who was contracted to establish a campus building plan by the college in the late 1950s, following the college's move from Hesperus, Colorado, to its Durango location.
The campus' distinctive architectural theme utilizes locally quarried sandstone to acknowledge the region's Native puebloan building style and evoke the Four Corners landscape and colors. The style was crafted by prominent Boulder architect James M. Hunter, who was contracted to establish a campus building plan by the college in the late 1950s, following the college's move from Hesperus, Colorado, to its Durango location.
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'''[http://www2.fortlewis.edu/ted/home.aspx Department of Teacher Education]'''
'''[http://www2.fortlewis.edu/ted/home.aspx Department of Teacher Education]'''

Fort Lewis College offers a Teacher Education Licensure Program designed to enable students to qualify for a Colorado teaching license. The program makes it possible both to complete a bachelor’s degree and qualify for a teaching license within four academic years in the following disciplines:
Fort Lewis College offers a Teacher Education Licensure Program designed to enable students to qualify for a Colorado teaching license. The program makes it possible both to complete a bachelor’s degree and qualify for a teaching license within four academic years in the following disciplines:


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* Physics Option
* Physics Option
* Secondary Social Studies (grades 7-12)
* Secondary Social Studies (grades 7-12)


===Other signature academic programs===

'''Academic success services'''
* [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/academicsuccess/TheTutoringCenter.aspx Tutoring Center]
* [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/modernlanguages/LanguageLab.aspx Modern Language Lab]
* [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/freshmanmath/AlgebraAlcoveLearningSupport.aspx Algebra Alcove]
* [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/math/MathAssistanceCenterMACSchedule.aspx Math Assistance Center]
* [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/writingcenter/home.aspx Writing Center]


'''Common Reading Experience'''

Through the [http://library.fortlewis.edu/CRE/index.html Common Reading Experience], students, faculty, and Durango community members explore ideas together by reading and discussing the same book and the issues it highlights. Since its creation in 2006, the Common Reading Experience has examined books including ''Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir''; ''Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World''; ''Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother''; ''Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference''; and ''The Heart & the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy seal''.


'''Community Based Learning & Research'''

The Center for Civic Engagement's [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/civicservice/home.aspx Community Based Learning & Research] program supports faculty and students in constructing their civic-engagement learning experiences. The program oversees all course, project, and independent work to see they meet the standards of best practice as approved by campus and community reviewers.

The program also compiles a [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/civicservice/CivicEngagementTranscript.aspx Civic Engagement Transcript] students can receive after graduation. The transcript is separate from but augments the college's standard transcript by supplying an officially recognized and quantified listing of experiences in participatory community work both in and out of classes. The transcript also includes a brief description of each activity to serve as a guide for employers or institutions that later refer to the record. The transcript records five areas of civic-engagement experience and accomplishment:
* coursework
* civic service
* internships
* awards and recognitions
* extracurricular creative and scholarly projects


'''Engineers Without Borders'''

[http://www.fortlewis.edu/academics/school_arts_sciences/physics_engineering/ewb_webpage/ewbflc.htm Fort Lewis College Engineers Without Borders] is an all-volunteer program open to students in any major that travels to third-world countries and uses engineering skills to improve the community infrastructure in impoverished areas. Students, faculty, and community members work together during the school year prior to the trip planning their projects, then the chapter raises all of the funds needed to carry out the construction, including the price of materials.

The students, professors, and professionals in the Fort Lewis College Engineers Without Borders are part of [[Engineers Without Borders – USA|Engineers Without Borders USA]], a nationwide organization of engineering and science professionals that volunteers its skills and labor to provide necessities such as clean water, power, sanitation, and education to disadvantaged areas around the world. The group has 250 dedicated chapters, including university chapters on more than 180 campuses throughout the United States.


'''Global studies'''

[http://explore.fortlewis.edu/academics/global_citizen/index.asp “Education for Global Citizenship”] is an upper-division liberal arts requirement that incorporates discussion of globalization and civic engagement in order to develop an awareness of global relationships through a variety of critical thinking skills and topical explorations. To meet the requirement, students take two upper-division courses outside their major field.


'''John F. Reed Honors Program'''

The [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/honors/home.aspx John F. Reed Honors Program] is for high-achieving students, bringing together co-curricular events, interaction with professionals and scholars, and in-depth research skills for interdisciplinary academic enrichment.

To acknowledge the extra effort of Honors Program's participants, at graduation qualified Honors Scholars receive special recognition at Honors convocation and earn a minor in the Rhetoric of Inquiry. Students also receive a bound copy of their Honors Thesis, a writing sample helpful for admission to graduate programs.


'''STEM3'''

The [http://www.fortlewis.edu/STEM3/home.aspx STEM3 Student Success Center] mentors and assists eligible students in academic success in majors related to science, technology, engineering, and math, through academic, career, financial, personal, social, and technological assistance. STEM3 is a federal TRiO program (a Student Support Services program) funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education.

The program has its own on-campus computer lab and study area, where it also provides tutoring, workshops, advising, and technological and educational resources for students. STEM3 also provides scholarships for first-generation, income-eligible, and disability-challenged students.


'''Study Abroad'''

About 10 percent of Fort Lewis students study abroad each year through a variety of programs, [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/continuinged/InnovativeMonths.aspx including Innovative Months], [http://www.fortlewis.edu/academics/school_arts_sciences/physics_engineering/ewb_webpage/ewbflc.htm Engineers without Borders], departmental programs, and [[International Student Exchange Programs]], a non-profit world-wide network of more than 300 colleges and universities in 45 countries cooperating to provide affordable access to international studies.

The [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/studyabroad/home.aspx Fort Lewis College International Programs Office] helps students plan and succeed in their study abroad experience. The office also offers a one-credit class that helps students investigate destinations and programs, and work through the steps to setting up a study-abroad experience.


'''Sustainability & Environmental Awareness'''

Fort Lewis College, with its outdoor culture and mountain setting, puts a strong emphasis on environmental awareness and sustainability. To institutionalize those perspectives, the college in 2007 became a signatory of the American College and [[Campus carbon neutrality#American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment|University Presidents Climate Commitment]], and in 2009, the President and the Board of Trustees approved a [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/sustainability/SustainabilityActionPlan.aspx Fort Lewis College Sustainability Action Plan]. Initiatives under the plan are funded by a Sustainability Initiatives Fee, an addition to the student activities fees voted in by the student body in 2008.

FLC offers several environment and/or sustainability-related majors, including [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/envstudies/home.aspx Environmental Studies], Environmental Biology, and Environmental Geology. There are also classes about clean technologies, such those studying, researching, and applying green chemistry practices in the [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/chemistry/home.aspx Chemistry Department]. FLC's outdoor, field, and community-based programs also encompass environmental stewardship, including courses in [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/adventureed/home.aspx Adventure Education], Geology, Sociology, and Anthropology.

The [http://www2.fortlewis.edu/ec/home.aspx Environmental Center] is the student nexus for environmental action on campus. Programs from the EC include the Climate Action team, SEEDS Campus Ecology Club, support for local food and the Local First campaign, the Sustainable Business team, and the Zero-Waste team.


'''Undergraduate Research'''

Undergraduate research is the principal Senior-year experience at Fort Lewis College in many disciplines, including the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Because of its emphasis on undergraduate-only education, students at Fort Lewis College have research opportunities that are often reserved for only graduate students at larger universities, with the college providing faculty mentors and grants to pay for research.



==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:26, 16 February 2012

Fort Lewis College
File:FortLewisCollege.gif
TypePublic liberal arts college for undergraduates
Established1911
PresidentDr. Dene Kay Thomas
ProvostDr. Barbara Morris
Undergraduates3,856 (Fall 2011)
Location
Durango
,
Colorado
,
USA

37°16′30″N 107°52′12″W / 37.275°N 107.869999°W / 37.275; -107.869999
NicknameSkyhawks
AffiliationsCouncil of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, NCAA Division II
MascotSkyler the Skyhawk
Websitefortlewis.edu

Fort Lewis College is a selective public liberal arts college located in Durango, Colorado.

FLC is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, with additional program-level accreditations in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Marketing; Athletic Training; Chemistry; Engineering Physics; Music; and Teacher Education.

As the state of Colorado's designated public liberal arts college, hallmarks of the college are quality academics, personal attention from faculty, opportunities for broad intellectual exploration, a close campus and local community, and a uniquely scenic campus in the southern Rocky Mountains. Specializing in undergraduate education, the college offers 30 bachelor's degrees through its four academic units. The campus' 3,856 students (Fall 2011) come from 47 states, 19 countries, and 139 American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages.

Because of its unique origins as a military fort turned Indian boarding school turned state public school, Fort Lewis College also follows a 1911 to provide a tuition-free education for qualified Native Americans. Fort Lewis college awards approximately 16 percent of the baccalaureate degrees earned by Native American students in the nation. In 2008, Fort Lewis was designated as one of six Native American-serving, non-tribal colleges by the U.S. Department of Education [1].

Today, approximately 20 percent of the FLC student population is American Indian or Alaskan Native, and the college ranks first in the nation among baccalaureate-only institutions in the number of degrees awarded to Native American students and in the number of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees awarded to Native American students [2].

Campus

The 247-acre Fort Lewis College campus is in southwestern Colorado is situated at 6,872 feet atop a mesa overlooking the Animas River Valley and downtown Durango. A network of trails as well as city bus service (free to students with FLC IDs) connects the campus and town.

The campus' distinctive architectural theme utilizes locally quarried sandstone to acknowledge the region's Native puebloan building style and evoke the Four Corners landscape and colors. The style was crafted by prominent Boulder architect James M. Hunter, who was contracted to establish a campus building plan by the college in the late 1950s, following the college's move from Hesperus, Colorado, to its Durango location.

Today, on-campus housing is in six residence halls and two apartment buildings, with singles, doubles, and suites. Also on campus are 14 academic buildings, as well as a Student Life Center, Aquatic Center, and Student Union. On-campus athletic facilities include Ray Dennison Memorial Field, Dirks Field, the Softball Complex, Whalen Gymnasium, and the Factory Trails, an off-road bicycling race course.

The new Student Union opened in Fall 2011, and now hosts the college's cultural centers, the Native American Center and El Centro de Muchos Colores, as well as student government, the Environmental Center, the post office, and the bookstore. The new Student Union also offers several dining options, and houses both a Leadership Center and a Media Center the includes the college's news magazine, literary journal, and KDUR radio station.

The Student Union building was awarded LEED Gold status in August by the U.S. Green Building Council for its sustainability features. It is the third LEED Gold building on campus, along with the Berndt Hall Biology Wing and the residential Animas Hall. Those environmental awards helped FLC be named one of "America's Coolest Schools" by Sierra magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, in 2011 [3].

Other notable on-campus facilities include:

The Art Building's Art Gallery brings local, regional, and national exhibitions to the campus, providing students both a research tool and a venue for public exposure for their own creations.

Completed in 2001, the shapes and stonework of the Center of Southwest Studies complex reflect the ancestral puebloan structures found throughout the Four Corners. The Center is home to the Anthropology and Native American & Indigenous Studies programs, and the Delaney Southwest Research Library. The Exhibit Gallery also features a solstice window that focuses the first rays of the summer solstice sun, casting a spiral image on the gallery wall.

One of the largest live-performance venues in the region, the 600-seat Community Concert Hall hosts local, regional, and national music, comedy, drama, lecture, and dance acts in an intimate setting. The Concert Hall lobby also features more than a dozen Southwestern landscape paintings by Stanton Englehart, a founding faculty member of the FLC Art Department renowned for capturing the beauty and mystery of the canyon country of the Colorado Plateau.

  • John F. Reed Memorial Library

Opened in 1967, stone used in the construction of the Library was quarried just three miles from campus. With a study area facing a large wall of windows offering views to the La Plata and San Juan mountains, Reed Library is one of the most popular study spots on campus.

  • Mainstage Theatre

Home to frequent faculty-directed shows, student productions, and class projects, the Theatre Building's Mainstage Theatre has been the center for campus drama and performing arts for more than 50 years.

Built in 1958 as part of the original Durango campus, this stone chapel's construction was funded entirely with donations. The large windows allow for a stunning view of sunsets behind the Animas River Valley and La Plata Mountains. The Chapel provides a non-denominational place of meditation, and is also a popular wedding site.

Durango & Southwest Colorado

Durango, Colorado, was founded along the Animas River in 1881 by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, seeking a rail line along he rugged Animas River Valley to mining districts around Silverton, Colorado, in the western San Juan Mountains. Today the coal steam train still follows the original narrow-gauge rail line along the Animas River between Durango and Silverton, and has become a popular tourist attraction. The scenic San Juan Skyway (US 550) now also connects Durango and Silverton, along with the historic mining and resort towns of Tellurde and Ouray.

Modern Durango has a population of around 17,000 (2010 U.S. Census), and the community is noted for its small-town atmosphere and the outdoor recreation opportunities on the surrounding federal public lands. Skiing is also popular, with Purgatory Ski Area at Durango Mountain Resort 25 miles from town, and several other ski areas within a hundred miles. Those qualities have earned the town's rankings in many magazines' "best of" lists, including Outside magazine's "Best Towns" listing from October 2011 [4]]. Durango also hosts many regional and national festivals and events, including The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, Snowdown Winter Festival, and Animas River Days.

Campus & Community

Durango serves the Four Corners area of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona as the economic and cultural hub of the region. The college offers a number of programs that reach out to this community:

  • Many faculty in the Music Department are active in Durango performing arts ensembles, including the Durango Choral Society, the San Juan Symphony, and several chamber ensembles and pop bands.
  • KDUR Community Radio provides a bridge between the college and La Plata County with music, public affairs, and alternative news programming. The station provides educational, training, and on-air opportunities for both students and community members.
  • The Common Reading Experience hosts forums, discussions, and lectures related to each year's CRE book, both on campus and in Durango, bringing together both groups for shared exploration of important issues.

Academics & the Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts

Fort Lewis College provides a liberal education by offering an array of liberal arts disciplines that focus on written and oral communication, critical thinking and analytical reasoning, the application of knowledge and skills in real-world settings, complex problem solving and analysis, ethical decision making, teamwork skills, innovation and creativity, and concepts and developments in science and technology.

Liberal arts courses emphasize dialogue and discussion among faculty and students to learn to analyze and interpret information, form and express informed opinions, communicate effectively, appreciate the richness of a diverse human culture, and better understand human nature and society.

Academics

Fort Lewis College is divided into four academic units, offering 30 baccalaureate degrees. Our programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology, the American Chemical Society, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, and the National Association of Schools of Music.

School of Arts & Sciences

  • Art
  • English
  • Gender & Women’s Studies
  • History
  • Liberal Studies
  • Modern Languages
  • Music
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Theatre

School of Business Administration

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration Option
  • Engineering Management Option
  • Finance Option
  • International Business Option
  • Management Option
  • Tourism & Hospitality Management Option
  • Economics
  • Economics
  • Business Economics
  • Marketing
  • Marketing

School of Natural & Behavioral Sciences

  • Adventure Education
  • Anthropology
  • Athletic Training
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Studies
  • Exercise Science
  • Geology
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Psychology

Department of Teacher Education

Fort Lewis College offers a Teacher Education Licensure Program designed to enable students to qualify for a Colorado teaching license. The program makes it possible both to complete a bachelor’s degree and qualify for a teaching license within four academic years in the following disciplines:

  • Early Childhood Education (Birth to 3rd grade)
  • Elementary Education (grades K-6)
  • Art (grades K-12)
  • Music (grades K-12)
  • Physical Education (grades K-12)
  • Spanish (grades K-12)
  • Secondary Drama (grades 7-12)
  • Secondary English (grades 7-12)
  • Secondary Mathematics (grades 7-12)
  • Secondary Science (grades 7-12)
  • Biology Option
  • Chemistry Option
  • Geology Option
  • Physics Option
  • Secondary Social Studies (grades 7-12)


Other signature academic programs

Academic success services


Common Reading Experience

Through the Common Reading Experience, students, faculty, and Durango community members explore ideas together by reading and discussing the same book and the issues it highlights. Since its creation in 2006, the Common Reading Experience has examined books including Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir; Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World; Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother; Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference; and The Heart & the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy seal.


Community Based Learning & Research

The Center for Civic Engagement's Community Based Learning & Research program supports faculty and students in constructing their civic-engagement learning experiences. The program oversees all course, project, and independent work to see they meet the standards of best practice as approved by campus and community reviewers.

The program also compiles a Civic Engagement Transcript students can receive after graduation. The transcript is separate from but augments the college's standard transcript by supplying an officially recognized and quantified listing of experiences in participatory community work both in and out of classes. The transcript also includes a brief description of each activity to serve as a guide for employers or institutions that later refer to the record. The transcript records five areas of civic-engagement experience and accomplishment:

  • coursework
  • civic service
  • internships
  • awards and recognitions
  • extracurricular creative and scholarly projects


Engineers Without Borders

Fort Lewis College Engineers Without Borders is an all-volunteer program open to students in any major that travels to third-world countries and uses engineering skills to improve the community infrastructure in impoverished areas. Students, faculty, and community members work together during the school year prior to the trip planning their projects, then the chapter raises all of the funds needed to carry out the construction, including the price of materials.

The students, professors, and professionals in the Fort Lewis College Engineers Without Borders are part of Engineers Without Borders USA, a nationwide organization of engineering and science professionals that volunteers its skills and labor to provide necessities such as clean water, power, sanitation, and education to disadvantaged areas around the world. The group has 250 dedicated chapters, including university chapters on more than 180 campuses throughout the United States.


Global studies

“Education for Global Citizenship” is an upper-division liberal arts requirement that incorporates discussion of globalization and civic engagement in order to develop an awareness of global relationships through a variety of critical thinking skills and topical explorations. To meet the requirement, students take two upper-division courses outside their major field.


John F. Reed Honors Program

The John F. Reed Honors Program is for high-achieving students, bringing together co-curricular events, interaction with professionals and scholars, and in-depth research skills for interdisciplinary academic enrichment.

To acknowledge the extra effort of Honors Program's participants, at graduation qualified Honors Scholars receive special recognition at Honors convocation and earn a minor in the Rhetoric of Inquiry. Students also receive a bound copy of their Honors Thesis, a writing sample helpful for admission to graduate programs.


STEM3

The STEM3 Student Success Center mentors and assists eligible students in academic success in majors related to science, technology, engineering, and math, through academic, career, financial, personal, social, and technological assistance. STEM3 is a federal TRiO program (a Student Support Services program) funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education.

The program has its own on-campus computer lab and study area, where it also provides tutoring, workshops, advising, and technological and educational resources for students. STEM3 also provides scholarships for first-generation, income-eligible, and disability-challenged students.


Study Abroad

About 10 percent of Fort Lewis students study abroad each year through a variety of programs, including Innovative Months, Engineers without Borders, departmental programs, and International Student Exchange Programs, a non-profit world-wide network of more than 300 colleges and universities in 45 countries cooperating to provide affordable access to international studies.

The Fort Lewis College International Programs Office helps students plan and succeed in their study abroad experience. The office also offers a one-credit class that helps students investigate destinations and programs, and work through the steps to setting up a study-abroad experience.


Sustainability & Environmental Awareness

Fort Lewis College, with its outdoor culture and mountain setting, puts a strong emphasis on environmental awareness and sustainability. To institutionalize those perspectives, the college in 2007 became a signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, and in 2009, the President and the Board of Trustees approved a Fort Lewis College Sustainability Action Plan. Initiatives under the plan are funded by a Sustainability Initiatives Fee, an addition to the student activities fees voted in by the student body in 2008.

FLC offers several environment and/or sustainability-related majors, including Environmental Studies, Environmental Biology, and Environmental Geology. There are also classes about clean technologies, such those studying, researching, and applying green chemistry practices in the Chemistry Department. FLC's outdoor, field, and community-based programs also encompass environmental stewardship, including courses in Adventure Education, Geology, Sociology, and Anthropology.

The Environmental Center is the student nexus for environmental action on campus. Programs from the EC include the Climate Action team, SEEDS Campus Ecology Club, support for local food and the Local First campaign, the Sustainable Business team, and the Zero-Waste team.


Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is the principal Senior-year experience at Fort Lewis College in many disciplines, including the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Because of its emphasis on undergraduate-only education, students at Fort Lewis College have research opportunities that are often reserved for only graduate students at larger universities, with the college providing faculty mentors and grants to pay for research.


References

  1. ^ National Science Foundation, WebCASPAR 2009
  2. ^ https://webcaspar.nsf.gov/ National Science Foundation, WebCASPAR 2010]
  3. ^ Sierra "Cool Schools 2011"
  4. ^ [http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/best-towns/Durango-Colorado.html Outside "Best Towns 2011"
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