Academics
Combining a 鈥渂eautiful location,鈥 鈥渆xcellent鈥 professors, 鈥渟mall class size,鈥 and a 鈥渉elpful鈥 administration, Fort Lewis College offers a 鈥渜uality education provided in an intimate learning environment coupled with an outgoing and outdoor community.鈥 鈥淭he professors are wonderfully talented, and many are over-qualified for their positions.鈥 Why do such accomplished professors come here? 鈥淒urango attracts really high-end professors even though it is a small town because it is so beautiful and so many people want to live here.鈥 Professors bring a 鈥渨ell-balanced mix of instructional styles as well as academic, life, and career advice.鈥 And 鈥渢hey are always willing to spend time outside of class tutoring or talking, and most of them use several learning methods in the classroom.鈥 Like the faculty, 鈥淭he administration seems connected and accessible.鈥 It seems as though students can鈥檛 go wrong in choosing a major, as students cite 鈥渁rchaeology, chemistry, teaching majors,鈥 鈥済reat English and history departments,鈥 鈥渂usiness鈥 and 鈥渕usic鈥 as academic strengths of the college. But 鈥淏ecause Fort Lewis is a liberal arts institution, you get a very well rounded experience.鈥 And there鈥檚 a 鈥渂onus鈥攏o grad school, so profs teach their own classes.鈥
Student Body
You will find on the Fort Lewis College campus an abundance of 鈥渙utdoor loving, open-minded,鈥 鈥渓aid back,鈥 鈥渓iberal,鈥 鈥渟uper artistic, super environmentally aware, intellectual鈥 鈥渉ippies.鈥 They profess 鈥渁ll ranges of religious beliefs,鈥 and they are 鈥済enerally involved in extracurricular activities, such as intramural sports and outdoor pursuits.鈥 As far as where they all come from, one student estimates that 鈥渢he student body is split in thirds: one-third local, one-third from the Front Range, one-third from all over.鈥 One unique aspect of the Fort Lewis student body is that it 鈥渉as a high Native American population,鈥 as well as a 鈥渓ot of good opportunities specifically for Native Americans.鈥 This in large part is a result of the tuition waiver the school generously offers to all Native American students.
Campus Life
鈥淭he great outdoors are very important鈥 to those who attend Fort Lewis College. 鈥淲inter allows for all sorts of snow sports (snowboarding, skiing, ski-surfing, snowshoeing, ice climbing, winter backpacking/camping), and the summer provides its own set of activities (mountain biking, camping, backpacking, kayaking).鈥 When they鈥檙e not on the mountain or in the river, students 鈥渉ang out in the small downtown area.鈥 鈥淒owntown Durango is very beautiful and historic. There are tons of cool stores to check out, and there are as many restaurants per capita [as] San Francisco, so you won鈥檛 get bored with the food.鈥 Durango is also 鈥渁 very liberal town. Many residents are, for lack of a better name, 鈥榦ld hippies.鈥 This makes for a small town with big dreams.鈥 Case in point, 鈥淒urango鈥ikes to shut down Main Street to throw random parties, so that鈥檚 right up our alley.鈥 Students enjoy going to the downtown bars, which they describe as 鈥渃hill.鈥 鈥淎 lot of people drink, but no one judges you if you don鈥檛 (we鈥檒l just ask you for a ride).鈥 One main attraction of the bars is the fact that 鈥渢here is great beer in Durango,鈥 reportedly of the 鈥渇resh brewed鈥 variety. When students get to thinking, they 鈥渢hink about the environment a lot. Durango is a very environmentally friendly town.鈥
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