Fort Lewis College (FLC)

Combining a ���beautiful location,��� ���excellent��� professors, ���small class size,��� and a ���helpful��� administration, Fort Lewis College offers a ���quality education provided in an intimate learning environment coupled with an outgoing and outdoor community.��� ���The professors are wonderfully talented, and many are over-qualified for their positions.��� Why do such accomplished professors come here? ���Durango 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.��� Professors bring a ���well-balanced mix of instructional styles as well as academic, life, and career advice.��� And ���they are always willing to spend time outside of class tutoring or talking, and most of them use several learning methods in the classroom.��� Like the faculty, ���The administration seems connected and accessible.��� It seems as though students can���t go wrong in choosing a major, as students cite ���archaeology, chemistry, teaching majors,��� ���great English and history departments,��� ���business��� and ���music��� as academic strengths of the college. But ���Because Fort Lewis is a liberal arts institution, you get a very well rounded experience.��� And there���s a ���bonus���no grad school, so profs teach their own classes.���

You will find on the Fort Lewis College campus an abundance of ���outdoor loving, open-minded,��� ���laid back,��� ���liberal,��� ���super artistic, super environmentally aware, intellectual��� ���hippies.��� They profess ���all ranges of religious beliefs,��� and they are ���generally involved in extracurricular activities, such as intramural sports and outdoor pursuits.��� As far as where they all come from, one student estimates that ���the student body is split in thirds: one-third local, one-third from the Front Range, one-third from all over.��� One unique aspect of the Fort Lewis student body is that it ���has a high Native American population,��� as well as a ���lot of good opportunities specifically for Native Americans.��� This in large part is a result of the tuition waiver the school generously offers to all Native American students.

���The great outdoors are very important��� to those who attend Fort Lewis College. ���Winter 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).��� When they���re not on the mountain or in the river, students ���hang out in the small downtown area.��� ���Downtown 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���t get bored with the food.��� Durango is also ���a very liberal town. Many residents are, for lack of a better name, ���old hippies.��� This makes for a small town with big dreams.��� Case in point, ���Durango��奸ikes to shut down Main Street to throw random parties, so that���s right up our alley.��� Students enjoy going to the downtown bars, which they describe as ���chill.��� ���A lot of people drink, but no one judges you if you don���t (we���ll just ask you for a ride).��� One main attraction of the bars is the fact that ���there is great beer in Durango,��� reportedly of the ���fresh brewed��� variety. When students get to thinking, they ���think about the environment a lot. Durango is a very environmentally friendly town.���