Pagosa Springs Rotary Club
Last week, Dr. Dene Kay Thomas, President of the Fort Lewis College, was our speaker. I, for one, learned a GREAT DEAL about our closest college!! For example, I had no idea that Fort Lewis College had a historic commitment to Native Americans! Any qualified Native American student is admitted tuition free. No baccalaureate institution in the country awards more degrees, including STEM degrees, to Native Americans than Fort Lewis College. I also learned that retention and graduation rates at Fort Lewis College are near the top among Colorado Regionals and that it produces the leading number of Fulbright Scholars.
Now, admittedly, I knew very little about Fort Lewis to begin with, but there is an accreditation from the Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). Schools earning this rigorous accreditation are considered to be among the best in the world - guess what - Fort Lewis holds this accreditation and it has just recently been reaffirmed! While the Fort Lewis College maintains its emphasis on the liberal arts subjects, it prides itself upon listening to our local employers and making a huge commitment to the STEM subjects! Our students graduating from Fort Lewis are focused upon their earning potential and available careers.