Graduates enter Whalen Gymnasium for the 2021 Fall Commencement on Friday at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tom Stritikus, president of Fort Lewis College, asks students to applaud their family as American Sign Language interpreter, Ramona Richardson, conveys his words Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Family and friends applaud the graduates during the 2021 Fall Commencement on Friday in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some Fort Lewis College graduates decorated their mortarboards for the 2021 fall commencement Friday at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some Fort Lewis College graduates decorated their mortarboards for the 2021 fall commencement Friday at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Skyhawk Nation performs during the 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Some Fort Lewis College graduates decorated their mortarboards for the 2021 fall commencement Friday at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Graduates wait to receive their degrees Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Graduates wait to receive their degrees Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Iyahna Calton, with the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College, speaks Friday during the 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Graduates wait to receive their degrees Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tom Stritikus, president of Fort Lewis College, hands out diplomas to students Friday during the 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College student Gillian Hardy, a student marshal, listens Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
David Blake, vice president of the faculty senate at Fort Lewis College, speaks Friday during the 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jessica Matlock, CEO of La Plata Electric, is the guest speaker Friday during the Fort Lewis College 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Tom Stritikus, president of Fort Lewis College, hands out diplomas to students Friday during the 2021 Fall Commencement in Whalen Gymnasium at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
About 140 Fort Lewis College graduates throw their mortarboards at the end of the 2021 Fall Commencement on Friday at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College student Desmon Shaundo Tippeconnie waits to receive his degree Friday in Whalen Gymnasium during the 2021 Fall Commencement at the college. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
