February 20, 2007
Vol. 10  No. 21


Community News


Save the date for President Pfeiffer’s inauguration

The inauguration of Warren Wilson’s sixth president, William Sanborn Pfeiffer, will take place April 28, 2007. Events during inauguration week include the following: April 25 - Work Day and BBQ
April 26 - Davidson Roundtable featuring Sylvia Earle of the National Geographic Society
April 27 - Triad Celebration Dinner
April 28 - WWC Green Walkabout, lunch, installation ceremony, reception and music.

Invitations are forthcoming.

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WWC to receive $90,000 from Whitehead Foundation for scholarships
 
Trustees of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc. of Atlanta have approved a grant of $90,000 to Warren Wilson College, to be used for scholarships during the 2007-2008 academic year. The Whitehead Foundation is dedicated to providing support for needy women in nine southeastern states, including North Carolina. More than 200 institutions participate in the foundation’s scholarship program in an effort to help meet the financial needs of their students. Conkey Pate Whitehead created the foundation in 1946 as memorial to his mother, Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans. Founded in 1894, Warren Wilson is a four-year liberal arts college known for its Triad Education Program blending academics, work and service-learning. The college enrolled a record 838 undergraduate students during the Fall 2006 semester.     

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Natural Science Seminars

Feb. 26 - 4 p.m., Neal Maker - “Basal area and form class relationship for small diameter Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in the North Carolina piedmont.”  Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd.
March 5 - 4 p.m. - Todd Boera -  “Agricultural Lime as a Control Method for Leaf Cutter Ants.”  Mentor Karen Joslin

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Arcadia at the WWC Theatre

Warren Wilson Theatre continues its 2006-2007 Season of Light and Dark with Tom Stoppard’s contemporary comic masterpiece Arcadia. The play will be performed March 7-10 at 8 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m. in Kittredge Theater. Directing the 12-member cast in this ambitious production is guest professional director Ron Bashford. In the 1993 comedy Arcadia, Stoppard delves into a fascinating mystery of love, science, literature and landscape, pitting the inhabitants of an English estate in 1809 – the world of Romantic poet Lord Byron – against the obsessions of a colorful group of researchers in our own time. Hoping to make sense of the past, they careen delightfully through all manner of topics: chaos theory, archeology, sex, love, fame and the meaning of existence in a rapidly changing world. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for area students, seniors and Warren Wilson College faculty, staff and alumni. Those wishing to make reservations should contact the Warren Wilson Theatre Box Office at (828) 771-3040.

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WorldWide
Lower Laursen
Ext. 3057

Approval forms for summer and fall 2007 external (non-Warren Wilson) study abroad programs are due to Naomi Otterness in the WorldWide office by March 1.

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Green Buzz

Roots & Shoots
Over forty years ago, a young scientist began research on chimpanzees in Tanzania. Her research was monumental in the discovery of the human relationship to apes.  Today the study continues, and Dr. Jane Goodall’s passion for animals and the environment has spread throughout the world. The Jane Goodall Institute sponsors outreach programs on every continent, educating people about animals, the environment and human rights. One of their most influential programs, called “Roots & Shoots,” educates and empowers young people, inspiring them to create positive change in their communities. Currently there are over 8,000 Roots & Shoots Clubs in nearly 100 countries around the world, where members of Roots & Shoots design and implement service projects that address the issues of animals, people and the environment. Roots & Shoots implements a model that states “knowledge leads to compassion that inspires action.”

Roots & Shoots utilizes WWC’s own EcoTeam Program at universities across
the country to provide college students with meaningful environmental education outreach opportunities. Two weeks ago, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute came to visit Warren Wilson and introduce the Roots and Shoots program to the campus.

Here at Warren Wilson, members of the new Roots & Shoots program have the
opportunity to make a difference in their communities or on a state, national or international scale. Join us in welcoming the Roots & Shoots program to Warren Wilson, and supporting environmental education and outreach in our community.

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Campus Greening Seed Grants
The Warren Wilson College Campus Greening Seed Grant Program supports student-initiated solutions for macro-environmental problems, and provides the financial means to enact those practical solutions on the micro level. This year, many applications offered enthusiastic campus greening projects, and three proposals were selected by the WWC Campus Greening Crew to receive a Seed Grant. The 2006-2007 recipients of the Campus Greening Seed Grant are Brianna Perras, with Academic Building Services, William Lyons with the Garden Crew, and Andrew McFate with Recycling/Solid Waste. Brianna received a grant for a project to beautify Jensen through the appropriate placement of plants, prisms, and other happy things. William received monies for the implementation of a garden windbreak; primarily constructed of native plants, the windbreak will aesthetically reduce wind speed and evaporation.  The third lucky duck, Andrew was given a Seed Grant to purchase bulk food bins for the Warren Wilson Bookstore.  The sale of bulk foods from these refillable bins will provide access to environmentally friendly snacks and reduce food-packaging waste on campus. Seed Grants are generously supported by a donation from Chris and Ollie Ahrens and the ELC. Huzzah, grant recipients! A hearty thanks to all who submitted grant applications. Please keep a lookout for these projects as they come to a building, garden or bookstore near you.

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Swannanoa School of Culinary Arts
 
The SSCA is now open for registration for its third season. Having quadrupled in size from its first to its second year, it has expanded at present to two weeks in July.  The first, featuring Laurey Masterton, Michael Gentry, Barbara Swell, Chris Aquilino, Dee Dee Arthur, Marc Williams, Susi Gott Séguret, Pierre Lestieux, Danielle Creeksong, Hiranth Jayasinghe, and Marge Porter, will take place from July 8-14.  The second will be from July 15-21, and features Mark Rosenstein, Hiranth Jayasinghe, Laura Pole, Michael Gentry, Chris Aquilino, Susi Séguret, Laurey Masterton, Ian Robertson, Pierre Lestieux, Danielle Creeksong, and Wally Maria Mazzucco.  Both weeks will include wine tasting led by Eberhard Heide and beer tasting led by Brian Cole.  Diana Schmitt McCall will provide tastings for an evening of food songs and stories each week. For more information, you can view the latest newsletter and schedule at http://www.schoolofculinaryarts.org, or call Katie Green at ext. 3018.

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National Conference on Organized Resistance

The Peace and Justice Studies Crew will be taking students to Washington, D.C. for the National Conference On Organized Resistance (NCOR) March 9-11. This conference has been successful in the past and it is an opportunity to attend workshops and network with people from all across the country. Last year’s topics included globalization, anarchist economics, anti-racist organizing, peak oil, resistance in Latin America, etc. The cost is estimated to be anywhere from $20-$25, excluding food and metro card (if needed). Pre-Registration is $10, the rest of that money is to pay for gas. If you are interested in attending, contact the Peace and Justice Crew - socialjustice@warren-wilson.edu, ext. 3901.

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Open position: Forest manager

WWC is seeking applicants for the position of Forest Manager.  The Forest Manager will oversee management of all College-owned forestland and is also responsible for training, organizing, and supervising the field activities of the Forestry Crew, which manages the College’s 640-acre forest. Successful candidates will possess a Bachelors degree in forestry or a related field and a specific knowledge of Southern Appalachian forests.  Supervision of the 20-member student crew is the primary focus of this job and applicants should have experience working with college-age students.  Applicants must be eager to teach all aspects of practical forest management in the field, while carrying out the forest management plan. With input from the Forestry faculty member, the Forest Manager will be responsible for updating the forest management plan every five years and guiding the plan through a review by the College’s Land Use Committee. The manager will plan and execute all silvicultural treatments on the forest including planting, thinning, invasive species control, burning, harvest, and sale of timber.  Other responsibilities include maintenance of 15 miles of woods roads, and 25 miles of hiking trails, operation of portable bandsaw mill, production and sale of non-timber forest products, keeping detailed records of management activities, and maintaining the GIS system for the forest. Experience with forest equipment such as chainsaws, portable bandsaws, logging equipment, and herbicide application equipment is required.  Experience with draft horses is desired.  A general knowledge of heavy equipment operation and small engine repair is essential. Interested and qualified applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to Gail Baylor, Warren Wilson College, PO Box 9000, Asheville, N.C.  28815-9000, or email gbaylor@warren-wilson.edu. Deadline for applications is March 15, 2007.     E.O.E. M/F/D/V

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Scholarly Achievements

The first novel by MFA graduate Michael Thomas is featured on the front page of the New York Times Book Review's Feb. 4 issue. Man Gone Down, which tells the story of an African-American man's pursuit of the American Dream, is called "an impressive success." Meanwhile, in a starred review, Booklist says "Thomas has written a rhapsodic and piercing post-9/11 lament over aggression, greed, and racism, and a ravishing blues for the soul's unending loneliness."

Sebastian Matthews’ book of poems, We Generous, has been published by Red Hen Press (www.redhen.org). He will be reading at Malaprops on March 11 at 3 p.m.

WWC adjunct faculty member Marty Price, J.D. has been awarded a Fulbright
Senior Specialist grant to lecture in Argentina during the 2007 academic year. After being accepted as a Fulbright scholar, Price was immediately invited by The John F. Kennedy University of Argentina Law School, where he will teach in the Ph.D. program on the topic of Restorative Justice, beginning in mid-April. He will also be the keynote speaker and trainer at an international conference on victim-offender mediation in Tierra del Fuego in May. Price traveled to Argentina and Chile in 2006 on behalf of the U.S. Department of State's Democracy and Human Rights International Information Program. The tour program was called, "Restorative Justice: Practices and Pitfalls - How to Make it Work." Along with Asheville attorney Kim Wright (WWC '81), Price is co-teaching Restorative Justice in the Peace and Justice Studies department this semester.