May 15, 2007

Vol. 10 No. 26



Majora Carter to speak at 2007 Commencement Ceremony

Majora Carter, founder and executive director of Sustainable South Bronx (http://www.ssbx.org), will speak at the 2006-07 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m., on Sunderland Lawn. Founded in 2001, Sustainable South Bronx promotes environmental justice through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by the needs of the community. SSB also addresses land-use, energy, transportation, water and waste policy, and education in order to advance the environmental and economic rebirth of the South Bronx to inspire solutions in areas like it across the nation and the globe. C-SPAN plans to televise Carter’s Commencement Address – her first.

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Graduation rehearsal

Thurs., May 17, 6 p.m., Kittredge Theatre. Required for all graduates. You’ll get your cap and gown at this time.

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Honors and Awards Night - Friday, May 18, 8 p.m., College Chapel.

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Faculty & staff marching orders

Faculty and staff planning to march in the Commencement Processional should arrive at Kittredge Lobby by 9 a.m. on Saturday for robing and lining up. The processional will begin at 10 a.m. Rented regalia (cap & gown) should be returned with original packaging to Kittredge Lobby following the graduation ceremony.

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Panama project receives conservation grant

Warren Wilson College and a conservation nonprofit in Panama have received an ESRI Conservation Grant to conduct research using geographical information systems (GIS) on a nature reserve in the Panamanian rainforest. The grant includes GIS software and software extensions worth more than $6,500, as well as a pass to the international GIS conference in San Diego and enrollment in an advanced GIS class led by ESRI. The grant will help support a $100,000, three-year research project conducted by WWC and CREA (Conservation through Research, Education and Action) to implement an environmental GIS and wireless sensor network on a 1,000-acre nature reserve in Panama (see http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~storyteller/NEWS/NEWS-benjand-2007-3-16-11-6-12.shtml) for more about this project.

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New DVD titles in library

The library has new DVD titles in the rotating video collection. Titles and descriptions can be seen at: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~library/videos.htm

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Extended library hours -- coffee and tea

The library will extend its evening hours until midnight Sunday, May 13-Wednesday, May 16, to accommodate students working on projects or studying for exams. There will be coffee and tea available from 8-9 p.m. those nights in the downstairs library lounge. Please bring your own covered cups.

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Dining schedule

The last meal served in Cowpie Cafe will be lunch on Thursday, May 17. The last meal served in Gladfelter Cafeteria will be a continental breakfast on Saturday, May 19. Gladfelter reopens on Mon., June 4.

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Service Learning needs art supplies

Service Learning is collecting art/craft supplies and toys for the NOLA Summer Youth Program. Donation boxes are located in Lower Glad, Sunderland, Holden, Stephenson, and Eco-Dorm. Please give what you can.

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Yearbooks available - 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Mon.-Thurs. in Lower Glad. Be prepared to show ID.

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John Huie receives highest N.C. civilian award for service to state

Environmental Leadership Center founder and director John Huie has been selected by Gov. Michael F. Easley to receive The Order of the Long Leaf Pine. The award is the highest civilian honor in North Carolina. The distinction is granted to “outstanding North Carolinians who have a proven record of service to the state.” Under his guidance since its founding in 1995, the ELC has launched numerous programs that offer students opportunities to learn, to support the environment and to contribute to their community. Among these are the EcoTeam, in which students have developed a series of environmental lessons for third graders in Buncombe County and beyond; and an internship program for Warren Wilson students that gives them opportunities with some of the nation’s most respected environmental organizations. Before coming to Warren Wilson, Huie was executive director of N.C. Outward Bound for 17 years. He is leaving the college effective July 1 in order to focus on his work as an educational consultant with John Huie Consulting. A native of Albany, Ga., Huie holds degrees from Davidson, Emory and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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2007-08 Theatre preview

Warren Wilson Theatre is pleased to announce it's 2007-2008 Season.  We've included dates for auditions, because we'd like EVERYBODY who wants to to audition for our plays (and that includes staff and faculty)!  Take note:  auditions for the first show (a musical) are during the very first week of classes.  Also note: Some things are bound to be added to the season!

Fall semester

Tues-Wed, Aug. 29-30  (week one): 
Auditions for The Threepenny Opera

Thurs-Sun, Nov. 15-18 (week eleven): 
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's historic musical The Threepenny Opera (Steve Williams, Music Director; Graham Paul, Stage Director; Julie Gillum, Choreographer: Remember "Mack the Knife"?  "Pirate Jenny"?  The play is the source of those and many other raucous and beautiful songs.  The play is a biting satire in which The Criminals and The Authorities are often hard to distinguish, and The Homeless Beggars are exploited by all.  Rather topical.

Thurs-Fri, Nov. 29-30 (week thirteen): Joint Auditions for Description Beggared and Peter Pan

Thursday, Dec. 13 (week fifteen):  Dance/Act I :  an evening of student work

Spring semester:

Thurs-Sun, Feb. 7-10 (week three):
Description Beggared; or, The Allegory of Whiteness by Mac Wellman (Graham Paul, Director): Noted contemporary playwright Mac Wellman's lyrical, exotic, and strangely disturbing play with music offers a humorously disturbing look at All Things White.  Take that as you will.

Thurs-Sun, April 25-28 (week thirteen):
James M. Barrie's classic play, Peter Pan (Charlotte Lawrence, Director): So you thought that Peter Pan was about how childhood is all sweetness and light?  Think again.  Graduating Senior Charlotte Lawrence directs Barrie's strange and wonderful play.

Thursday, May 15 (week fifteen):  Dance/Act II:  another evening of student work

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Registration under way for Archeology Field School

Registration is under way for the 2007 WWC Archaeology Field School, to be held near Morganton June 18-July 13. Four one-week sessions will be held at the highly significant Berry site, subject of the Smithsonian Magazine article “Spain Makes a Stand” in March 2006. The site along Upper Creek is believed to represent not only an ancestral Catawba Indian town, but also the earliest European settlement in the North American interior.

Two schools will be offered this year – one focusing on excavation methods, the other on laboratory methods. Enrollment is available for one to four weeks for a non-credit participant fee of $300 per week. Although enrollment is limited by number, archaeological experience isn’t necessary.

The 2007 field school will concentrate on a one-acre area where 16th century Spanish artifacts and the remains of five burned buildings have been located. These structures represent the remains of the Spanish compound Fort San Juan. Participants in the school will work to map and excavate the area around one of these burned buildings. While the field school is under way, another crew will be excavating one of the burned buildings as part of a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Field school participants also will also assist in this effort.

For registration forms or more details, contact field school director David Moore, 771-2013, dmoore@warren-wilson.edu . To view images and read about previous field schools at the Berry site, see http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~arch.

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Open Positions

Admission Counselor - The Counselor recruits, evaluates, and counsels prospective students for the College. We tell our prospective students, “Warren Wilson College is not for everyone... but then, maybe you’re not everyone.” We want the same in a new admission team member. Position Summary

1. Manage a territory as assigned by states, or category of student. Produce a marketing plan for enrolling qualified students for the College. The current territory is North Carolina and Virginia.
2. Prospect cultivation of a pool of inquiries to motivate them to visit, apply, and deposit.
3. Travel requirement of approximately three to four months in the fall and two months in the spring and other dates as assigned, (numerous overnights).
4. Creates and implement an individual marketing plan through the use of state narratives and travel planning.
5. Represent the college at college fairs and through high school visits, special recruitment programs such as dinners and interview days, etc.
6. Other duties that we are asked to do and for which we don’t receive credit but need getting done.

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required. Exceptional organizational skills. Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Outstanding telephone skills. Exceptionally computer literate. Ability to travel. Have a valid NC drivers license or the ability to obtain one quickly.

Send letter of application and a resume as a PDF or Word attachments to Human Resources Director, Gail Baylor at: gbaylor@warren-wilson.edu. References will be requested at a latter date. Electronic applications only. Start date is July 1 along with a few required days in June to attend an office retreat.


Public Safety Officer - The Officer is responsible for maintaining security in the working and learning environment of the College Community. This includes the training and supervision of a student work crew. Since Public Safety is a 24-hour per day operation and in order to maintain effective staff requirements, officers are assigned rotating shifts and days off.

Qualifications: Two years college plus 2 to 5 years relevant training and experience in public safety; able and willing to work 12 hour shifts, weekends and holidays; no criminal record; proven ability to make good decision in emergency situations; and able to be on 24 hour emergency call rotation, including Saturday, Sunday and holidays and NC operator’s license, with an acceptable record. Experience working on a college campus is desirable. Interested and qualified individuals please send resume, cover letter, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to: Gail Baylor, Warren Wilson College, PO Box 9000, Asheville, N.C. 28815-9000. Applications should be received by May 21, 2007. E.O.E. M/F/D/V

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Hooray for . . .

Paul Magnarella (Peace & Justice), who placed first in the 50-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard individual medley events at the recent North Carolina State Masters Swimming Championship meet in Raleigh.

WWC counselor Anne Lundblad, who is featured in the June issue of Runner's World magazine.

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