Warren Wilson indeed is number one...

#1 in the Southeast on Sierra Magazine's list of "10 Coolest Schools" in the fight against global warming, and #3 nationwide.

#1 as the only school with fewer than 1,000 students on the list of leading service-learning programs in U.S. News' "America's Best Colleges 2008."

#1 in becoming the first college or university in the Southeast to offset all of its energy use with renewable energy credits, or “green” power.

#1 in the number of students over the years who have won N.C. Academy of Science awards for their research.

#1 in becoming the first college or university in North Carolina to have a Gold Certified Building under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.

#1 in the Southeast on Outside Magazine’s list of “40 schools that turn out smart grads with top-notch academic credentials, a healthy environmental ethos, and an A+ sense of adventure." Click here .

#1 in becoming the first college, in the early 1960s, to make service-learning a graduation requirement.

#1 in its recognition as the "Greenest College" in the Southeast, selected by Blue Ridge Outdoors as part of the magazine's Green Globe Awards.

#1 in its selection as Conservation Farm Family of the Year in the Mountain Region, chosen by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

#1 in the South in “America’s Best Colleges,” with “Highest Proportion of Classes Under 20” among schools with master’s programs.

#1 in receiving the national 2006 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, in the category of four-year schools with fewer than 1,000 students.

#1 in its selection by the organization Sustainable North Carolina as recipient of the 2006 N.C. Sustainability Award, in the Environmental Stewardship category.

#1 among N.C. independent colleges in signing a letter of intent for the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment.