Warren Wilson Ranked Top Outdoor College in the U.S.
Best Value Schools has named Warren Wilson College as one of its top 50 outdoor schools in the country.
January 14, 2021
Warren Wilson Names Soccer-Lacrosse Complex for Legendary Coach Hank Steinbrecher
Hank Steinbrecher coached Warren Wilson’s men’s soccer team from 1973 to 1978 and went on to become an American and international soccer leader credited with bringing soccer to prominence in the United States.
December 17, 2020
Cancellation of competitive athletics until March 1
Warren Wilson College has announced the cancellation of all competitive athletics until March 1, 2021. Men’s and women’s basketball and swimming are the sports that will be affected by this decision.
December 15, 2020
Cathy Kramer Announces Retirement from Warren Wilson College, Jay Roberts to Move into New Position
With the news of the retirement of Cathy Kramer, Vice President for Applied Learning, Warren Wilson will restructure in a way that will allow the College to deepen the integration of academics, work, and community engagement.
December 8, 2020
Warren Wilson Recognized as a Top Sustainable College
Warren Wilson College ranked third place overall among baccalaureate institutions in the 2020 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
December 3, 2020
Warren Wilson ends semester with no on-campus cases of COVID-19
Warren Wilson College has finished the fall semester with no positive on-campus cases of COVID-19. Warren Wilson was the only college in Western North Carolina to have no positive cases within its residential community this semester. “The fact that we were able to have zero cases this semester is mind-blowing,” said Justin Gildner, director of […]
November 24, 2020
Warren Wilson receives $1 million gift to support the Music Department
The Jazz Past - Jazz Future Scholarship Fund will help Warren Wilson’s Music Program provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding student musicians enrolled at the College and studying music.
November 6, 2020
Warren Wilson Featured as Case Study for Bringing Investments in line with Sustainability
The Intentional Endowments Network (IEN) has issued a new report using Warren Wilson College as a case study to demonstrate that endowments of all sizes can successfully implement strategy to align their investments with institutional mission.
October 23, 2020
Mariah Parker ’13 at the Intersection of Politics, Hip Hop, & Linguistics
Mariah Parker ’13 is an elected politician, a hip hop artist, and a Ph.D. candidate in Language and Literacy Education. As protesters mobilized across the country this summer in response to the murder of George Floyd by an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department, Parker led thousands who were calling for change in Athens, Georgia.
October 7, 2020
Emmy Award-winning Ashevillian to Serve as Diplomat and Journalist-in-Residence
In her role as Diplomat and Journalist-in-Residence, Elizabeth O. Colton, Ph.D. will serve as a professor, scholar, diplomat and communications expert to teach, lecture and mentor students and to promote Warren Wilson College locally, nationally and globally.
September 2, 2020