An Address In Lieu of Convocation

Normally we hold in-person convocation on the first day of school. The ceremony is an annual tradition that gathers together students, faculty, staff, and administrators to formally begin a new academic year. As we are unable to gather in person today, we offer this address of welcome to our students… Read More

August 17, 2020

STARS Gold rating for sustainability achievements

Warren Wilson College has earned a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). With more than 900 participants in 40 countries, AASHE’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) program is the most widely recognized framework in the world for publicly reporting comprehensive information related to a college or university’s sustainability performance. Read More

August 13, 2020

Professors’ Research Uncovers Untold Story of Racial Violence

Beneath the popular folk song, “Swannanoa Tunnel,” and beneath the railroad tracks that run through Western North Carolina, is a story of blood, greed, and obfuscation. This story was told by two Warren Wilson College professors who spent the last eight years researching it. Read More

August 6, 2020

“Crafted Roots” Exhibition to Open at Center for Craft

An upcoming exhibition at the Center for Craft, curated by a student in the MA in Critical Craft Studies program, will examine the foundational moments in the late 1800s and early 1900s that laid the groundwork for the thriving craft scene found in the Asheville region today. Read More

July 15, 2020

Rima Vesely-Flad

Professor awarded prestigious Fulbright to teach in Ghana

Rima Vesely-Flad, who serves as the director of the Peace and Justice Studies Department and as an associate professor of philosophy and Africana studies at Warren Wilson, received a Fulbright award to teach four liberal arts courses at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Read More

July 9, 2020