Alfredo Rosete

Warren Wilson College set to launch economics major in fall 2018

Within months of signing on as a professor at Warren Wilson College, Alfredo Rosete is building a new major. The College faculty recently approved the professor’s proposal to offer an economics degree. Now, he is preparing to launch the program next fall. “I really admire the student body,” Rosete said about his decision to teach […]

November 13, 2017

Rodney Lytle

Warren Wilson College names pool after legendary graduate

Discuss the Warren Wilson College pool with Rodney Lytle, and he will break into one of his famous stories. In this case, Lytle doesn’t discuss a College president or one of the countless students he has influenced. For him, the pool is about his children. “My children were raised in the pool,” said Lytle, the […]

November 9, 2017

Junior Nirmal de Alwis, a native of Sri Lanka

Warren Wilson College strengthens international student recruitment

Strike up a conversation with a group of Warren Wilson College graduates and internationalism is bound to come up. For many alumni, meeting people from all over the world was, at one time, a substantial part of being a Warren Wilson College student. The College’s international student population was approximately 25 percent of the student […]

November 8, 2017

Zero Waste Initiative

Warren Wilson College, Vermont Law School partnership expands access to graduate school

Entering an undergraduate program at Warren Wilson College now means certain students can simultaneously work toward graduate degrees. A new partnership with Vermont Law School opens pathways to earn a bachelor’s and a juris doctor (JD) in six years or a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in five years. “We’re going after some top-notch programs,” […]

November 7, 2017

The Warren Wilson College Forest

Warren Wilson College, Duke University recommit to 40-year-old dual enrollment program

Warren Wilson College and Duke University have re-signed a decades-old commitment to expand graduate school access to undergraduate students. Part of the Warren Wilson College Advantage Program (WWCAP), the dual enrollment agreement ensures environmental studies students have the chance to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in as little as five years. “Duke is […]

November 6, 2017

Shadow Land cover

Elizabeth Kostova headlines Harwood-Cole Memorial Lecture at Warren Wilson College

Event Details: The Harwood-Cole Memorial Lecture featuring Elizabeth Kostova Sunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. Kittredge Community Arts Center Admission is free, but seat reservations are requested. Please visit https://goo.gl/Efdqtj to reserve your space. The last time alumna Elizabeth Kostova lectured at Warren Wilson College, her discussion focused on Eastern Europe and her first book, […]

November 6, 2017

NSURS Presentation

Advantage Program creates pathway to graduate school

What do graduates want to do after earning a bachelor’s degree? Nearly 65 percent of incoming Warren Wilson College students say they want to attend graduate school. In response, Warren Wilson College is forming partnerships with top colleges and universities to increase access to a variety of graduate programs. “If a student wants to go […]

November 1, 2017

Lynn Morton and Lara Nguyen in front of mural

Warren Wilson College, Owen Middle dedicate mural

Black Mountain, NC – Oct. 27, 2017 – Warren Wilson College painting professor Lara Nguyen is accustomed to creating murals. Her art adorns walls across campus and covers the entire outside of a building in downtown Asheville. But her most recent project is unique, even for her. This time, she worked alongside more than 600 […]

October 28, 2017

Red Barn

Warren Wilson College announces two free tuition programs for new students

Asheville, NC – Oct. 30, 2017 – When Lynn Morton delivered her first speech as president of Warren Wilson College, she made a prediction: “We will support our community as it supports us.” Her vision is now a reality with the launch of two historic initiatives designed to give undergraduate students the chance to attend […]

October 27, 2017