Pep Rally: Celebrating Success on the Court!

Join us as we celebrate the success of our men’s and women’s basketball teams with an on-campus Pep Rally! We’ll send them off in style by coming together as a community to cheer them on! You’ll get a chance to meet the teams, high-five Doc (our Owl Mascot!), get your… Read More

Feb 26, 2018

Women's Basketball Team

Owls basketball headed for the nationals

Swannanoa, N.C. – The Warren Wilson women’s and men’s basketball teams will be competing in the 2018 USCAA DII National Tournament. The tournament will start on Wednesday, February 28 and run through Saturday, March 3. On Monday, February 26, the Warren Wilson community will send the teams off… Read More

February 20, 2018

Chapel Harvest Display

Warren Wilson College, Presbyterian Church mark 84th Harvest Celebration

The shared history between Warren Wilson College and Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church (WWPC) was on full display Sunday. In a nod to the College’s agricultural programs and products, the “harvest celebration” took over the chancel for the Church’s Thanksgiving service. From produce to livestock and products to tools, the display… Read More

November 21, 2017

AFS students at work

Warren Wilson College turns 123-years-old

For decades, Warren Wilson College has listed its founding date as Nov. 30, 1894. The date is published in books and celebrated by “This Day in History” websites. However, new research has revealed a possible discrepancy in the College’s birth date. Asheville Farm School in 1912 In April 1893,… Read More

November 21, 2017

Valley Aerial

Applying to Warren Wilson College helps someone in need

For high school seniors celebrating Thanksgiving this week, applying to college is bound to be on their minds. Which school has the right major? Will they fit in? Do their values align? With an undergraduate education emphasizing social and economic justice and the common good, Warren Wilson College is using… Read More

November 20, 2017

Martha Knight-Oakley

Expressive arts therapy major comes to Warren Wilson College

An Alzheimer’s patient listens to music from his past and starts to form words he has not uttered in years. A wounded soldier creates a sculpture to sort through a traumatic incident on the battlefield. A child receiving cancer treatment happily paints a picture during a hospital visit to take… Read More

November 16, 2017

Hog Drovers

Warren Wilson College expands music offerings with new major next fall

Forty-six years ago, a new president came to Warren Wilson College with big plans. From academic building construction to fundraising, the similarities between now and then are striking. But the introduction of a new music major in 1971 is perhaps the most interesting connection across time as Warren Wilson College… Read More

November 14, 2017

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… Read More

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… Read More

November 9, 2017