Alumna Laura Boosinger performs with Luke Smathers in the 1980s at the Mountain Dance & Folk Festival. Photo: Mountain Dance and Folk Festival & Shindig on the Green Photographs from the Ramsey Library at UNC Asheville Special Collections. Used with permission. Warren Wilson College’s picturesque locale – sidled along… Read More
July 28, 2017
For many students in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, graduating is bittersweet. Earning a degree may be the goal, but the process and the bonds they form with their fellow students and professors are the ultimate rewards. On Friday, July 14, 2017, … Read More
July 20, 2017
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July 3, 2017
The Swannanoa Gathering’s 2016 contemporary folk staff concert concludes with a group performance of Tom Paxton’s “Ramblin’ Boy.” Photo: R.L. Geyer Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian takes classes and teaches during The Swannanoa Gathering. Photo: R.L. Geyer For the 26th year, The Swannanoa Gathering is attracting internationally… Read More
July 1, 2017
Since the early 1880s, professors have been taking time away from their typical duties at colleges and universities to tackle research projects. Sabbaticals at Warren Wilson College are usually one semester, but two professors have picked up prestigious fellowships to extend their time. With a full year at their disposal,… Read More
June 28, 2017
Two-fifths of the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame’s class of 2017 are part of the Warren Wilson College community. Math and music professor Phil Jamison, who also happens to be one of the world’s premiere flatfoot dancers, and 1980 graduate Laura Boosinger, a… Read More
June 13, 2017
The Jasper String Quartet launches Warren Wilson College’s Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival with July 1-3 performances in Asheville, Waynesville and Greenville. Photo: Dario Acosta Whether it’s unmatched authors in the MFA Program for Writers residency or world-renowned musicians of the folk and Celtic variety, summers at Warren Wilson College… Read More
June 12, 2017
For the second consecutive year, Warren Wilson College is an Arbor Day Foundation “Tree Campus USA.” The recognition denotes a continued commitment to effective urban forest management within the boundaries of central campus. Warren Wilson College achieved the title by meeting “Tree Campus USA’s” five… Read More
May 31, 2017
Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers is welcoming graduate students and faculty to campus for the annual summer residency. A staple since 1981, the two-week session features free public readings and lectures by some of the world’s most acclaimed writers in poetry and fiction. “The MFA Program… Read More
May 31, 2017
Warren Wilson College’s 2017 spring semester dean’s list features 120 students hailing from 27 states and six countries. Roughly 23 percent of undergraduates on the list hail from North Carolina. The list features students with a 3.75 grade-point average or higher. Students made the list from 17 majors. Those degree… Read More
May 30, 2017