Three days before classes began, 220 new first-year and transfer students boarded buses en route to school and community gardens, food banks and pantries, and outdoor classrooms throughout Buncombe County. For the 26th year, Warren Wilson College set aside a day specifically focused on the needs of others. Service Day is part of orientation and an introduction […]
August 22, 2016
Foodscaper and entrepreneur Jeremy Lekich is the founder of Nashville Foodscapes. Nashville Foodscapes connects people with their food source by growing food where people live. They achieve this by offering creative food solutions through landscaping, creating custom designs of their clients’ yards, homes, and living spaces, allowing food to be grown in a way that […]
August 1, 2016
Shortly after the North Carolina primaries wrapped and before nominees or even presumptive presidential nominees were crowned, Warren Wilson College was entering a different kind of election cycle. New trustees were being elected to the College’s board of trustees, but in this case, students were voting for their peers. Since 1997, the board has welcomed a […]
July 26, 2016
With roughly 500,000 people cheering him on for 26.2 grueling miles, Warren Wilson College senior Gabriel Whitlock entered the City of Boston for the first time on foot. One of 27,487 Boston Marathon starting runners, Whitlock, a Warren Wilson Cross Country team member for his entire collegiate career, finished the 2016 race in a little less than three and a half […]
April 28, 2016
For students at Warren Wilson College, self-organizing around issues is easy to do. Surprisingly, the campus, ranked No. 6 in the country on the Princeton Review’s list of colleges with the “most liberal students,” did not have a chapter of the College Democrats of North Carolina (CDNC). “We wanted to see how we could work within current institutions […]
April 27, 2016
Christian Diaz ’12 is the executive director of Chicago Votes Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization focused on “volunteer-driven democracy.” His efforts have caught the attention of NBC News, which featured him in the story “Humanizing America: Young & Latino.” The news organization says his “goal is to encourage young voters to feel empowered to make their voice heard.” […]
March 31, 2016
Warren Wilson College students Vladyslav Ladchuk ’18, India Orman ’16, Jada Sheeler ’17 and Pearl-Lynnae Smith ’17 are spending the spring 2016 semester overseas thanks to the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The four students are among roughly 800 American undergraduate students from […]
February 10, 2016
Warren Wilson College 2015 graduate Lewis Pullman is starring in the title role of the new Amazon Studios pilot “Highston,” which made its debut Sept. 23, 2015. The Sacha Baron Cohen executive produced comedy also stars Chris Parnell of “Saturday Night Live,” Mary Lynn Rajskub of “24” and Curtis Armstrong of “American Dad” along with […]
November 19, 2015
In celebration of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week November 14-22, Warren Wilson College will hold its 17th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 6 p.m., in the Upper Fellowship Hall. The event raises awareness about hunger and food security issues in the Asheville and Buncombe County community. Participants will eat a simple meal […]
October 14, 2015
Warren Wilson College is No. 13 on Backpacker Magazine’s “The 20 Best Colleges for Hikers” list and one of only two ranked schools in the Southeast. The University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Wyoming, Dartmouth College and Cornell University are also in the top 20. The magazine considered three main criteria—location, outdoor culture and academics—while […]
October 5, 2015