Warren Wilson alumnus continues a campus tradition Junior Melina Lozano works on a fire off Bee Tree Road in Swannanoa last November. Photo: Warren Wilson College Forestry Last year, more than 88,000 acres of wildland burned in North Carolina. With the potential for property damage and an increased risk… Read More
February 7, 2017
Warren Wilson hosts “Under Construction” reception Feb. 7 Warren Wilson College painting professor Lara Nguyen’s gallery exhibit gives the observer a chance to witness art-making in progress. The exhibition runs in the Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery through Feb. 7. Photo: Reggie Tidwell Stroll through almost any art gallery, and… Read More
January 30, 2017
Indonesian government asks native educators living abroad to create global higher ed links As one of Indonesia’s “Traveling World Class Professors,” Warren Wilson College professor Siti Kusujiarti is building a collaborative research partnership with Jenderal Soedirman University faculty members. Photo: Chris Polydoroff Siti Kusujiarti’s lessons in sociology,… Read More
January 5, 2017
Each year as the fall semester comes to a close, students on the Farm Crew put their personal touch on a Warren Wilson College tradition – decorating the Red Barn with holiday lights. “People look forward to those lights every year,” said Virginia Hamilton, assistant farm manager. Hamilton would… Read More
December 25, 2016
Odgers named one of 25 winners for service by statewide coalition Warren Wilson College senior Emily Odgers receives the 2016 Community Impact Award from Leslie Garvin, executive director of North Carolina Campus Compact. Photo by Peter Lorenz. As Emily Odgers wraps up her career at Warren Wilson College, she… Read More
December 21, 2016
Traditional music students will collaborate and perform with China’s Manhu Warren Wilson College’s Jenny and the Hog Drovers are touring China in January. From left to right: Phil Jamison, Clarke Williams, Maddy Mullany, Landon George, and Hayden Holbert. Photo by Reggie Tidwell. Two bands made up of musicians from… Read More
December 20, 2016
Retired Warren Wilson College faculty and staff members gathered Friday at Ransom Fellowship Hall for their annual reunion. Photo: Kyle McCurry When a faculty or staff member retires from Warren Wilson, they continue to be part of the College community. Some remain very close and even live on or… Read More
November 7, 2016
Between 1933 and 1957, Black Mountain College offered students an experimental education that “resemble[d] no other college in the U. S.,” according to a 1939 Time magazine article. At the same time, Warren Wilson College grew from a farm school to a junior college and inched closer to becoming a… Read More
October 25, 2016
Yale forestry alumni plan reunion at Warren Wilson College From its founding as the Asheville Farm School in 1894 with a Cornell University-educated superintendent to a Harvard University graduate currently serving as president, Warren Wilson College’s history is brimming with Ivy League influence. Countless current and… Read More
October 13, 2016
Public “Dig Days” planned for Berry site in September, October Warren Wilson College professor David Moore, center, Tulane University professor Christopher Rodning, second from left, and Michael Thorpe ’17, second from right, a member of Warren Wilson’s Archaeology Crew, survey the Berry site as fellow crewmember Amanda Bates ’17,… Read More
August 23, 2016