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
The Warren Wilson College Farm is one of “The 40 Best College Farms in America,” according to a website. In addition to Warren Wilson, CollegeRanker.com, which aims to help potential applicants make informed decisions when considering colleges, also includes the farms from Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University and Yale […]
September 23, 2015
Warren Wilson College junior Ben Linthicum says his path in life has been guided for some time by a single question: “How can I meaningfully contribute to ecological sustainability?” It’s a question that not surprisingly led him to WWC, and to various academic, work and service opportunities provided by the College’s learning Triad. It also […]
May 1, 2015
The WWC Timbersports Team took first place in physical disciplines at the Tennessee Stud competition in Knoxville. Warren Wilson competed against the University of Tennessee, N.C. State University, West Virginia University and the University of Kentucky, finishing first in physical disciplines and third in overall disciplines. Freshman Mimi MacDonald took Tennessee Mare, the top finisher in all female events. The team took […]
April 22, 2015
Major: Creative Writing Work Crew: Heavy Duty/ Res Life/ Cowpie/ Writing Center Service: Outreach Center for Migrant Workers Current Job: Freelance Editor/ Comedy Writer “I was a terrible janitor on the Maintenance Crew my first year at Wilson. In my second year, I was an R.A. in Sunderland. I also worked at the Cowpie Cafe for extra money, and […]
April 21, 2015
Long regarded as national leader in campus sustainability, Warren Wilson College has received yet another environmental accolade: No.1 in the South on The Princeton Review list of “Top 50 Green Colleges.” The top 50 nationwide, including Warren Wilson at No. 17, are highlighted in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. The guide “profiles […]
April 20, 2015
With her background in cognitive neuroscience, Warren Wilson College psychology professorMozolic’s students, for their part, also relish the way she connects them to the basics of those challenging fields. As a result, the 34-year-old professor has been selected by NerdScholar as one of the nation’s “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire.” The annual NerdScholar feature […]
March 25, 2015
Major: Environmental Studies Work Crews: Horticulture, Landscaping, Work Program Office Service: Habitat for Humanity, MANNA FoodBank, Earthaven Ecovillage Current Job: Director of R&D, Repellents & Animal Health Warren Wilson alumnae Brooke Bissinger has quickly become a rising star in the science of sustainable insect control products, leading the development of next-generation consumer products that are safe for humans, […]
March 17, 2015
There are big court decisions, and even bigger court decisions – those that are clearly landmark rulings. Just a decade or so after graduating from Warren Wilson College, Jessica Culpepper ’04 is a lead attorney in one such landmark decision. In a case involving a large industrial dairy in Washington state’s Yakima Valley, a U.S. […]
February 4, 2015
#1 in the nation The Warren Wilson College Farm, established in 1894 when the Asheville Farm School was founded, has won numerous awards over the years in addition to producing a lot of delicious farm-to-table food. Now it has received another major accolade: No. 1 college farm in the nation. In a feature titled “The […]
January 28, 2015