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. Jessica Culpepper ’04 In a case involving a large… Read More
February 4, 2015
#1 in the nation Warren Wilson College FarmPhoto: Melissa Ray Davis ’02 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… Read More
January 28, 2015
“grassroots: The Fundamentals” spring break service trip applications are now open. Trip Description From Rosa Parks to Bill McKibben, civil disobedience to divestment, those pushing for social change take radically different paths to enact change. Out of these paths have emerged an ever-growing and diversifying advocate’s toolbox. No matter the… Read More
November 30, 2014
The North Carolina Academy of Science, established in 1902, “promotes public appreciation of science, science education, scientific research and a meaningful role for science in public policy.” Its Collegiate Academy, or CANCAS, is a community of undergraduate students and faculty advisers that annually recognizes outstanding undergraduate research through grants and… Read More
April 25, 2014
A student crew member measures one of Warren Wilson’s trees. You don’t have to venture into the 625-acre Warren Wilson College Forest to find trees – lots and lots of trees. Just ask Tom LaMuraglia. LaMuraglia, better known around campus as Tom Lam, is the College’s landscaping crew supervisor. Read More
February 5, 2014
Warren Wilson College has received a $400,000 gift for the purpose of establishing the Irene Pennington Broyles and Glenn Boone Broyles Fellowship, in order to help preserve and manage the Warren Wilson College Forest in perpetuity. Irene Broyles, a Somerset, Ky., resident who had survived her husband, Glenn, made the… Read More
January 22, 2014
This award honors alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and who embody the principles for which the College stands, particularly the triad of study, work, and service as well as concern for the brotherhood of all people. Recipients may have been widely recognized or be leading lives… Read More
August 23, 2013
Warren Wilson and Sodexo Dining Services have signed the Real Food Challenge Commitment, partnering to become the first college in the Southeast to sign the agreement. President Solnick and Dining Services General Manager Brian O’Loughlin signed the commitment April 15 in a ceremony on campus. The agreement, augmenting previous sustainability… Read More
April 22, 2013
Laura Lengnick, Ph.D. Ever wonder just how much a professor’s sabbatical can contribute to a discipline’s body of knowledge, or for that matter to society as a whole? Consider the sabbatical of Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., Warren Wilson professor of sustainable agriculture and environmental studies, who spent the 2011-12 academic year… Read More
April 10, 2013
Story and Photo by Paul Clark. Photos courtesy WWC Yearbook Crew. This article is part of The Story Behind, a regular series that features extraordinary photos from Warren Wilson life. (Click here to see more.) Watters takes a hands-on approach to his sustainable agriculture studies by working in… Read More
June 12, 2012