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
This article is part of The Story Behind, a regular series that features extraordinary photos from Warren Wilson life. (Click here to see more.) Italy offers a remarkably rich experience for artists. Students in the spring 2010 study abroad course Art in Italy, taught by WWC art faculty… Read More
October 28, 2010
By: Ben Anderson Warren Wilson’s iconic EcoDorm, which opened in 2003 as a pioneering model of energy-efficient building designs and renewable-energy technologies, has become the first building on a college campus to achieve LEED Platinum certification in the Existing Buildings (EB) category. Platinum certification is the highest rating level a… Read More
June 18, 2009
As students at Warren Wilson College, Rachel Buedel and Nina Otter are a long way from their homes in Pennsylvania and Vermont respectively. But the work they and other students are doing in homes near Warren Wilson is having a positive impact on the Asheville area, as do so many… Read More
January 20, 2009
Warren Wilson is indeed number one… #1 in the Southeast on Sierra Magazine’s list of “10 Coolest Schools” in the fight against global warming, and #4 nationwide. #1 nationwide in the National Wildlife Federation report “Campus Environment 2008” as the “Leading School for Waste Reduction and Recycling.” #1 in becoming… Read More
November 15, 2006