New Vice President and Dean for Student Engagement Appointed
Dr. Gilbert Hinga will join the college as Vice President and Dean for Student Engagement.
May 1, 2024
Warren Wilson Board of Trustees Votes to Conserve 600 Acres of Land
Once approved and funded, the 600-acre tract of farm and forest land in the Swannanoa Valley would be preserved in perpetuity.
April 22, 2024
Warren Wilson students give back during Spring Break
The students' volunteer work included building houses for Habitat for Humanity, food justice work in community gardens across Buncombe County with Bountiful Cities, cleaning up a watershed with A Clean Wilson Creek and flood relief in Letcher County, Kentucky.
April 10, 2024
Warren Wilson College to become pet-friendly campus
Soon students at Warren Wilson College won’t have to leave their furry, feathered or scaly friends at home. Beginning in the fall, the college will become a pet-friendly campus.
April 9, 2024
Warren Wilson College Celebrates Work Day
Work Day has been described as Warren Wilson Christmas. It is a more than 100-year-old tradition when classes are canceled so students, faculty and staff can come together to improve campus.
April 5, 2024
APRIL FOOLS! Warren Wilson Unveils Groundbreaking New Major: Applied Barefoot Studies
The Applied Barefoot Studies major will provide students with a unique interdisciplinary approach, blending elements of biology, anthropology, podiatry and environmental studies.
April 1, 2024
Rhiannon Giddens gives shout-out to Warren Wilson professors at Big Ears Festival
On Sunday, Rhiannon Giddens gave a shout-out to Warren Wilson professors Kevin Kehrberg and Jeffrey Keith during her performance at Big Ears Festival with the Silkroad Ensemble. Giddens celebrated that the ensemble’s “American Railroad” project emerged, in part, from the impact of “Somebody Died, Babe,” an article Kehrberg and Keith published in the Bitter Southerner.
March 29, 2024
The Echo student newspaper takes home awards
Warren Wilson College’s student newspaper, The Echo, recently won Best of Show for Small Campuses - Online News at the annual North Carolina College Media Association (NCCMA) conference.
March 22, 2024
Dr. J. Drew Lanham to give 2024 Commencement keynote address
Lanham studies songbird ecology and the confluences of race, place and nature. He is a strong advocate for the Black role in conservation, and he studies how culture influences perceptions of nature and its care.
March 18, 2024
Warren Wilson partners with Conscious Alliance to donate 20,000 pounds of food and supplies to rural Kentucky
The trip exemplified one of the defining features of a Warren Wilson education — community engagement. Every student at Warren Wilson College is required to participate in community engagement, or collaboration with community partners to address social justice issues.
March 9, 2024