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
Warren Wilson Team Wins Second Place in the 2024 Redesigning Democracy Competition
Three Warren Wilson students took second place in the second annual Redesigning Democracy Competition at Greensboro College, sponsored by NC Campus Engagement.
March 6, 2024
Warren Wilson launches Mountain Institute for Lifelong learning
The college now offers continuing education courses for adults in topics such as mushroom foraging, plein air painting, oral history, birding and soap-making
February 27, 2024
2024 Harwood-Cole Literary Lecture: Carl Phillips
Carl Phillips is a former WWC MFA professor, a Professor of English at Washington University, and the author of numerous books of prose and poetry, most recently Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020, which won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. In his lecture, he will read excerpts from his works and discuss his life as a writer. This event is free and open to the public.
Feb 25, 2024
Warren Wilson College student featured on The Jennifer Hudson Show
Warren Wilson student Baileigh Sinaman-Daniel was featured on The Jennifer Hudson Show. Sinaman-Daniel’s journey is one of extraordinary resilience and determination. Despite being born with one arm, she plays on the Warren Wilson women’s basketball team and is an inspiration to her peers. The Jennifer Hudson Show showcased her remarkable story, highlighting her […]
February 20, 2024