Issue Area: Youth & Education
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/academics/community-engagement/youth-and-education/
Youth & Education At Warren Wilson College, our engagement in the community is focused on addressing social and environmental justice issues. We…
MFA Faculty Member Samuel Kọ́láwọlé Wins Prestigious 2025 Whiting Award
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2025/04/10/samuel-kolawole-wins-prestigious-2025-whiting-award/
Warren Wilson College proudly celebrates Samuel Kọ́láwọlé, a member of the Fiction Faculty in the MFA Program for Writers, as a recipient of a 2025 Whiting Award. The award, one of the most prestigious honors for emerging writers in the United States, recognizes excellence and promise across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Kọ́láwọlé is one […]
Issue Area: Housing & Houselessness
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/academics/community-engagement/housing-and-homelessness/
Housing & Houselessness At Warren Wilson College, our engagement in the community is focused on addressing social and environmental justice issues. We…
Rita Banerjee
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/people/rita-banerjee/
I grew up in a multilingual household where my father loved to read science fiction and satire in Bengali, my mother loved…
Farm School General Store Grand Opening
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2023/10/19/farm-school-general-store-grand-opening/
Come on by for the opening of Warren Wilson's brand new retail and community space on the iconic and beautiful College Farm!
Warren Wilson Faculty and Alumni Publish Study on Leaf Fungi and Tree Survival
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2025/05/28/faculty-and-alumni-publish-study-endophytes/
A newly published peer-reviewed study co-authored by Warren Wilson College faculty and recent graduates explores a little-known but essential part of forest ecosystems: fungal endophytes, the microscopic fungi that live inside leaves and help plants use water more efficiently. The study, titled “Site-Based Patterns of Variation in Leaf Endophytes and Ecophysiological Performance in Sweet Birch […]
Lavender Graduation honors queer graduates
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2023/05/19/lavender-graduation-honors-queer-graduates/
This year Warren Wilson College started a new tradition — Lavender Graduation. This special event honored lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students, acknowledged their achievements and contributions to the College, and celebrated queer joy and queer excellence.
Warren Wilson partners with Conscious Alliance to donate 20,000 pounds of food and supplies to rural Kentucky
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2024/03/09/warren-wilson-partners-with-conscious-alliance-to-donate-20000-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.
Embracing Neurocomplexity
https://www.warren-wilson.edu/2025/02/25/embracing-neurocomplexity/
Warren Wilson College has long been committed to providing an inclusive, student-centered education, and we are proud to announce the expansion of our support services to better serve all learners. Our unique approach—grounded in experiential learning, small class sizes, and a deeply supportive community—ensures that students of all learning styles can thrive academically, socially, and […]