Matthew Crawford, author of “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work,” will give a free public presentation Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Warren Wilson College Chapel. Crawford is a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. The event is being presented […]
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Warren Wilson named one of nation’s “Best Buys” by Fiske Guide
For the seventh time since 2005, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has chosen Warren Wilson College as one of the nation’s 20 “Best Buys” among private colleges and universities. According to the 2013 guide, schools “qualify as Best Buys based on the quality of the academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance” – […]
WWC one of 16 colleges on national Green Rating Honor Roll
Warren Wilson College is among 16 colleges and universities nationwide to be included on The Princeton Review’s 2012 Green Rating Honor Roll. WWC is the only private college in the Southeast on the honor roll, having received the review’s highest possible green rating of 99. According to The Princeton Review’s website, “criteria for the green […]
“The Swannanoa RiverPlay” to be performed April 8-14
Theatre has great power as a community-building enterprise, and students and faculty from Warren Wilson College are demonstrating that idea. Professor Jerry Pope and a number of students have created a 30-minute original theatre piece using the words of our river neighbors as they told their stories to WWC students in interviews last fall. The […]
Debra Allbery, Rose McLarney give poetry reading April 11 at Warren Wilson
In celebration of the publication of her book of poems, “The Always Broken Plates of Mountains,” Rose McLarney and poet Debra Allbery will give a reading at Warren Wilson College on April 11 at 6:30 p.m. The reading in Canon Lounge is free of charge and refreshments will be provided. More details are available from […]
WWC Earth Day events to focus on mountain environment, folklife
Warren Wilson College and partners are hosting a family-friendly day of free workshops, presentations and old-time music on April 21 (Earth Day). Everyone is invited to celebrate and participate in Sustaining Our Mountain Culture and Environment, by learning and promoting skills for acting locally in an effort to make the region a little greener, a […]
Belk, Wheeler to receive Warren Wilson’s first honorary degrees
Two distinguished North Carolinians will be awarded honorary degrees May 12 at the 2012 Warren Wilson College Commencement. Irwin Belk of Charlotte and Billy Edd Wheeler of Swannanoa each will receive the Doctor of Humane Letters from the college during the commencement ceremony. They are the first two recipients of honorary degrees from Warren Wilson. […]