MANY colleges say their mission is to mold young minds, but a few take it to the next level. They have a particular philosophy about how life should be lived or knowledge absorbed, and they want to make sure their students are not just reading about it or dabbling in it. They want their students to live it, day in and day out, for four years. Sound intense? It is. A bit offbeat? That too. Such colleges are not for everyone, nor do they want to be.

I’m using this monthly report to offer some thoughts about our governance process. My goal is to get us thinking about changes that might give more members of the community the chance to influence the direction of the College. But before I launch into that discussion, I’ll comment briefly about happenings on campus this past month, offer a “communication opportunity” to students, and give you the latest draft of a “vision statement” I’ve been sharing with you.

Kylie Krauss finished first in the women’s overall competition and Patrick Hurley second in the men’s, leading Warren Wilson College to its fifth consecutive second-place team finish in Division II of the 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in Banner Elk.

Warren Wilson College has been awarded a $193,265 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to develop a groundbreaking environmental curriculum, Advancing Environmental Literacy.

October 30, 2007 Vol. 11 No. 5 Warren Wilson #3 on Sierra Club’s "10 Coolest Schools" list Warren Wilson College is No. 3 among Sierra Magazine’s “10 Coolest Schools” nationwide in the fight against global warming. The feature is the cover story of the November/December issue of the magazine, published by the Sierra Club. In [...]

Kylie Krauss finished first in the women’s overall competition and Patrick Hurley second in the men’s, leading Warren Wilson College to its fifth consecutive second-place team finish in Division II of the 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships.

WWC has been awarded a $193,265 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to develop a groundbreaking environmental curriculum, Advancing Environmental Literacy.

Warren Wilson College has received a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Bible grant in the amount of $21,170 to help develop a "Bible and Eco-Social Sustainability" program focus within the religious studies department.

Warren Wilson College is No. 3 among Sierra Magazine’s "10 Coolest Schools" in 2007 in the fight against global warming, in an article titled, "10 That GET IT."

Warren Wilson College is No. 3 — behind Oberlin College and Harvard University — among Sierra Magazine’s "10 Coolest Schools" nationwide in the fight against global warming.