Warren Wilson College News

Archive for March, 2010

4 WWC students receive prizes for undergraduate research

March 31st, 2010

Four Warren Wilson students have been awarded Derieux Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.

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Warren Wilson wins award from Carolina Recycling Association

March 30th, 2010

Warren Wilson College has won yet another award from the Carolina Recycling Association.

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Katie Spotz ’08 makes it across the Atlantic!

March 15th, 2010

"Katie Spotz completed her mission Sunday, becoming the youngest person to row an entire ocean solo, and the first American to row a boat without help from mainland to mainland. After 70 days 5 hours 22 minutes in the Atlantic, Spotz, 22, arrived Sunday in Georgetown, Guyana, in South America." Read the NY Times story.

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Warren Wilson named No. 1 “Cool School” by Blue Ridge Outdoors

March 11th, 2010

WWC tops the list of schools in the magazine’s Honor Roll of the Region’s Greenest Colleges and Universities.

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Warren Wilson professor wins fellowship for seminar in Salzburg

March 8th, 2010

Paul Magnarella, chair of the peace and justice studies department, has won an Appalachian College Association / Mellon Foundation Fellowship.

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Warren Wilson alumni attracting attention for their culinary skills

March 4th, 2010

Matt Dawes and Jacob Sessoms, who operate Table in Asheville, are being recognized by the Beard Foundation.

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R. Dwayne Betts, MFA student, wins NAACP literary award

March 1st, 2010

R Dwayne Betts ’10, a graduate student in the MFA Program for Writers, has received the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author. 

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MFA Holden Scholar Dwayne Betts receives NAACP literary award

March 1st, 2010

R. Dwayne Betts, a graduate student at WWC, has received an NAACP Image Award.

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