I am very pleased to announce that Richard Blomgren has been promoted to the position of Vice President for Advancement, Admission, and Marketing, effective July 1, 2010.

In Forest Wisdom, the Forest Guild’s national publication, WWC students Cella Langer ’11 and Laurel Thwing ’11 write about cultivating shiitake mushrooms; sustainable forestry professor Dave Ellum writes about invasive species.

Warren Wilson and the EcoDorm are featured in the “10 Eco-Friendly College Campuses” online slide show.

At Commencement we awarded degrees to about 200 graduates and heard a wonderful address by Tony Earley, an alumnus and award-winning author.

Read the entire text of the 2010 Commencement Address by writer and WWC alumnus Tony Earley ’83.

Strategic Plan developed by the WWC community and approved by the WWC Board of Trustees.

The Board unanimously approved the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan at its April meeting.

Orange extension cords run throughout the skeletal remains of 114 Cabin Hill. They plug into power tools, air compressors and speakers blasting the background rock and roll. Wearing safety glasses and a tool belt equipped with a hammer, measuring tape and speed square, Amelia McCallister pulls the trigger to roar up a skill saw. The board she cuts will support the new flooring for a faculty home at Warren Wilson College. McCallister is one of thirteen members on the newly formed Rentals and Renovations Crew on campus.

Rose McLarney has been selected as the Joan Beebe Teaching Fellow at WWC for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Melissa Blair, the newest member of the College’s History/Political Science Department, was in DC this week presenting a paper at the Organization of American Historians’ annual conference. Take a look at her presentation.