If spring semester at the College has Work Day, then the start of fall semester has its counterpart in Service Day. As with Work Day, several hundred students, faculty and staff come together on Service Day to work on various outdoor projects. A major difference is that the work projects are located in the greater community, rather than on campus. Another is that the vast majority of student workers at Service Day are brand new to the school, thus making the day an introduction to the surrounding community as well as to an aspect of Warren Wilson that has been central to its mission for half a century.

The College Farm has added five sheep to Murphy’s pasture in front of the farm shop. These lambs are a Dorper cross, a breed developed in South Africa. They are a hair sheep, meaning the wool is non-existent or poor, depending how much Dorset blood is in the mix with the Dorper. They were bred [...]

The Warren Wilson men’s and women’s soccer teams look to extend their winning streaks Nov. 1 in the USCAA nationals.

On Aug. 19, about 350 students, faculty and staff will travel to 20 project sites to work on food security issues.

WWC’s Stan Cross and the internship program he manages have received the N.C. Coastal Federation’s Pelican Award.

WWC is No. 4 nationwide among Sierra’s “Coolest Schools” – schools recognized for their efforts to stop global warming.

Professors John Brock and Dongping Han have received a grant from the Luce Foundation for research in China.

The Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church will observe its annual Thanksgiving service and harvest celebration Nov. 20.

In addition to coverage in the news media, many other organizations and associations have posted items about Steven L. Solnick being named seventh president of Warren Wilson College. Below is a sampling of links that are still live: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Association of Marshall Scholars Newswise College Tools Mountain Xpress Asheville.com [...]

WWC senior Madeline Wadley has received NC Campus Compact’s Community Impact Student Award.