Warren Wilson College News

Archive for 2011

WWC student receives statewide Community Impact Student Award

July 5th, 2011

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

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WWC hosts 2011 USCAA national soccer championships Nov. 3-5

July 2nd, 2011

The WWC men’s and women’s teams are seeded eighth in the championships at the Lewis Soccer Complex in Asheville.

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A Car in Carson

June 22nd, 2011

Car in Carson Hall
As the 80 year old Carson Hall is torn down in preparation for a new building, class of ’59 alumnus Danny Starnes shares one of the old building’s many stories.

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WWC on President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

June 21st, 2011

Warren Wilson has been selected as a member of the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

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Warren Wilson launches search for new president of the college

June 13th, 2011

The search is under way for Warren Wilson’s seventh president, who will assume the position in July 2012.

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Warren Wilson commencement speakers: not from the same mold

May 27th, 2011

Sylvia Earle
2011 commencement speaker Sylvia Earle broke new ground when she delivered the address May 14 on Sunderland Lawn. A National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, the pioneering Earle was indeed the first oceanographer to give a commencement address at Warren Wilson College. Many other fields and professions have been represented by speakers that have included writers, educators, clergy and singers/songwriters.

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2012 Commencement Senior Speech by Sam Wasko

May 17th, 2011

Senior Class Speaker Sam Wasko restores order   I love the speeches of graduation: the appreciation, the stories, the quotes, the heartfelt wishes, the charge to do one’s best and then the grand ‘sending-forth’ – it’s all very exciting. I am honored to contribute. Of course, within the five minutes allotted to me, I will [...]

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Yearbooks now available in all formats

May 13th, 2011

The yearbook, Parliament 2010-2011, is now available in all formats in both electronic downloads or print ordering.

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The sun shines — literally and figuratively — on the Class of 2011

May 12th, 2011

A near record number of Warren Wilson graduates enjoyed good weather and inspiring remarks at Commencement.

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The Warren Wilson Circus

May 10th, 2011

The Warren Wilson Circus
“There is something really incredible about our Circus. When we refer to ‘circus’ as a part of our curriculum, we refer to this production,” says Chris O’Leary, who wrote the script and theme of this year’s Circus. “It is something more than just the sum of acts; it’s a journey. If you think of the school as a community of individuals with an incredible freedom of self-expression, the Circus is a culmination of that creativity.”

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