Sage Waring ’13 and Todd Gorham ’13 represented the WWC Tree Crew at the Charlotte tree climbing competition this weekend. Competing against professional arborists, both excelled in a series of events that test climbers’ ability to set ropes, climb quickly, glide through the canopy and rescue an injured climber.

ENS/Sust. Ag. graduate Asher Wright ’08 will visit our campus on Wednesday, April 17. Asher has just completed a master’s degree program at Clemson focused on pasture-based beef production. He has won national recognition for this work and was named the American Forage and Grassland Council’s Emerging Scientist of 2013.

May 1 is the deadline for May graduates to complete 100 service hours and their Extended Service Project (ESP). For instructions on submission of the ESP, visit the Service Program webpage.

First it was Sage Cafe, seven rounds, and shibboleth. Then, a week later, the Diadasias proved their campus win was no fluke. Warren Wilson’s champion spelling bee team achieved county-wide fame last Thursday when they defeated twelve other estimable teams in the annual bee of the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. “You’d think English majors would win the bee,” one English major mused after the victory. “But botanists know so much Latin!”

It’s spring and bears are on the move. For the safety of bears and people, follow these precautions.

Dawn Medley’s appointment, announced by President Steven Solnick with Board of Trustees approval, is effective June 24.

You have chosen to be part of a special college community and we are excited to have you join us.

Come back to WWC for a fun weekend full of interesting workshops, toe-tappin’ music and dorm living.

Warren Wilson and Sodexo are partnering in a pledge to procure 40 percent “real food” annually by the year 2020.

The Owls won the American Canoe Association’s Collegiate Whitewater National Championships at Dillsboro, N.C.