Dear Ms. Kramer, I want to let you know what a wonderful experience Muir Valley Nature Preserve had with a group of Warren Wilson students. Nichole Kendle and Riley West arranged for a group of 10 students (Nichole Kendle, Riley West, Brad Smout, Eden May, Ethan Smalley, Elias Hindenberger, Hannah Yoter, Becca Droz, Jeremy Taylor, [...]

Sacred Acts: How Churches are Working to Protect Earth’s Climate, a book by outdoor leadership/environmental studies professor Mallory McDuff, has been published by New Society Publishers. The book includes a foreword written by Bill McKibben and contributions by Katharine Hayhoe. Sacred Acts documents the diverse actions taken by churches to address climate change through stewardship, [...]

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.

Practice By Ellen Bryant Voight To weep unbidden, to wake at night in order to weep, to wait for the whisker on the face of the clock to twitch again, moving the dumb day forward— is this merely practice? Some believe in heaven, some in rest.  We’ll float, you said.  Afterward we’ll float between two [...]

Jay Tompkins ’96, the only child of Ellen and John Tompkins, was born in Newport News, Va. He grew up along the banks of the James River where he learned to appreciate the beauty of nature at a young age. He attended public schools and later graduated from Christ School. When he arrived at Warren [...]

Medical Relief Mission to Haiti E. Jackson Allison, Jr. MD, MPH, FACEP Professor of Emergency Medical Care Western Carolina University Past President, ACEP Shortly after the earthquake, rated at 7.2 on the Richter Scale, hit near Port-au-Prince (PAP), Haiti, I was contacted by the CEO of the Greater Caribbean Energy and Environment Foundation (GCEEF) to [...]

Several classes are already planning class reunions for Homecoming.

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.