Warren Wilson College announced it will add lacrosse as a new varsity sport. The college is beginning a nationwide search to hire coaches for both men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. The coaches will focus on recruiting full teams during this academic year and will begin to practice and compete in the 2020-2021 academic year.
Warren Wilson College started the school year with a day of service. Service Day introduces incoming students to a community engagement commitment, which is a graduation requirement.
The MA in Critical and Historical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College is hosting public conversations about research and projects connected to craft studies.
Through outreach programs and land management initiatives, Warren Wilson College has plans to work with farmers and landowners to develop hemp as an economically and ecologically viable crop for Western North Carolina.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges has named Warren Wilson College one of the top 20 “Best Buy” colleges in the U.S. for 2020. Warren Wilson is one of only 10 private colleges to make the list.
The campus of Warren Wilson College serves as the home for the college’s program in continuing education, the Swannanoa Gathering, a series of week-long workshops in the folk arts, which draw students from as far away as Japan, Australia, France and Hong Kong to take classes in everything from fiddle to clogging to storytelling. Some of our programs feature public concerts by staff members in the College’s Kittredge Theatre.
Warren Wilson College is partnering with the Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) to host a Science Pub series on sustainability this summer. The series takes place at The Collider in Downtown Asheville.
