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Warren Wilson College
PO Box 9000 Asheville, NC 28815-9000 828-771-3065
CAMPUS AT A GLANCE (brief description) The College was founded by Presbyterians in 1894 and maintains a covenant relationship with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The roots of this historic relationship continue to nurture the College's commitment to community, social responsibility, the value of work, and openness in the pursuit of truth. The College provides a strong sense of purpose, place, and participation, and supports diversity, community, and personal development. We welcome those from all religious faiths and secular perspectives who share similar commitments. The Mission of Warren Wilson College is to provide a triad approach to education that combines liberal arts study, work, and service. The College's triad is additionally enhanced by a strong commitment to environmental responsibility and experiential opportunities for international and cross-cultural understanding in a setting that promotes wisdom, spiritual growth, and contribution to the common good.
KEY FACTS Location: About 20 minutes east of Asheville, NC in the community of Swannanoa
Enrollment: 920
Other interesting tidbits: Warren Wilson is the only college in the country that has both a required work program and service commitment for students. Students typically work 15 hours per week on a wide variety of crews http://www.warren-wilson.edu/work/ and must complete 100 hours of service to graduate.
BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE Name of Campus-Wide Center: Warren Wilson College Service-Learning Program Relevant website: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~service/
Type of Program: Bonner Scholars Year Began: 1998 Bonner Program website: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~service/bonner.php
Number of Bonner Scholars: 15 Active in Bonner AmeriCorps Ed Award: 13 Active in Other AmeriCorps Ed Award: Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Active in FIPSE Civic Ed Certficate/Minor:
KEY CONTACTS President: William (Sandy) Pfeiffer Interim Dean: Debra Kiliru Interim Director of Community Leadership/Bonner Program: Katie Anne Towner Director of Service-Learning:Brooke Millsaps Office Manager & Program Assistant: Karen Kyle Bonner Congress Representatives: Nadir "Swim" Karim Other: MORE ABOUT US (our partners, trips, structure, best or unique practices) 2007-2008 included an alternative break trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. This trip was organized by students, including one graduating senior whose thesis focused on alternative break trips as a form of place-based education. One of the most interesting aspects of the Pine Ridge experience was how it relied upon a three-way partnership in order to happen. Students from Warren Wilson worked closely with a tribal elder and medicine man, Floyd Hand, to re-organize and resupply the community's food pantry. Much of this food came from the non-profit organizaton Conscious Alliance, and this agency worked closely with the student organizers to help partially fund the trip and supply necessary logistics. Students also participated in ritualistic ceremonies, ate a very culturally-enhanced diet, and did home visits of many members of the Lakota tribe. One of the final projects for the group involved reroofing the home of an elderly tribal member. In order to make the experience come "full circle", the students and staff leaders of the trip organized a campus visit for Floyd Hand, so that he could see firsthand some of the College's sustainability and greening initiatives. The visit was a huge success, and the numbers that turned out to listen to the Lakota leader were very high. The relationship between the Pine Ridge reservation and Warren Wilson will undoubtedly continue to grow, especially with Floyd Hand's interest in the College. He foresaw Lakota youth eventually attending the College, making the most of its work program and sustainability practices. Currently, a Warren Wilson faculty member is planning to return to the reservation in Spring 2009, integrating the trip into her Cultural Psychology class.
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Click here to complete next wiki-based portion of Annual Report.
Student Leadership Planning: Click here for Congress Leadership Plans: Warren Wilson Congress Action Planning
Wilson CARES Workshops - Campus Issue Profiles
Local PolicyOptions Issue Briefs (see PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com)
SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES Serve 2.0
BWBRS
Bonner AmeriCorps
Issue-Based Research (you may have already covered some of this above)
Wilson Home
PHOTOS Feel free to upload photos, especially of events like Orientation, First Year Trip, Second Year Exchange, Congress Representatives and Senior Interns, Campus-Wide projects, or the Bonner community. Provide brief captions if you can.
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