OWL&SPADE CONTENTS • SPRING 2013
INAUGURATION ADDRESS
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TRIAD NEWS
5 2013 COMMENCEMENT, 45TH AS A FOUR YEAR-COLLEGE • REMARKABLE LATE-SEASON RUN CARRIES OWLS TO NATIONAL TITLE • AN ARCHAEOLOGIST ON SPORTS, COMMUNITY AND PRIDE • MAJOR GRANT EXPANDS MATERIAL ARTS PROGRAM • LIGHTING THE FIRE, THROUGH EPIDEMIOLOGY • CENTER CAMPUS TREE INVENTORY • PADDLING TEAM TRIUMPHS AS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, CONTINUES THE LEGACY • WWC THE FIRST SOUTHEAST COLLEGE TO SIGN REAL FOOD CHALLENGE COMMITMENT • DAWN MEDLEY NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT AND MARKETING • LATIN RHYTHMS INSPIRE STUDENTS TO CHA-CHA-CHA • WARREN WILSON COLLEGE OLD-TIME STRING BAND • STUDENTS WIN RESEARCH AWARDS AT NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE • EPIC CYCLES SPONSORS CYCLING TEAM
FACULTY & STAFF NEWS
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FEATURES
22 LEE EBNER AFS ’40 KEEPS ON PLUGGING SARA BENINCASA ON AGORAFABULOUS, FARM BOYS AND WHY SHE LOVES WARREN WILSON PHILIP CURRY: REVOLUTIONIZING THE ADVENTURE GEAR INDUSTRY MARION MEDICAL MISSION: SAFE DRINKING WATER, ONE WELL AT A TIME JUMPING INTO THE FIELD FROM THE COLLEGE FARM TABITHA NDUNG’U ’13: FROM THE RIFT VALLEY TO THE SWANNANOA VALLEY WAKING UP: VIRGINIA WOOLF’S “MOMENTS OF BEING” AND THE SERVICE PROGRAM MEL CHIN ON ACTIVISM AS ART
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MFA BOOKSHELF
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JUMPING INTO THE FIELD FROM THE COLLEGE FARM
SARA BENINCASA ’05
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SPRING 2013
ALUMNI NEWS
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TABITHA NDUNG' U '13
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