Photos: Scenes from Warren Wilson College

Warren Wilson College held its 2018 commencement ceremony on May 19, 2018.

Seniors Chloe Moore, center, and Dylan Edmonds helps freshman Sydney Keating, of Marshall, move into her dorm at Warren Wilson College August 16, 2016.

Freshman arrived at Warren Wilson College August 16, 2016 to move into their dorms and learn more about what their new school has to offer.

Warren Wilson freshmen Cameron Voytko, left, and Kit Dupuis works on sorting compost at the Dr. Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain during Warren Wilson College's Service Day on Aug. 22, 2019. Students, faculty and staff of the college spread out across 23 sites in the community to volunteer their time as part of new student orientation. A community engagement commitment is a graduation requirement for the college.

Warren Wilson College alumni gather around the annual Friday night bonfire during Warren Wilson College's Homecoming celebration. The event is taking place Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.

Warren Wilson College 2018 graduate Leah Havlicek is seen during her year of study abroad in Peru. Warren Wilson was recently honored for its flexible admissions and study abroad policies by the Gap Year Association.

Asheville Farm School in 1912.

Sara Cawood, of Pittsburgh, PA, an environmental science major at Warren Wilson College, and Aleister Miller, of Columbus, OH, a sociology, chemistry and pre-med student at Warren Wilson College, clean up a brook in the Shiloh Community as part of the college's service day during orientation week, Thursday, August 24, 2017.

When Amy Knisely looks across the serene farmland and forests of the Warren Wilson College campus, she reflects on the recent elections, the sweeping change at top levels of government, and ponders the potential environmental impact.

Retired Warren Wilson College faculty and staff members gathered Nov. 4 at Ransom Fellowship Hall for their annual reunion.

Freshman arrived at Warren Wilson College August 16, 2016 to move into their dorms and learn more about what their new school has to offer.

Vivian Williamson, left, and Alex Lines help freshmen move into their dorms at Warren Wilson College August 16, 2016.

Warren Wilson freshman Fred Dinsmore works on clearing a bed at the Dr. Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain during Warren Wilson College's Service Day on Aug. 22, 2019. Students, faculty and staff of the college spread out across 23 sites in the community to volunteer their time as part of new student orientation. A community engagement commitment is a graduation requirement for the college.

Nicole Barnes, an integrative advising coach with Warren Wilson College, spreads dirt on a cleared garden bed at the Dr. Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain during Warren Wilson College's Service Day on Aug. 22, 2019. Students, faculty and staff of the college spread out across 23 sites in the community to volunteer their time as part of new student orientation. A community engagement commitment is a graduation requirement for the college.

Warren Wilson College has embarked on a project to restore streams to their original "meanders." In the 1920s, many of the streams and creeks that used to meander through Warren Wilson College’s current farm fields were channelized, tiled and put underground for agricultural purposes—a common practice at the time, according to college spokeswoman Mary Bates.

Warren Wilson College has embarked on a project to restore streams to their original "meanders." In the 1920s, many of the streams and creeks that used to meander through Warren Wilson College’s current farm fields were channelized, tiled and put underground for agricultural purposes—a common practice at the time, according to college spokeswoman Mary Bates.

Haleigh Ward, a conservation biology student at Warren Wilson College, is assisting in the wavy-rayed lampmussel reintroduction project of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as part of her thesis.

Warren Wilson students, faculty and staff sort produce at Bounty and Soul in Black Mountain during Warren Wilson College's Service Day on Aug. 22, 2019. Bounty and Soul is a nonprofit that provides fresh food to those in need, much of which has been rescued from local stores, while promoting nutrition literacy and providing health and wellness resources.

Students, faculty and staff work at the Dr. Wilson Community Garden in Black Mountain during Warren Wilson College's Service Day on Aug. 22, 2019.

Outdoor spaces are a key part of the design for Myron Boon Hall at Warren Wilson College.

Sun sets over the Warren Wilson College campus in this drone photo of Myron Boon Hall, at lower right.

Warren Wilson College students fill bags with pinto beans at MANNA Food Bank in this file photo. MANNA officials say it is too soon to say whether a tax law change has reduced donations.

A view inside Myron Boon Hall at Warren Wilson College.

Myron Boon Hall includes modern furniture coordinated with the building's overall design.

Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

New Warren Wilson College students gather for the college’s Service Day during new student orientation Thursday.

Actor Bill Pullman has his cap adjusted before speaking at the Warren Wilson College commencement ceremony May 20, 2017.