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Warren Wilson College Names New President

BPR News | By Matt Bush

Published May 3, 2017 at 4:47 PM EDT

Warren Wilson College has named its new president, and for the first time in the school's 123-year history, it will be lead by a woman. Dr. Lynn Morton will take over as president on July 1st. She comes from Queens University in Charlotte, where she has spent the last 26 years. She's currently the school's provost and vice president for academic affairs. She takes over at Warren Wilson from Steven Solnick, who is leaving Western North Carolina to become the head of the Calhoun School in New York City. Dr. Morton sat down with BPR's Matt Bush to discuss why she's coming to Warren Wilson, what she sees for the future of the school, the significance of her becoming Warren Wilson's first female president, and her academic background which includes a doctorate in Renaissance literature.

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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.

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