A college built around conversation
Alder Hall opens with an interdisciplinary first-year curriculum and a small residential community.
About · Alderwick College
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A college built around conversation, and a history of making new places for it.
Alderwick began in 1978 with a small residential learning community in Alder Hall. Its curriculum asked students to connect writing, evidence and discussion before choosing a specialized path. That approach still informs the shared undergraduate core.
Rowan Library opens
The library brings collections, writing support and shared study spaces into one campus building.
Learning moves into the field
Fern Creek Field Station begins supporting watershed observation and undergraduate field projects.
A new home for making
Foundry Studios adds flexible teaching space for design, digital media and applied computing.
The next chapter is in the work.
The campus has changed, but the scale of a useful conversation remains a guide. A new studio is valuable when it gives students a better place to test an idea; a field station matters when it becomes a place to return to with a sharper question.