Wofford College is a

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Spartanburg, South Carolina Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat, seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest c ...

. It was founded in 1854. The campus is a national

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and one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War that still operates on its original campus. Wofford was founded with a bequest of $100,000 from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford (1780–1850), a Methodist minister and Spartanburg native who sought to create a college for "literary, classical, and scientific education in my native district of Spartanburg." The college's Main Building is the oldest structure on campus and was designed by the noted Charleston architect Edward C. Jones. In 1941, the college was awarded a chapter of

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, the nation's oldest academic honor society, and the Beta of South Carolina chapter was the first at a private college in South Carolina. The academic year consists of a four-month fall semester, a one-month January term called the Interim, and a four-month spring semester. The college is listed on the President's Community Service Honor Roll and in the annual Open Doors" report for providing studies abroad opportunities for its students.

Wofford College Historic District

The Wofford College Historic District consists of the Main Building, which was designed by Edward C. Jones in the

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style, and six two-story brick residences. It was named to the

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in 1974. The Wofford campus has been landscaped, developed, and designated as a national arboretum. Construction of the Main Building began in 1852 and the first classes were held in the fall of 1854. During the

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, the endowment was invested in

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bonds and other securities, which became worthless by the end of the war.

Endowment

In February 2021,

Jerry Richardson Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. (born July 18, 1936) is an American businessman, former NFL player and former owner in the National Football League (NFL). He established the Carolina Panthers franchise, which he owned for 23 years. Early life and ...

, alumnus and founding owner of

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. T ...

, donated $150 million to the college's endowment, which exceeds $400 million. This is the largest gift in Wofford's history and with it Richardson's donations for all purposes have exceeded $260 million over his lifetime. This gift is intended for need-based financial scholarships and experiences for Wofford students.

Rankings

Wofford is ranked 69th in '' U.S. News & World Report''s list of the best national liberal arts colleges, a ranking that has improved in the last 10 years. In 2010, ''

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'' ranked it 58th on its inaugural Forbes List of America's 650 Best Colleges. In 2018

also named Wofford the number one four-year college in South Carolina.

Academics

The academic year consists of a four-month fall semester, a one-month January term called the Interim, and a four-month spring semester.

Faculty

136 full-time faculty teach at the college, 92 percent of whom have earned a doctorate or equivalent terminal degree. The FTE faculty to student ratio is 1:12.

Majors and minors

Wofford offers academic majors in a variety of areas including 26 majors. The college also offers pre-professional programs in Teacher Education (secondary certification), Dentistry, Medicine, Law, Ministry, Engineering, and Veterinary Science. The college's Army

ROTC The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC ( or )) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces. Overview While ROTC graduate officers serve in all ...

program was established in 1919.

Interim program

The Interim program is designed to provide students with opportunities to gain new experiences outside the realm of traditional academics and allows students to become involved in departments outside their academic majors. Interims generally fall into one of four categories. In the most common type, students enroll in faculty-proposed projects on campus. These projects range from participation in theatre to pottery, knitting and short story writing. Students may elect to enroll in internship projects that are supervised by faculty, but involve working off-campus in legal, medical, dental, congressional, corporate, or non-profit settings. Students may propose independent research projects under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. Finally, faculty-led travel projects take groups of students and professors to study in other parts of the United States or in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, or Australia. Recent travel projects have included study in England and Ireland, South Africa, Peru, Brazil, Belize, Vietnam, China, and Japan.

International programs

The college's Office of International Programs helps students select from over 200 study abroad programs in 59 countries. Wofford consistently ranks in the nation's top ten in the

Institute of International Education The Institute of International Education (IIE) is a 501(c) organization which focuses on international student exchange and aid, foreign affairs, and international peace and security. IIE creates programs of study and training for students, educa ...

Open Doors Survey, which is based on comparing the number of students earning credits abroad in a given year the number of students in the graduating class. Wofford's 2009 score was 93%, compared to the Lincoln Commission national average of 9% of graduates earning credits abroad. The college has had six

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English Teaching assistantships in the past four years as well as two Rotary

Ambassadorial Scholarships Ambassadorial Scholarships (founded 1947) was a program of the Rotary Foundation. The program ended in 2013 and was replaced by the Rotary Global Grant Scholarship, which expands on the Ambassadorial mission, by now ensuring that every Rotary Sch ...

. In 2012, Rachel Woodlee was selected as Wofford's sixth

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Athletics

The Wofford Terriers compete in

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in the

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

. Wofford's colors are

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and

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. The school mascot is the

Terrier Terrier (from Latin ''terra'', 'earth') is a type of dog originally bred to hunt vermin. A terrier is a dog of any one of many breeds or landraces of the terrier type, which are typically small, wiry, game, and fearless. Terrier breeds vary ...

. In the 2010 NCAA Division I graduation success report, 9 of 13 Wofford teams posted GRS scores of 100, the highest available mark. For the past 16 years, the

have made their summer training camp home at Wofford. The Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (a high school all-star football game) is played at Wofford's Gibbs Stadium. Boss, a Boston Terrier, is the mascot for Wofford Athletics. Wofford is represented by 18 men and women's varsity sports.

Gibbs Stadium Gibbs Stadium is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It opened in 1996 and is home to the Wofford College Terriers football team. It is also formerly the home to the Spartanburg High School varsity football team. ...

, opened in 1996, is the home field for Terrier football games. The baseball team, 2022 regular season conference champions, plays its home games at Russell C. King Field. Men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams play in the Benjamin Johnson Arena of the Campus Life Building, opened in 1981. The inaugural men's basketball game was played in 3300-seat Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium on 10 November 2017. Soccer teams play on Snyder Field, which was the college's football stadium through 1995. Wofford men's basketball has won the Southern Conference Championship and an NCAA bid five times since 2010, and in 2018/19 went a perfect 21–0 in Southern Conference play and won an NCAA tournament game for the first time. Wofford football won the SoCon championship in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Student life

Wofford offers a self-contained environment (93% of students live on campus). The Village apartment-style housing for the senior class was a 2008 "Dorm of Distinction" as chosen by ''University Business Magazine''. Phase V of The Village, an $11 million project, opened in the fall of 2011. It added 80 beds in loft apartments, bringing the capacity of The Village to 428 students. It also houses The Space in the Mungo Center (formerly The Center for Professional Excellence), specialized classroom spaces, and a dining and market area called the "Grand Galleria."

Student organizations

Students participate in various service, pre-professional, religious, social, and other student organizations. Student publications at the college date to the first literary magazine, first published in 1889. The student newspaper, the ''Old Gold and Black'', is published every other week, and the yearbook, ''The Bohemian'', is published each spring.

Delta Phi Alpha Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society () (german: Deutsche Ehrenverbindung) is an American collegiate honorary society for German studies. Delta Phi Alpha was founded on May 27, 1929, at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Th ...

, the national collegiate German honorary society, was founded at Wofford, as was the National Beta Club, an honorary society prominent in American high schools. In 1941, the college was awarded a chapter of

, the nation's oldest academic honor society. This was the first chapter at a private college in South Carolina.

Service learning

Wofford has a variety of student service organizations on campus, including the Bonner Scholars, Twin Towers,

Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,0 ...

service fraternity, and ONE. Wofford was included in the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, published by the Corporation for National and Community Service. ''Washington Monthly'' compared 23 of 252 Top Liberal Arts Colleges contributions to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). In the magazine's 2010 ratings, Wofford finished 23rd among 252 Top Liberal Arts Colleges and was number 1 in South Carolina. ''Newsweek'' identified Wofford as one of the most "service-minded" campuses in the country, ranking the college second in listings released in September 2010. Six recent Wofford graduates have been selected for the Teach For America Corps.

Student government

The student government rests in the Campus Union, with executive officers and an assembly elected by the student body. Students serve on various campus committees and represent the student body before various committees of the board of trustees. Student conduct is governed by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, a document written by an Interim project in 1970–1971. The code is enforced by a judicial commission consisting of elected and appointed members. An honor council enforces the student honor code in academic matters.

Fraternities and sororities

The college recognizes 14 chapters of national fraternities and sororities, with 42 percent of men and 53 percent of women participating. Fraternities include

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon (), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is t ...

Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order (), commonly known as Kappa Alpha or simply KA, is a social Fraternities and sororities, fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University, Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) i ...

Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma (), commonly known as Kappa Sig, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and colo ...

Pi Kappa Phi Pi Kappa Phi (), commonly known as Pi Kapp(s), is an American Greek Letter secret and social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston i ...

Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha (), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members over 30 ...

Sigma Nu Sigma Nu () is an undergraduate Fraternities and sororities in North America, college fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute on January 1, 1869. The fraternity was founded by James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and James McIlva ...

, and

Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African American fraternity. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never restricted membership on the basis of color, creed ...

. The sororities include

Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta (), also known as Tri Delta, is an international women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888 at Boston University by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed, and Florence Isabelle Stewart. Tri Delta part ...

Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Alpha Theta (), also known simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. The main arch ...

Kappa Delta Kappa Delta (, also known as KD or Kaydee) was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University), in Farmville, Virginia. Kappa Delta is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the university, wh ...

, and

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Diversity

In each of the years from 1901 through 1904, two women graduated from Wofford. In 1964, Wofford became the first private college in South Carolina to desegregate voluntarily with the admission of Albert Gray.

Alumni

Academia

* Paige West,

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and

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anthropologist, 2021

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Athletics

* Brenton Bersin, free agent wide receiver in the NFL *

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, retired head football coach and an inductee into the Columbus Football Hall of Fame * Robert Galloway, Professional

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player. Career high doubles ranking of 82 on the ATP tour. *

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player for the

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of the

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Forrest Lasso Forrest Baldwin Lasso (born May 11, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays for USL Championship club Tampa Bay Rowdies. Early life Lasso played high school soccer at Needham B. Broughton High School. During his sophomore, junior, and seni ...

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player for the

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Brad Loesing Brad Loesing (born October 9, 1989) is an American-German professional basketball player who last played for Rostock Seawolves of the ProA. As a senior at Wofford, he was selected as the 2012 Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and ...

, American-German

player for the team s.Oliver Würzburg in the

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(BBL) * Fletcher Magee,

player, NCAA shooting record holder *

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, professional golfer on the

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* Danny Morrison, President of the Carolina Panthers NFL football teams *

Ameet Pall Ameet Pall (born April 28, 1987) is a Canadian football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was selected fifth overall by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2012 CFL Draft and was signed by the team on May 15, 2012. Following his release, ...

, former

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who played in the

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Kasey Redfern Kasey Redfern (born September 26, 1991) is a former American football punter. He played college football at Wofford College. He signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2014. College career Redfern attended and playe ...

, free agent punter in the NFL *

, founder of the

, former wide receiver for the

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Nate Woody Nate Woody is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator for the Army Black Knights. Prior to Army, Woody worked for Jim Harbaugh at the University of Michigan as the senior defensive analyst. He was the former defens ...

, defensive coordinator at rmy

Business

* George Dean Johnson, Jr., Founder of

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and

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. President of Johnson Development Authority, Spartanburg, SC *

, Founder of

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and was the founding owner of the

NFL franchise. He owned the team for 23 years. * Jude Reyes, billionaire co-chairman (with his brother J. Christopher Reyes) of Reyes Holdings

Entertainment

Craig Melvin Craig Delano Melvin (born May 20, 1979) is an American broadcast journalist and anchor at NBC News and MSNBC. In August 2018, he became a news anchor on NBC's ''Today'' and, in October 2018, a co-host of ''Today Third Hour'' before being made ...

, anchor and correspondent for MSNBC and NBC News *

Wendi Nix Wendi Nix (born September 17, 1974) is an American anchor and sports reporter for ESPN. Professional Nix is the former co-host of ESPN's number one program, ''NFL Live''. Nix primarily handles coverage for NFL and college football games featurin ...

, anchor and reporter for ESPN * Ellison Barber, American journalist and correspondent for NBC News

Politics, law, and public service

* Paul S. Atkins, former commissioner of the

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* Ibra C. Blackwood, governor of South Carolina (1931–1935) * Adam Bowling, member of the

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* Michael J. Copps, former commissioner of the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

* Samuel Dibble, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first graduate of Wofford College (Class of 1856) * Henry Franklin Floyd, judge on the

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* Donald Fowler, former chairman of the

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Clyde H. Hamilton Clyde Henry Hamilton (February 8, 1934 – September 2, 2020) was a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States district judge for the United States District Court for ...

, judge of the

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for the Fourth Circuit * Joseph C. Hutchinson, lieutenant general in the

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and Chairman of the Seminole County Commission in 1960-1964 * Olin D. Johnston, former United States senator, South Carolina (1945–1965); governor of South Carolina (1935–1939, 1943–1945) *

C. Bruce Littlejohn Cameron Bruce Littlejohn (July 22, 1913 – April 21, 2007) was a chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He served as an associate justice on the same court from 1967 to 1984. C. Bruce Littlejohn was born July 22, 1913, in Pacolet, S ...

, associate justice

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

(1966–1984); chief justice (1984–1985) *

Thomas Gordon McLeod Thomas Gordon McLeod (December 17, 1868December 11, 1932) was an American attorney and the List of governors of South Carolina, 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927. Biography Born in Lynchburg, South Carolina to William J. McLeod, ...

, governor of South Carolina (1923–1927) * Costa M. Pleicones, associate justice, later chief justice, of the

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

since 2000 * Dennis W. Shedd, judge on the

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for the Fourth Circuit * Ellison D. Smith, former United States senator, South Carolina (1909–1945: 17th longest-serving senator in history) * John G. Stabler, associate justice

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

(1926–1935); chief justice (1935–1940) *

Charles Albert Woods Charles Albert Woods (July 31, 1852 – June 21, 1925) was an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and then a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Education and career Born i ...

, associate justice

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

(1903–1913); judge on the

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for the Fourth Circuit (1913–1925)

Religion

* William H. Willimon, author, Duke University chaplain, minister, and retired

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of the

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, North Alabama Conference

Education

William Preston Few William Preston Few (December 29, 1867 – October 16, 1940) was the first president of Duke University and the fifth president of its predecessor, Trinity College. Early life Few received his Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from Wofford College, Class of ...

, first and longest serving president of

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

and the fifth and last president of its predecessor, Trinity College * James Kirkland, second and longest-serving chancellor of

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* James A. Knight, psychiatrist, theologian, and medical ethicist; first dean of the Texas A&M School of Medicine

Religion

William Wallace Duncan William Wallace Duncan (December 20, 1839 – March 2, 1908) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1886. Biography William Wallace Duncan was born December 20, 1839, in Boydton, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ...

(Class of 1858), Bishop of the

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* Francis L. Garrett, chief of chaplains of the

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* Marion J. Hatchett, a liturgical scholar in the Episcopal Church who helped to shape the 1979 ''

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'' * Albert C. Outler, theologian and philosopher

Gallery

References

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