Wofford College
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| Established | 1854 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap |
| Faculty | 94 |
| Undergraduates | 1,232 |
| Location | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Boston TerrierImage:Wofford Terrier.gif |
| Website | www.wofford.edu |
Wofford College is a liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Wofford was founded in 1854 with a bequest of $100,000 from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford, a Methodist minister and the college's namesake. Wofford is one of the few four-year institutions in the southeastern United States founded before the American Civil War and still operating on its original campus.
The academic year consists of a four month fall semester, a one month January term called the Interim Period, and a four month spring semester.
Wofford's colors are black and old gold.
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[edit] Athletics
The Wofford Terriers compete in NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) in the Southern Conference. Notably, Wofford has the smallest enrollment of any Division I school that sponsors football.
Wofford is represented by 17 men and women's varsity sports. Athletes train in the Richardson Physical Activities Building, located behind the newly renovated Raines Center, formerly the Campus Life building. The Richardson Building is named for the family of Wofford alum Jerry Richardson, the owner of the Carolina Panthers. The Carolina Panthers annually hold summer training camp at Wofford. The 2003 football season was a banner year for the Terriers. Winning their first Southern Conference title, they advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Semi-Finals.
[edit] Interim Program
The Interim Period is designed to provide students with opportunities for new experiences outside the realm of traditional academics. Many students use this four week time period to travel abroad to places all over the world. In 2006 the Interim Program will take students kayaking in Costa Rica, play going in New York City, visiting Koinonia Partners and backpacking in Central America. In addition to these off-campus opportunities there are several on-campus interims as well. In 2006, these will include "The History and Politics of Hip-Hop Music and Culture in America," "You Are What You Eat: The Study of Food in Culture," "Cartography: A Study of Maps, History, and Culture," and others. In addition to the offered Interims students can design and submit independent Interim studies which may or may not take the student off-campus.
[edit] Academic Majors and Programs
Wofford College offers academic majors in Accounting, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Finance, Languages, Government, History, Humanities, Intercultural Studies, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religion, and Sociology.
It also offers pre-professional programs about Education, Engineering, Medical, Law, Ministry and Veterinary Science. [1]
[edit] Alumni
- Five Rhodes Scholars, Five Truman Scholars, Two Barry M. Goldwater Scholars, 12 Woodrow Wilson Fellows, 12 Rotary Ambassador Scholars, Two James Madison Fellows, and one Morris K. Udall Scholar.
- Alumni include 42 College or University Presidents
- Three of the five Justices of the SC Supreme Court (John Henry Waller, E.C. Burnett III, Costa M. Pleicones)
- Samuel Dibble - first graduate from Wofford College, 1856, later a U. S. Congressman
- Dr. Austin T. Moore - orthopedist; inventor hip replacement surgery
- Albert Outler- theologian and philosopher
- William Preston Few- fifth President of Duke University
- James H. Kirkland- Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- Jerry Richardson - owner of the Carolina Panthers
- Michael J. Copps- Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission
- Paul S. Atkins- Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Marshall L. "Jack" Meadors- Retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- William H. Willimon- Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- William Wallace Duncan (1858 graduate) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- David English Camak - Founder of Spartanburg Methodist College
- Ellison D. Smith- United States Senator, 17th longest-serving senator in history @ 35 yrs, 8 mos.
- Donald Fowler- Former chairman of the DNC
- Richard Wright Simpson - Class of 1861 (Confederate Veteran, 3rd SC Inf, Co A) 1st President Clemson College, Executor of the will of Thomas Green Clemson.
Of over 14,457 living alumni:
- 1,401 are presidents or owners of corporations or organizations
- 1,273 practice medicine, dentistry or other health-care professions
- 682 are attorneys or judges
- 3 of the 5 current justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
- 2 current judges of the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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