Wofford College
| Wofford College | |
| Motto | Intaminatis fulget honoribus (She shines with untarnished honor) |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1854 |
| President | Dr. Benjamin B. Dunlap |
Academic staff | 106 |
| Undergraduates | 1,350 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Gold and Black |
| Mascot | Boston Terrier |
| Website | www.wofford.edu |
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Wofford College is a small liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Wofford was founded in 1854 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." 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. In 1941, Wofford received a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most prestigious honor society.
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 old gold and black.
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 took 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.
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Academic Majors and Programs
Wofford College offers academic majors in Accounting, Art History, Biology, Business Economics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Chinese Language and Culture, Economics, English, Finance, French, German, Government, History, Humanities, Intercultural Studies, Intercultural Studies for Business, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, and Theater. [1]
It also offers pre-professional programs about Education, Engineering, Medical, Law, Ministry and Veterinary Science.
Wofford College ranks fourth in the country in the percentage of undergraduates receiving credit for studying abroad, according to Open Doors national survey. For the past ten years, Wofford has consistently ranked among the top 10 nationally in this survey.
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. The 2007 baseball team won the Southern Conference championship, advancing to the NCAA regional tournament. And in the 2007-08 football season they DOMINATED App State with one of the biggest upsets in college football history and crushing their 17 game winning streak!
And in the 2007 football season, they DOMINATED App State in their SoCon opener with a 42-31 loss for the Mountaineers. Currently, there is a campaign to get an exhibition match between the Terriers and Wolverines to prove how fierce the Terriers are.
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
- Two of the five Justices of the SC Supreme Court (John Henry Waller and Costa M. Pleicones)
- Paul S. Atkins- Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Tom Bolt- lawyer, President of the American Counsel Association
- David English Camak - Founder of Spartanburg Methodist College
- Michael J. Copps- Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission
- Samuel Dibble - first graduate of Wofford College, 1856, later a U. S. Congressman
- William Wallace Duncan (1858 graduate) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- William Preston Few- First president of Duke University and the fifth president of its predecessor, Trinity College.
- William A. Finley - First president of Oregon State University
- Donald Fowler- Former Chairman of the Democratic National Convention
- James H. Kirkland- Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- Olin D. Johnston - United States Senator
- George Dean Johnson - Founder of Extended Stay Hotels, Co-Founder of Advance America, Co-Founder and Chairman of OTO Development, Founder and Chairman of Johnson Development & Associates
- Harry Thomas Maddux- Vice President of Apex CoVantgasge
- Marshall L. "Jack" Meadors- Retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Dr. Austin T. Moore - orthopedist; inventor hip replacement surgery
- Albert C. Outler- theologian and philosopher
- Jerry Richardson - owner of the Carolina Panthers
- 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.
- Ellison D. Smith- United States Senator, 17th longest-serving senator in history @ 35 yrs, 8 mos.
- William H. Willimon- Bishop of the United Methodist Church
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
- 2 current judges of the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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