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Coordinates: 34°57′32″N 81°56′06″W / 34.959°N 81.935°W / 34.959; -81.935
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Wofford College
Wofford College
MottoIntaminatis fulget honoribus (She shines with untarnished honor)
TypePrivate
Established1854
PresidentDr. Benjamin B. Dunlap
Academic staff
106
Undergraduates1,350
Location
Spartanburg
,
South Carolina
,
United States
CampusSuburban
ColorsGold and Black   
MascotBoston Terrier
Websitewww.wofford.edu

34°57′32″N 81°56′06″W / 34.959°N 81.935°W / 34.959; -81.935

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." In 1941, Wofford received a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2002, The entire 145-acre (0.59 km2) campus was designated as an arboretum, and Wofford is a member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

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. The school mascot is the Terriers.

Overview

Operating continuously on its original campus in the City of Spartanburg, Wofford is listed as a National Historic District. The campus now consists of 48 buildings on 170 acres (0.69 km2) maintained and has been designated as “the Roger Milliken Arboretum.” Located at the Junction of I-85 and I-26 in the South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg is convenient to the mountains and the beach, and close to both Charlotte and Atlanta. The GSP International Airport is only a few miles west of the city. Major corporate citizens of Spartanburg County (pop. 250,000) include BMW, QS-1, Milliken & Company and Denny’s Restaurants. Home to six diverse higher education institutions, Spartanburg has the highest number of college students per capita of any major city in South Carolina.

Ranked as one of the top 60 national liberal arts colleges in the country, Wofford has a 78 percent graduation rate and a 40 percent alumni giving rate. The average SAT range of the college is between 1,140 and 1,350. 58 percent of the incoming freshman class in 2006 finished in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Wofford is in the 2008 issue of the annual America's Best Colleges issue and guidebook published by U.S. News & World Report. The Princeton Review also features Wofford in the 2007 edition of its annual book, The Best 361 Colleges.

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.

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.

File:Wofford Logo (Colored).png
Official logo

Athletics

Logo used to represent Wofford Athletics
Further information: Wofford Terriers

The Wofford Terriers compete in NCAA Division I (in the Football Championship Subdivision for football) and in the Southern Conference. Notably, Wofford has the smallest enrollment of any Division I school that sponsors football.[citation needed] From 1988-95 the college participated in NCAA Division 2. Prior to that they were in the NAIA.

Wofford is represented by 18 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 Terriers took their second title as 2007 SoCon champions. The 2007 baseball team won the Southern Conference championship, advancing to the NCAA regional tournament.

Campus Life

Over twelve hundred (1,221) students live on campus in several residence halls or new apartment style housing, dubbed “The Village.” Wofford has a variety of student organizations on campus, including ministry and service learning programs like: Bonner Scholars, Twin Towers, Lions Club, Alpha Phi Omega, Vocational Diserment Pre-Ministral Program, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Baptist Student Union. The college sponsors 14 chapters of national fraternities and sororities with 43 percent of men and 60 percent of women participating. Wofford offers an Army ROTC program as well as a variety of intramural sports programs for students.

In the 2008-09 school year, Wofford college was also declared the "Number 1 ONE Campus" in the nation. This honor was bestowed by the hard work of the ONE @ Wofford organization that was founded by Tomas Moreno. [1]

Alumni

See also: Category:Wofford College alumni
  • Chris Robinson- Lead Singer of the Black Crowes attended as a Provisional Acceptance (PA) in the summer of 1985. He was never enrolled as a full-time student.


Of over 14,457 living alumni:

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Reference List

  1. ^ http://www.one.org/campus/blog/2009/04/07/wofford-college-occ-2008-09-champions/


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