Wofford College

Wofford College awarded 421 baccalaureate degrees during its 170th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19. The Hon. Costa Pleicones, a 1965 Wofford graduate, member of the college's board of trustees and retired chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, delivered the keynote address to the Class of 2024. "The capacity to communicate, to create, to think and to adapt are the hallmarks of the liberally educated person," Pleicones says. "These are the skills and capacities Wofford has instilled in you." During the ceremony in the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, the college conferred honorary degrees to three individuals: Betty James Montgomery, Dr. Daniel Baker Morrison Jr. '75 and Tony L. Thomas. Special teaching awards were presented to Dr. Kimberly Hall, associate professor of English, and Dr. Natalie Spivey, associate professor and chair of the Department of Biology. Hall received the Philip Covington Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Humanities and Social Sciences. Spivey received the Roger Milliken Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Science. The college presented the prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards to Jack Galbraith (student recipient) and Craig Burnett '68 (non-student recipient). The student recipient of the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award was Arnise Wright. The non-student recipient was Ruth Littlejohn.

Wofford College awarded 384 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to 369 graduates during the college's 169th Commencement exercises.

Wofford College's Class of 2023 received words of wisdom from a Tony, Grammy and James Beard award winner, and they were all one person. Alexander Smalls, a renowned opera singer, chef and author who attended Wofford in the early 1970s, delivered the keynote address during the college's 169th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 21, 2023. The college awarded 384 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to 369 graduates. The college also conferred honorary degrees on three individuals: Patricia Gainey, Brenda Lee Pryce and Smalls.

Wofford College awarded 374 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to 357 graduates during the college's 168th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 22.

Wofford College awarded 374 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to 357 graduates during the college's 168th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 22.

Wofford College awarded 374 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees to 357 graduates during the college's 168th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 22.

Wofford College conferred 364 degrees on 350 graduates during the 2021 Commencement exercies on Sunday, May 16.

Even though Wofford College was forced to postpone then cancel Commencement exercises for the Class of 2020, the college still celebrates the accomplishments of this resilient class.

Tiwandi Jones always kept her son, Quashon Greenlee '22, focused on two things when he was growing up in Anderson, South Carolina: education and football. Education was the key to a better life. Football was the vehicle that would get him the education she wanted him to have. And then, when Greenlee was 16, his mother died of complications from congestive heart failure.

Wofford College conferred 381 degrees on 359 graduates during the 2019 Commencement exercies on Sunday, May 19.

Wofford College conferred 418 degrees on 394 graduates during the 2018 Commencement exercies on Sunday, May 20.

Wofford College conferred degrees to 367 graduates at the 163rd Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 21, 2017

Wofford College conferred degrees to 325 graduates at the 162nd Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2016

Wofford College conferred degrees to 368 graduates at the 161st Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 17, 2015.

Dr. Nayef H. Samhat delivered his first commencement address since becoming Wofford College's president at the 160th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 18, 2014. Degrees were conferred to about 360 graduates. Samhat became president in July 2013 and his inauguration was held April 25 of this year.

Area students recently completed requirements for their degrees from Wofford College.

Outgoing Wofford College President Benjamin B. Dunlap gave his final official address at the college at the 159th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Area students recently completed requirements for their degrees from Wofford College.

Area students recently completed requirements for their degrees from Wofford College.

Wofford College conducted its 158th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 20, 2012, conferring some 306 degrees, including:

Area students recently completed requirements for their degrees from Wofford College.

The following students have completed the requirements for graduation from Wofford College:

Wofford College has conferred more than 270 degrees during the 154th Commencement in May, including:

Wofford College has conferred more than 270 degrees during the 154th Commencement in May, including: