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Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C. It offers 25 major fields of study to a student bod of 1,650 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford is home to one of the nation's 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters. The college community enjoys Greek Life as well as 18 NCAA Division I athletics teams.

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Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C. It offers 25 major fields of study to a student bod of 1,650 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford is home to one of the nation's 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters. The college community enjoys Greek Life as well as 18 NCAA Division I athletics teams.

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Wofford inducts new Phi Beta Kappa class

Wofford's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa welcomed 39 members into the nation's oldest academic honor society during an induction ceremony at Leonard Auditorium on May 1.
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Honor Society - May 2

Thirty Terriers join national academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa

Thirty Wofford College students and recent graduates were inducted as members-in-course during the college's Phi Beta Kappa ceremony on Thursday, April 18, in Leonard Auditorium, Main Building. Students are normally considered for election to Wofford's Phi Beta Kappa chapter after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.6. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process. The chapter may elect only 10% of a graduating class in any one year.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 24

Thirty Terriers join national academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa

Thirty Wofford College students and recent graduates were inducted as members-in-course during the college's Phi Beta Kappa ceremony on Thursday, April 18, in Leonard Auditorium, Main Building. Students are normally considered for election to Wofford's Phi Beta Kappa chapter after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.6. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process. The chapter may elect only 10% of a graduating class in any one year.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 23

Thirty Terriers join national academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa

Thirty Wofford College students and recent graduates were initiated as members-in-course during the college's Phi Beta Kappa ceremony on Thursday, April 18, in Leonard Auditorium, Main Building. Students are normally considered for election to Wofford's Phi Beta Kappa chapter after they have earned 100 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.6. Election is not automatic. Resident members of the chapter consider scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits, and other factors in the election process. The chapter may elect only 10% of a graduating class in any one year.
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Honor Society - 2024 Apr 23

Wofford chapter of Tri-Alpha inducts 26 first-generation students in first class

Laila Villeda '26 is accustomed to being a trailblazer in her family. Not only is Villeda the first in her family to go to college. The finance major from Cumming, Georgia, also is the first to graduate from high school. "For my parents to not even have finished middle school, me going to a four-year college is unheard of," says Villeda. "I am so happy to be paving the way for my family, and to be able to help others like me." Villeda and 25 other first-generation students were the first inductees into Wofford's Theta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha on Nov. 8. Students with a minimum 3.2 GPA and at least 30 earned credit hours are eligible for induction into the honor society for first-gen students. Tri-Alpha was founded in 2018 at Moravian University.
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Honor Society - 2023 Nov 17

Wofford College holds Phi Beta Kappa inductions

Phi Beta Kappa inductions were held May 19, 2023. Phi Beta Kappa is Wofford's highest academic honor.
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Honor Society - 2023 May 22

Wofford College students inducted into Sigma Delta Pi

Thirteen Wofford College students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the national Spanish Honors Society, on Nov. 6.
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Honor Society - 2020 Nov 13

Wofford students inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon honor society

Several Wofford students were inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society in May 2019.
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Honor Society - 2019 Jun 19

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 37 students

Wofford College initiated 37 students from the Class of 2019 into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 7.
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Honor Society - 2019 May 31

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 37 students

Wofford College initiated 37 students into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 8.
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Honor Society - 2018 May 11

Wofford College students inducted into Pi Delta Phi

Three Wofford College students were inducted into Pi Delta Phi, the national French Honors Society, on May 4, 2017.
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Honor Society - 2017 Aug 23

Wofford College students inducted into Sigma Delta Pi

Eighteen Wofford College students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the national Spanish Honors Society, in the spring of 2017.
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Honor Society - 2017 Aug 2

Wofford College students inducted into Delta Phi Alpha

Ten Wofford College students were inducted in Delta Phi Alpha, the German honors society, on May 15, 2017.
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Honor Society - 2017 Jul 14

Wofford College students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta

Seventeen Wofford College students were inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors Society, on May 10, 2017.
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Honor Society - 2017 Jul 11

Wofford College students inducted into Beta Beta Beta

Fifteen Wofford College students were inducted into Beta Beta Beta, the biology honors society, in the spring of 2017.
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Honor Society - 2017 Jun 28

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 37 students, recent graduates

Wofford College initiated 37 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 9.
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Honor Society - 2017 May 19

Wofford students inducted into Beta Beta Beta honor society

Wofford students inducted into Beta Beta Beta honor society on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
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Honor Society - 2016 Oct 20

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 36 students, recent graduates

Wofford College initiated 36 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, May 3.
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Honor Society - 2016 May 12

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 35 students, recent graduates

Wofford College initiated 35 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Thursday, May 7.
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Honor Society - 2015 May 18

Wofford College students inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon honor society

Four Wofford students were inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon math honor society on March 16, 2015.
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Honor Society - 2015 Apr 16

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 34 students, recent graduates

Wofford College initiated 34 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Thursday, May 1, in Leonard Auditorium.
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Honor Society - 2014 May 15

Students Inducted into Wofford's chapter of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society

Twelve Wofford students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, Wofford's chapter of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, on May 7, 2013.
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Honor Society - 2013 May 13

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 35 students, recent graduates

Wofford College initiated 35 students and recent graduates into its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony held on Tuesday, April 20, in Leonard Auditorium.
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Honor Society - 2013 May 7

Students Inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon at Wofford

Nineteen students and three faculty were inducted into the national mathematics honor society, Pi Mu Epsilon, during an inaugural ceremony on April 28, 2013.
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Honor Society - 2013 May 10

Area students inducted into the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society at Wofford

The following area students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, at Wofford on April 23, 2012:
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Honor Society - 2012 May 8

Area students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Wofford College

The following area students were accorded Wofford College's highest academic honor on Thursday, April 26, when they were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa:
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Honor Society - 2012 May 1

Area students inducted into Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society at Wofford College

Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society inducted several Wofford students during installation ceremonies held on Nov. 2, 2011. Alpha Epsilon Delta is the National Health Preprofessional Honor Society dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in preprofessional health scholarship, including medicine, dentistry, veterinary, and others. Area students inducted were:
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Honor Society - 2011 Nov 9

Area students initiated into South Carolina Epsilon chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta at Wofford College

Wofford College is now the home of the South Carolina Epsilon chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, an honor fraternity for qualified students planning careers in medicine, dentistry or other health care professions. The chartering ceremony was held in the college's Roger Milliken Science Center on Sunday, Feb. 28. Dr. J. Gilbert Foster, a 1969 Wofford graduate and chief of urology at the Malizia Clinic in Atlanta, was the speaker. Area students initiated were:
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Honor Society - 2010 Mar 29
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