Wofford College

Maggie Royce '22 was selected for an internship with Chick-fil-A's enterprise innovation team, which is housed at the company's support center in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is hosting about 75 interns this summer, but Royce is the only one with the enterprise innovation team.

Phi Beta Kappa inductions were held May 14, 2021. Phi Beta Kappa is Wofford's highest academic honor.

Phi Beta Kappa inductions were held May 14, 2021. Phi Beta Kappa is Wofford's highest academic honor.

Phi Beta Kappa inductions were held May 14, 2021. Phi Beta Kappa is Wofford's highest academic honor.

Phi Beta Kappa inductions were held May 14, 2021. Phi Beta Kappa is Wofford's highest academic honor.

Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the spring 2021 semester.

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

Wofford College held its annual spring Honors Convocation on Friday, May 14.

Margaret Roach, a psychology major with a concentration in medicine and the liberal arts, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had a year like no other Wofford College Presidential International Scholar. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented her from traveling internationally to research the integration of traditional medicine with the biomedical approach to treating mental health in India. "I've definitely learned to be flexible and to come up with plan B, C, D and EI think that's what I'm on now," says Roach, who describes herself as having a Type A personality. Roach will discuss her year as the college's Presidential International Scholar during a webinar at noon on Thursday, May 13.

Wofford students receive awards during the annual Greek Awards program held on March 26, 2021.

In his Nobel Peace Prize address in 1964, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of the importance of wiping out poverty. "No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for 'the least of these,'" he said. Wofford Men of Color put those words into action to aid Spartanburg's homeless population as part of the college's MLK week celebration.

Wofford College's 38th Presidential International Scholar will spend the 2021-2022 academic year studying the relationship between public health and culture in Argentina and South Africa. Hector Ortiz '22, a triple major from Saluda, South Carolina, studying biology, philosophy and Spanish, was selected for the independent research abroad experience.

Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Fall 2020 semester.

The staff of Wofford College's student newspaper, The Old Gold and Black, represented the college well in the South Carolina Press Association Annual Awards. Staff members were recognized with 10 awards for writing and editing.

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

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.

Dozens of Wofford College's recent graduates received awards from the college for academic excellence, leadership and citizenship. The college was unable to celebrate these students during the annual Honors Convocation in the spring, but their achievements and contributions to Wofford deserve recognition.

The Elections and Nominations Committee of the Wofford College Campus Union announced the election of student body officers, class of 2021 officers and delegates, senior class officers and 2020-21 judicial commission officers.

Wofford College rising sophomore Emily Hathcock is taking her love of medicine and passion for helping others to a global scale. Hatchcock has been elected to the International Health Occupations Students of America's Executive Council, where she will be serving as the International postsecondary/collegiate vice president.

Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Spring 2020 semester.

The plan is to be in business by the end of the summer. That's the goal of the five Wofford College students who are participating this year in the Summer Accelerator program through the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The Terrier Supply Closet is a result of a senior research project by Alexis Eaton '19 and Dr. Rhiannon Leebrick. It provides food and other essentials for students in need.

Wofford College has awarded 149 merit scholarships to incoming students.

Margaret Roach, a rising senior at Wofford College, will use her personal experience with mental illness as the foundation for research she will conduct in India this fall as the college's 37th Presidential International Scholar.

Kerrington Johnson '23 has a goal of becoming a certified personal trainer. Last December, she took on a passion project by recording videos and uploading them to her own YouTube channel. It's a task that she's fit in while juggling schoolwork and her own training as a member of Wofford's women's track and field team. The workouts have had a new importance during the COVIC-19 pandemic. While gyms closed and many sheltered in place, Johnson's routines have helped her family and friends stay active.

Starting a new business venture in the middle of a global health pandemic - complete with shelter-in-place orders and an economic recession - may seem less than ideal, but Grace Gehlken '22 and Kenzie Syiem '23 have accepted the challenge.

Wofford College has awarded 207 scholarships to incoming students.

Wofford students were honored during the Wofford College Greek Awards Program held on April 21, 2020.

Dr. Michael J. Sosulski, provost of Wofford College, has announced Dean's List students for the Fall 2019 semester.

Forty students are spending the Spring 2020 semester away from Wofford College as part of the study abroad program.