Wofford holds Honors Convocation 2016
Wofford College held its annual spring Honors Convocation on Tuesday, May 3. The academic major awards are made by the faculty to seniors recommended by the major departments on the basis of academic achievement, character and intellectual promise. Some of the awards are named in honor of persons who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the college.
Area students receiving awards were:
Isaiah Addison Jr., from Hartsville, received the “Heart of a Terrier” Leadership Award. Addison Jr. is majoring in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. The “Heart of a Terrier” Leadership Award recognizes those students who have made a positive difference on the campus and excelled in scholarship, leadership, and campus citizenship and service.
Joseph Christian Taylor Alexander, from Timmonsville, received the L. Harris Chewning Award, the departmental award for English and the George C.S. Adams Award, the departmental award for French. Alexander is majoring in English and French. L. Harris Chewning joined the faculty in 1957 as professor of English and chair of the department, retiring in 1981. George Cotton Smith Adams joined the faculty in 1952, serving until 1976 as professor of foreign languages.
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 body 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.