Wofford College Continuing Education
Alumni and friends of Wofford College are invited to explore regional history and culture, wth an emphasis on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, through the Continuing Education Program. Enjoy lectures, concerts, world-travel and tours presented by expert faculty and staff of the college, including the ever-popular Orbiting Seminar, beginning its 11th year in 2009.
For more information or to register for an event, please contact Charlie Gray, Director of Continuing Education/External Relations, at 864-597-4186 or travel@wofford.edu.
2009 Continuing Education Calendar
| Date |
Location |
Description |
Time |
| CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE |
| January 26 |
Wofford Campus |
Civil War Roundtable. Program: Howard Burnham as Frank Vizetely. |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| March 23 |
Wofford Campus |
Civil War Rountable. Surgery in the Civil War: The End of the Medical Middle Ages. REGISTER |
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
| September 21 |
Wofford Campus |
Civil War Rountable. Program TBD. REGISTER |
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
| November 16 |
Wofford Campus |
Civil War Rountable. Program TBD. REGISTER |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROUNDTABLE |
| February 23 |
Wofford Campus |
Revolutionary War Roundtable. Program: Ninety-Six - British Outpost in the Backcountry. |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| April 27 |
Wofford Campus |
Revolutionary War Roundtable. Howard Burnham, British Historian & Actor, as Thomas Payne. REGISTER |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| October 26 |
Wofford Campus |
Revolutionary War Rountable. Program TBD. REGISTER |
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
| December 7 |
Wofford Campus |
Revolutionary War Roundtable. Program TBD. REGISTER |
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
| ADDITIONAL EVENTS |
| April 19 |
Carnegie Library, Union County |
Wofford College Troubador Series presents Carl Sandburg's Wish, a performance by Dr. Jhon C. Akers, classical guitarist. |
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
| May 9 |
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve, McCormack County |
Wildflowers of the Upcountry, Seminar #1. Travel from Wofford to one of the most prolific wildflower locales in the South Carolina Upcountry. |
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| May 20 |
Flat Creek Heritage Preserve, Lancaster County |
Wildflowers of the Upcountry, Seminar #2. Travel from Wofford to the plant communities in and around a flat rock piedmont outcrop. This unique site straddles the
boundary between the fall-line sandhills and the piedmont! |
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| June 20 - 23 |
Wofford Campus |
Chautauqua: America in Crisis |
6:30 p.m. |
| June, TBD |
S.C. Coastal Plain |
Wildflowers of the Carolinas Series |
More Info |
| November 5-6 |
Charleston, S.C. |
Orbiting Seminar XI: The Charleston Peninsula |
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