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New president

The Wofford College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Nayef H. Samhat as president of the college at their meeting on Tuesday, May 14, held on campus. He is Wofford's 11th president.

Presidential Scholar

Wofford College President Benjamin B. Dunlap has selected Laura Kate Gamble, a rising senior from Summerville, S.C., as the 2013-2014 Presidential International Scholar. She is the 30th scholar in the college’s innovative program that allows one student to travel during the academic year to developing countries researching an independent project.

Shared Worlds '13

Shared Worlds, a non-profit science fiction/fantasy teen writing summer camp hosted by Wofford College, has received a third consecutive supporting grant from Amazon.com and has named author Karen Lord as its Amazon.com Writer in Residence for 2013.

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Wofford confers degrees, gives honors

May 19, 2013

Dr. Nayef H. Samhat named Wofford College president

May 14, 2013

The Wofford College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Nayef H. Samhat as president of the college at their meeting on Tuesday, May 14, held on campus.

Four Wofford juniors to intern at Aspen Institute for summer

May 17, 2013

Four Wofford College juniors will spend the summer observing world leaders, celebrities, musicians and politicians while interning with the Aspen Institute, an international educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. The students will work at the instit ...

Gray, Jones honored with room naming at Wofford

May 09, 2013

Wofford College honored its first African-American student and its first African-graduate today (Thursday, May 9) with the dedication of the Gray-Jones Room in the Burwell Building in honor of Albert W. Gray and Douglas Jones Sr.