John J. Wood, founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, a global organization dedicated to promoting and enabling education through programs focused on literacy and gender equality in education, will receive the Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind and an honorary degree from Wofford on Thursday, Feb. 9, during a special convocation at the college.
Wofford is one of the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities, according to The Princeton Review. The Massachusetts-based education services company profiles Wofford in its just-published book, “The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition."
Wofford has announced a variety of events for February, including Black History Month programs, musical performances and art exhibitions. The events are open to the public, and are free (unless otherwise noted).
“Student • Athlete • Artist,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings, pottery and photographs by eight Wofford student-athletes, recognizes their accomplishments as artists while they pursue their classical liberal arts college degrees. These students are majoring in such fields as biology, English, physics and art history, and they are members of the football, soccer, volleyball and cross country teams.
Building on its commitment to creating global citizens with cross-cultural competence who are prepared to succeed in the 21st century, Wofford will offer a residential language immersion program for rising 8th-grade through 12th-grade students beginning this summer.