Senior Circuit: Lane Eisenburg
While in high school just south of Atlanta, Wofford College was doctor recommended for senior Lane Eisenburg. She intended to study biology and then attending medical school, post-graduation. Her own personal physician suggested she visit Spartanburg.
Wofford has had a dramatic effect, literally, on Eisenburg ever since.
“I came to Wofford with the intention of studying biology, but I will graduate with degrees in English and theatre,” she says. “Because of the liberal arts curriculum, I was able to take a diverse array of classes my freshman year. I discovered that the reasons I wanted to go into medicine were also reasons why I loved theatre. With guidance from the biology, theatre, and English departments, I made the decision to switch majors.”
As a sophomore she joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and she started Pulp Theater, Wofford’s first completely student-led group, with Liz Hutchens as a junior.
Now she’s involved in the Success Initiative Scholarship Program, as well as the Wofford Theater Department. She’s studying in Thailand this fall with CIEE (Council on International Education Exchange), where she has eliminated one career off her list….that of professional cowgirl.
“During one of our home stays, I lived with a family that earned their income through organic rice farming and cattle herding,” says Eisenburg. “One afternoon, the father let us help him take the cows to the rice fields to graze.
“Cows may look like slow-moving animals, but they definitely are not. My cow jumped over a ditch and ran so fast that the rope came out of my hand. I turned to the father with a blank stare, and he pointed me to the rice fields where the cow was headed. I threw off my shoes and sprinted barefoot through the rice field in pursuit of the cow. Eventually, I was able to get it back, but I realized that cow herding was probably not a career I should pursue.
Eisenburg isn’t quite sure what her future holds yet. She’d like to work in theater and education, though.
“Even though I'm graduating in the spring, I don't feel too much pressure to figure it out,” she says. “I feel confident that my Wofford education has prepared me for anything that may come my way.”