Over the past three years, the college community has spent time revisiting its history. Recently, Dr. Dwain Pruitt ’95, chief equity officer and vice president for community initiatives, has secured a grant to tell the college’s history of desegregation, culminating in a publication that will be ready in time for the milestone’s 60th anniversary in 2025. Excerpts from two of those stories are included in a feature on women who have made Wofford history in this edition of Wofford Today.
Homecoming, Family Weekend and A Day for Wofford — also featured in this issue — give us an opportunity to think about our history in terms of memory, tradition and gratitude. Over Family Weekend, the Tiffany family donated to the college rare master’s and bachelor’s degree diplomas from William S. Hall Jr. from 1891. Hall is the great-great-grandfather of Barron Tiffany ’27, who was inducted into the Order of 1854 legacy society during Family Weekend.
As we have discovered, researching our past has given us opportunities to gain new knowledge and a different lens for exploring current issues. Considering our history inspires our students to make history, building a foundation that will take them to their first destinations and beyond prepared for all that’s next.
Thank you for being a part of this incredible time at Wofford College. We appreciate your engagement and your impact.
Go Terriers!
Nayef H. Samhat
11TH PRESIDENT OF WOFFORD COLLEGE