12 Facts About Wofford College

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Wofford College is a private liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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The Wofford College campus has been landscaped, developed, and designated as a national arboretum.

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Wofford College offers academic majors in a variety of areas including 26 majors.

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Wofford College offers pre-professional programs in Teacher Education, Dentistry, Medicine, Law, Ministry, Engineering, and Veterinary Science.

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Wofford College Terriers compete in NCAA Division I in the Southern Conference.

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Wofford College is represented by 18 men and women's varsity sports.

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Delta Phi Alpha, the national collegiate German honorary society, was founded at Wofford College, as was the National Beta Club, an honorary society prominent in American high schools.

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Wofford College has a variety of student service organizations on campus, including the Bonner Scholars, Twin Towers, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, and ONE.

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Wofford College was included in the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, published by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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Six recent Wofford College graduates have been selected for the Teach For America Corps.

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Wofford College recognizes 14 chapters of national fraternities and sororities, with 42 percent of men and 53 percent of women participating.

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In 1964, Wofford became the first private college in South Carolina to desegregate voluntarily with the admission of Albert Gray.

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