August features exciting experiences for first-year students, including move-in day and Camp Greystone. September includes Opening Convocation with guest speaker Ellison Barber ’12, a correspondent for NBC, and the annual Mungo Block Party.
Additionally, Wofford will host its first home football game of the season against William & Mary at 6 p.m. on Sept. 14.
More information on all events can be found in the Daily Announcements or at calendar.wofford.edu.
AUGUST EVENTS
Saturday, Aug. 24
First-year students move-in day
First-year students at Wofford will move into their residences.
Picnic dinner
5:30 p.m., Front Lawn, Main Building
Picnic dinner for first-year resident students, commuter students and parents. The dinner will be followed by dessert on the front lawn of the President's Home.
Sunday, Aug. 25
First service of worship and blessing of the Class of 2028
10 a.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Monday, Aug. 26
Camp Greystone, Tuxedo, North Carolina - Class of 2028
Noon, Campus Drive
The Class of 2028 will board buses on Campus Drive in front of Richardson, Greene and Marsh halls to travel to Camp Greystone in Tuxedo, North Carolina, and will return to campus at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 28
Classes begin
Wofford students kick off their academic year.
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
Monday, Sept. 2
Labor Day holiday, no class
Thursday, Sept. 5
Opening Convocation
11 a.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Ellison Barber ’12, a correspondent for NBC, will be the guest speaker for Opening Convocation. Barber is a journalist based in New York City. She has spent much of her career in the field covering breaking news domestically and internationally. When there’s chaos, Ellison is there — bringing viewers clear facts while centering and elevating stories of the people most impacted. Barber spent months on the ground reporting on the war in Ukraine and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on the Israel-Hamas War in 2023. She’s covered conflicts in South America and the Caribbean, as well as natural disasters and political turmoil throughout the Western Hemisphere. Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob attacked and overtook the Capitol building. She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening. In 2022, she won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for her reporting about the siege. In 2023, her war reporting garnered an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Emerging Journalist. She has been nominated again this year. She joined NBC News as a correspondent in 2020. Before then, she worked as a general assignment reporter at Fox News and WUSA9 (CBS DC). Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012.
Thursday, Sept. 5
English Department Ice Cream Social
4 p.m., 210 S. Park Drive
Dr. Natalie Grinnell, Reeves Family Professor in Humanities, will host an ice cream social for English majors and minors.
Thursday, Sept. 12
Pell Recipients: Gilman International Scholarship Information Session
11:30 a.m., Gray-Jones Room, Burwell Building
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a scholarship opportunity available to students who receive a Federal Pell Grant. Eligible students may receive up to $9,000 in funding for a study or internship abroad experience. During this information session, staff from the Office of International Programs will review the scholarship goals, eligibility requirements and application components with interested students.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Emily Harding, Protecting Democracy
11:30 a.m., McMillan Theater
Emily Harding has served in a series of high-profile national security roles at critical moments, with positions at the CIA, the National Security Council and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. While working for SSCI, she led a multi-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. The five-volume report has reshaped the way the U.S. defends elections against foreign interference. She currently serves as the director of the intelligence, national security and technology program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Thursday, Sept. 19
Mungo Exchange Block Party
5:30 p.m., Evins Street in front of the Michael S. Brown Village Center
Wofford’s Mungo Exchange Block Party is a tradition that welcomes students to campus. This year’s event will feature food trucks, music, study abroad experts, community partners, employers, free T-shirts while supplies last, and more.
Monday, Sept. 23
Michael Steele: How to Win Elections and Lose the Country
6 p.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Former Republican National Committee Chairman and current MSNBC host Michael Steele will discuss “How to Win Elections and Lose the Country” his look at the madness and the methods of our political parties and the systems they create in the fight for domination and electoral success; and ultimately, how the emergence of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and future presidential contenders may signal not just a profound transformation of both political parties but their eventual end.
HOME FOOTBALL GAMES
Saturday, Sept. 14
Wofford vs. William & Mary
6 p.m., Gibbs Stadium
Wofford football’s home opener against William & Mary at Gibbs Stadium.
Saturday, Sept. 28
Wofford vs. Mercer
1:30 p.m., Gibbs Stadium
Wofford football hosts Mercer to open SoCon play.
Upcoming athletics events can be found at woffordterriers.com/calendar.