By Jo Ann Mitchell Brasington ’89 and Mark Olencki ’75
Meet some of the students in the Class of 2022 who used their Wofford experience to prepare for jobs, internships, graduate school or military service. Their communities will be better places to live and work because of the impact they will make as Wofford graduates.
Hometown: Apex, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Women’s lacrosse; Student Athlete Advisory Committee; Marketing and Communications design intern
What’s next? Communications internship, Mercedes-Benz, Charleston, S.C.
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Delta Delta Delta sorority; Admission ambassador; German Club (vice president); German School of the Upstate (teaching assistant)
What’s next? Fulbright English teaching assistant, Brandenburg, Germany
Hometown: Anderson, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Offensive line, Wofford football; worked at Zach’s as a cook and dishwasher; internship with Enterprise Rent-A-Car
What’s next? Management trainee program, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Anderson
Hometown: Clover, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Richardson Scholar; Kappa Sigma fraternity; facultystudent research; physics teaching assistant; College Republicans; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Ph.D. in medical physics, University of Wisconsin
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Admission ambassador; Zeta Tau Alpha sorority; Wofford Activities Council; Wofford Athletics and Recreation; Orientation staff
What’s next? Commercial lending associate, SouthState Bank, Charlotte, N.C., and Rock Hill, S.C., branches; studying for real estate license
Hometown: Taylors, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Women’s tennis; student worker, BenJo Fitness Center; Orientation staff; Student Athlete Advisory Committee; Wofford’s Bee Club; Wofford College Republicans
What’s next? Intern, Disney College Program, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla.
Hometown: Cary, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Student-managed James-Atkins Investment Fund; tennis team manager; mountain biking Interim (his favorite!)
What’s next? Work as an investment banking analyst, Sherman & Co., Charlotte, N.C.
Hometown: Fountain Inn, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Kappa Alpha Theta sorority; chemistry teaching assistant; Honor Council; Admission ambassador; Career Center researcher
What’s next? M.A.T. program, Converse University; student teacher, Ralph Chandler Middle School, Greenville, S.C.
Hometown: Blythewood, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Writing Center tutor; Psychology Kingdom
What’s next? Counseling education program, clinical mental health track, University of South Carolina
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Three summers of research; chemistry teaching assistant and tutor; Alpha Phi Omega (president); fly fishing club (president); men’s club tennis; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Medical scribe; applying to medical school
Hometown: Greenville, S.C.
Wofford experiences: First-generation college student; Zeta Tau Alpha sorority; resident assistant; Orientation staff; phenology and climate change research that led to the implementation of a Phenology Walk at Glendale Shoals; Interim study abroad (food, art and history in Italy).
What’s next? M.S. in environmental science, environmental microbiology track, University of Arizona
Hometown: Clinton, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Alpha Psi Omega theatre fraternity (president); Society of Physics Students; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Venue carpenter, Spoleto, Charleston, S.C. (summer); lighting/set designer, South Carolina Children’s Theatre; community theatre volunteer
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Beta Beta Beta biology honor society; Amnesty International (president); Gateway Scholar; iCAN mentor; Bonner Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Research assistantship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hometown: Saluda, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Wofford Presidential International Scholar; first-generation college student; summer research; Organization of Latin American Students; Wofford Asian American Pacific Islanders; Wofford Anti-Racism Coalition; Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
What’s next? Master of science in precision health, University of Chicago
Hometown: Clover, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Bonner Scholar; first-generation college student; Kappa Alpha Theta sorority; research; iCAN mentor; Goldtones; United Way of the Piedmont’s Financial Opportunity Center volunteer; Interim abroad (United Arab Emirates); internship with Horizon Investments; Phi Mu Epsilon mathematics fraternity; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Investment analyst, Charlotte, N.C.
Hometown: Lancaster, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Campus Union (treasurer); Wofford Women of Color; Orientation staff; Admission ambassador; accounting peer tutor and lab assistant; VITA tax volunteer; Arcadia Elementary volunteer; Wofford Anti-Racism Coalition (treasurer); Wofford Gospel Choir; Senior Order of Gnomes; Sigma Delta Pi Spanish honor society
What’s next? Audit intern, Deloitte, Raleigh, N.C.
Hometown: Hanahan, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Pi Kappa Phi fraternity; undergraduate research ambassador; summer collaborative research
What’s next? Doctoral program in chemistry, Clemson University
Hometown: Moncks Corner, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Study abroad (Quito, Ecuador); JEDI student researcher; public health research; Bonner Scholar (leadership team); Volunteer: Adult Learning Center, FoodShare Spartanburg, World Relief; Wellness Center student worker; International Programs blogger; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Master of public health in behavioral, social and health education sciences, Emory University
Hometown: Spartanburg, S.C.
Wofford experiences: JEDI student researcher; summer research; E.K. Hardin Pre-Law Society (president); James-Atkins Fund (portfolio manager); Orientation staff; Old Gold and Black (staff writer); accounting lab tutor and peer tutor; Sigma Delta Pi Spanish honor society; Meeting Street Academy mentor; Senior Order of Gnomes; Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Audit associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Charlotte, N.C.
Hometown: Irmo, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Delta Delta Delta sorority (vice president of operations)
What’s next? Civil designer, ADC Engineering, Greenville, S.C.; applying to graduate school in civil engineering
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Wofford Activities Council; Ducks Unlimited
What’s next? Medical School, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Society for Physics Students; outdoor club; WoCo Pep Band
What’s next? Doctoral program in physics, University of South Carolina
Hometown: Irmo, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Wofford’s sustainability master planning committee; Old Gold and Black (managing editor); Sustainability Club (president); Cleveland Academy of Leadership volunteer (Chefs Club leader); Hub City Farmers Market Urban Farm (student farmer); study abroad (Copenhagen, Denmark); Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Sustainability and conservation nonprofit work, Spartanburg
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Resident assistant; Admission ambassador; SpartanDogs obstacle course racing team (founder, president); Wofford Singers; Glee Club; Wofford Men a cappella group; Concert Band (trumpet); Phi Beta Kappa
What’s next? Medical School, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Study abroad (Spain); Admission ambassador; Orientation staff; Volunteer: Mary H. Wright Elementary School and ARCH program
What’s next? Interviewing for jobs in Greece
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Wofford Singers; Goldtones; Women’s Choir; Delta Delta Delta sorority; work in the Halligan Center for Religious and Spiritual Life; research presented at Wofford’s Annual Conference on Gender
What’s next? Work as an assistant manager at Buckle Inc. in Charleston, S.C.; applying for graduate school in archival management and public history
Hometown: Nicholasville, Ky.
Wofford experiences: ROTC; Sigma Alpha Epsilon (vice president); Ducks Unlimited (president)
What’s next? Second lieutenant, U.S. Army; Transportation Basic Officer Leadership Course, Fort Lee, Va. (14 weeks); 526 Brigade Support Battalion, active duty, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Wofford experiences: Judicial Commission; Campus Union; Writing Center tutor; Old Gold & Black (staff writer); Bonner Scholar
What’s next? Page, NBC, New York, N.Y.
Hometown: Hampton, S.C.
Wofford experiences: ROTC (Ranger Challenge team); Sigma Nu fraternity; club soccer
What’s next? Dental school, James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Charleston, S.C.
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Delta Delta Delta sorority; Mu Beta Psi music fraternity (reestablished chapter, vice president); Alpha Psi Omega theatre fraternity
What’s next? Production assistant, teacher and intern supervisor, Columbia Children’s Theatre’s production of Matilda (summer); Wardrobe intern, Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, Fla.
Hometown: Rock Hill, S.C.
Wofford experiences: Orientation staff; E.K. Hardin Pre-Law Society; psychology teaching assistant; legal assistant, Schultz Law Firm
What’s next? Law school, The Ohio State University