Building
Wofford Presidents
Sports
Opening the Doors
Campus Life
100

This building named after Ethel and Ernest opened in 1969 and has hundreds of visitors each day.

Burwell Dining Hall

100

This is the longest serving president and is dubbed the first modern president in the college's history.

Henry Nelson Snyder

100

This sport was the first one to be introduced to the campus and by Union soldiers in 1876.

Baseball

100

This population of students arrived to Wofford's campus in this year.

1971 or Spring 1971

100

This building is home to dining, fitness, and recreation opportunities

Mungo Student Center

200

This building served as the college's first student residence hall.

The Hugh S. Black Building

200

Elected president in 1875, he declined to move into the president's home on campus.

James Henry Carlisle

200

Wofford defeated this team in the first college football game in the state in 1889.

Furman

200

African American students made their way to campus under this Wofford president's term.

Marsh

200

Yes, Wofford has a chapter of this academic honor society, the oldest and most prestigious in the country

Phi Beta Kappa

300

Every student has or will grace these hall as some point.

Main Building

300

This president from Greenwood, SC, is the only alumnus to serve as president of Wofford.

Walter Greene

300

This was the last sport to be added to Wofford's athletic portfolio.

Softball - 2024

300
Though woman were allowed to attend classes during the day, they were not able to reside on campus until this year 

1975

300

This fraternity was the first to arrive to Wofford's campus

Kappa Alpha 

400

This building served as the college's first free standing library.

Daniel Building

400

Rising quickly through the ranks, this assistant professor of history turned college president, oversaw the largest expansion of the college during his tenure.

Joab Lesesne

400

Andrews Fieldhouse was the location for this sport to be played when it opened in 1929

Basketball

400

He became Wofford's first African American student in 1964.

Albert Gray

400

Wofford's yearbook titled this, is of French origin meaning "socially unconventional"

The Bohemian

500

The building, named after Wofford's first million dollar donor, is a first and last stop.

Papadopoulos Building

500

This president only served four years, but oversaw the increase of African American student recruitment and the first steps toward coeducation. 

Paul Hardin

500

Wofford joined this athletic conference when they switched to Division I.

Southern Conference or SoCon

500

The African American community located behind Wofford affectionately came to called this

Back of The College

500

This was the original name of the student newspaper before it became the Old Gold & Black in 1915.

The Wofford Journal