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for the most up-to-date news, check the Wofford Web site at www.wofford.edu one manuscript evaluation with the program’s assistant director, Jeff VanderMeer, a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. Other teaching participants are offord will host a variety Holly Black, co-author of the of innovative programs popular “Spiderwick Chronicles;” this summer. For more inforAnn VanderMeer, anthologist mation, visit the Web site at and fiction editor of Weird Tales www.wofford.edu. magazine; Tobias Buckell, New York Times best-selling author of ommy Woods ’00 and “Halo: The Cole Protocol;” and QS1 are bringing Black Will Hindmarch, game designer Boys of Distinction, a group and author of “Things We Think that promotes healthy behavabout Games.” ior in our community’s young black males (ages 8-17), to the new program, Connections campus for six weeks starting and Intersections in MathJune 8. They will hold sympo- ematics (July 19-Aug. 1), will siums on July 31 and Aug. 1. examine a variety of math-related Visit www.blackboysofdistinc- topics, introduced historically and tion.org for additional informa- in the context of mathematics tion. in the liberal arts. Students will
by Santiago Mariani ’08, under the direction of Dean of the Library Oakley Coburn. In August, Mariani will begin his studies at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pennsylvania, preparing to become a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Charlotte. Shelley Henry Sperka ’75 will update and maintain the tour. “The new Web pages include links by building and location, by type of work, by collection, by artist,” Coburn explains. “There are also sections on the preservation work we’ve done as well as details about other points of interest on the campus. Each time the page is opened a new selection from the collection is highlighted. Thumbnail images can be enlarged. For each artist and work there is a brief explanaexplore the math of art, music, he Summer Institute for tion.” Professional Development philosophy, logic and other fields. To see the collection, visit Rather than the traditional (July 6-Aug. 6), for college www.wofford.edu/arttour/. focus on rote learning, algebra juniors and seniors, is an intensive, five-week residential and algorithmic problem-solving in mathematics, this program will Wofford announces program designed to provide explain the harmony and beauty 2009 Community of students with a substantial set of elements of math. While of skills directly applicable in students will consider a variety of Scholars the professional workplace. The program will explore such math problems, the program will r. G.R. Davis, professor not emphasize the completion of topics as leadership developof biology, will lead 10 “problem sets.” Instead, particiment; innovation and creativWofford faculty members and pants will work with each other ity in solution development; 18 students in the college’s third and with faculty to appreciate leveraging technology; public Community of Scholars. math in a broader context. speaking and professional Funded by the Fullerton Program faculty include Drs. Foundation, the 10-week summer presentation skills; executive Matt Cathey and Joseph Spivey, writing; understanding global program fosters collegiality and both assistant professors of math- creates cross-disciplinary dialogue issues; project and time management; networking; business ematics at Wofford. among students and faculty etiquette and personal finance; conducting research in the natural and resume development and sciences, the social sciences and Enjoy virtual campus interview skills. the humanities. Scott Cochran ’88, director art tour Each undergraduate research of career services, will lead the hanks to a sophisticated new fellow pursues a research project program. section of the Wofford Web on campus and works under the site, you can experience a comsupervision of a faculty mentor hared Worlds (July 19-Aug. plete virtual tour of the college’s engaged in parallel or related 1) challenges teenagers to artistic attributes, ranging from research. create fully realized imaginary architecture to outdoor sculpture Project topics range from worlds using creative writing, to portraits and paintings. alternative medicine to music to technology, and collaborative The new feature is the result explorations of gender and race problem solving. It is open to of a year of meticulous work in children’s literature. In the fall rising eighth through semester, fellows make a rising 12th-graders. public presenShared Worlds tation of their also offers students research to the the chance to work Wofford comon fiction writing, munity. game design and To see a other creative arts. complete list of In addition projects, www. to attending wofford.edu/ overview classes community with Wofford ofscholars/. faculty members in a variety “Picnic at the of disciplines, Lake” by Endre students will Komaroni Katz, from the Teszler receive one-on-
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Tommy Brittain ’75 retired after serving for 12 consecutive years on the college’s Board of Trustees. His final duty as chair of the board was handing out Bibles during Commencment.
Two alumni elected to Wofford Board of Trustees Two trustees retire from board service; new officers elected
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wo Wofford alumni were elected on June 2, 2009, to the college’s Board of Trustees at the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church of South Carolina. Two other trustees retired from the body and new officers were elected during the board’s spring meeting on campus in May. Elected were D. Christian Goodall ’79, president and CEO of Continental American Insurance Co. in Columbia, S.C., and Corry W. Oakes III ’89, president and CEO of OTO Development LLC in Spartanburg. Goodall has served on Wofford’s Alumni Executive Council, the President’s Advisory Board, and the National Campaign Steering Committee. He is a board member at the Hammond School in Columbia, and he and his family have supported a number of civic and charitable organizations in the Midlands, including Providence Hospital, the South Carolina ETV Commission, Carolina First Bank, EdVenture Children’s Museum and the Salvation Army. Elizabeth Goodall ’09 is his daughter. Before starting and heading OTO Development, a hospitality management business, Oakes was president and CEO of Extended Stay America in Spartanburg and had been director of construction for Blockbuster Entertainment. Oakes and his family are active supporters of the Spartanburg Day School and other Spartanburg area civic organizations. He is currently a member of the Wofford President’s Advisory Board and the Terrier Club. At the May meeting of the board, Thomas C. Brittain ’75, chair of the board, retired after serving the maximum consecutive terms of 12 years on the board. His final act as chair was handing out Bibles to new graduates at Commencement on May 17. He is a partner in the law firm of Hearn, Brittain & Martin, P.A., in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Also leaving the board was Ann C. Johnson of Spartanburg, who served a four-year term. New officers elected at the May meeting for the 2009-10 year were Hugh C. Lane Jr., president and CEO of The Bank of South Carolina in Charleston, chair; J. Harold Chandler ’71, chief operating officer of Univers Workplace Benefits of Hammonton, N.J., vice chair; and C. Michael Smith ’75 of Greenville, S.C., president of Smith Development Co., secretary. 4 • Wofford Today • Summer 2009
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