Fort Collins area student awarded Wofford College scholarship

SPARTANBURG, SC (01/15/2010)(readMedia)-- Prescott Taylor Tweedy, a senior at Fort Collins High School, has been awarded a Benjamin Wofford Scholarship and Bell Ringer Scholarship at Wofford College.

Tweedy is a member of the class of 2014. Parents: Dr. Charles and Carol Tweedy (3602 Wild View Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80528).

Ninety percent of Wofford's enrolled students receive approximately $32 million in scholarships, grants and loans each year. Each of the endowed scholarship funds requires that recipients demonstrate outstanding character, academic achievement, and potential for contribution to society; some have additional requirements for eligibility.

The Benjamin Wofford Scholarships are named in memory of the founder of the college. These scholarships are awarded annually to male students nominated by their high schools and selected by Wofford College as possessing outstanding qualities of scholarship, leadership and character.

Until the 1960s students were specially selected and awarded scholarship money to ring the original bell in Main Building for class changes and special occasions. The ringing of the bell alerted the entire surrounding area that something exciting was happening at Wofford. Today, the Bell Ringer Scholarship is awarded with responsibilities for figuratively "ringing the bell" for Wofford. Responsibilities may include giving tours, hosting overnight visitors, walking visitors to class or lunch, assisting with visitation events, contacting prospective students and guidance counselors, or any other similar activities.

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Wofford College, established in 1854, is an independent liberal arts college of 1,450 students in Spartanburg, S.C. Wofford ranks 6th nationally in the percentage of undergraduates receiving credit for study abroad. Home to one of the nation's 276 Phi Beta Kappa chapters, Wofford's historic 170-acre campus is recognized as a national arboretum. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the college is committed to quintessential undergraduate education within the context of values-based inquiry.