Katherine Rankin receives award during Honors Day ceremonies at Wofford College

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Katherine Rankin

SPARTANBURG, SC (05/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Wofford College senior Katherine Rankin received the departmental award for art history during Honors Day ceremonies held May 11.

Rankin is a double major in art history and economics. She is a Dean's list student, a Success Initiative Scholar, a member of the President's Advisory Board, and the Presidential Seminar. Rankin studied art and global economics in London, and interned with the architectural firm McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, helping to design the meeting space for the Spartanburg Children's Advocacy Board. After graduation she will embark on a prestigious marketing internship at the High Museum in Atlanta. Parent: Jennifer Rankin (Atlanta, Ga., 30305).

The academic major awards are made by the faculty to seniors recommended by the major departments on the basis of academic achievement, character and intellectual promise. Some of the awards are named in honor of persons who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the college.

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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 aboard. 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.