Megan Klipfel receives award during Honors Convocation at Wofford College

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Megan Klipfel

SPARTANBURG, SC (05/19/2010)(readMedia)-- Wofford College senior Megan Klipfel was awarded The John L. Salmon Award, the departmental award for Spanish, during Honors Convocation on May 11.

Klilpfel, a Spanish major, is a member of Sigma Delta Pi and Twin Towers service organization. Parents: Wesley and Rhonda Klipfel (Jackson, Tenn., 38305).

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.