Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe to be featured in Eben Taylor Lecture at Wofford
October 12, 2015
SPARTANBURG, SC – The Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, general secretary of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society, will speak on “Race and Social Justice” in the Eben Taylor Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in Wofford College’s Leonard Auditorium in Main Building.
This is the first time Wofford has hosted a lecture in the series, named for Wofford graduate Eben Taylor, a longtime champion of racial justice in South Carolina. The Wofford Library Archives holds his papers and will display some of them for the lecture.
Henry-Crowe, a South Carolina native, was awarded an honorary degree from Wofford in 2014.
Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C. It offers 25 major fields of study to a student body of 1,650 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford is home to one of the nation’s 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters. The college community enjoys Greek Life as well as 18 NCAA Division I athletics teams.
