alumni

Remembering Bennie Bennett

Matthew Shealy

As a member of the inaugural Winthrop men’s basketball team, Bennie Bennett is forever etched in Winthrop history. A native to Clarendon, SC, Bennett began his collegiate career at…

Winthrop Volleyball alumna serves dessert

Lily Fremed

A local athlete, artist, bakery owner and Winthrop alum, Tamisha Martin had her world flipped upside down when she was diagnosed with Lupus at age twenty. According to the…

The 84th Annual Tree Lighting

Dean of Students Office/Publications

For the past eighty-four years, the huge magnolia tree on campus has been lit for the holidays. The traditions started in 1935 and has continued to the current year, where…

Eagles that soar

Savannah Scott

As Homecoming is approaching and students, faculty and alumni join to celebrate the history and impact Winthrop has made on them, two alumni reflected on their time at Winthrop, the…

One WU alum is creating magic through learning

Beneshia Wadlington

There’s a type of magic that comes with learning and the opportunity many young people are provided with across the country, according to Ashlye Wilkerson. Wilkerson is a Winthrop alumna…

Coming back to WU

Gweneshia Wadlington

Winthrop alumni have many opportunities to join the community and stay connected. The Alumni Associations Office has worked on events to bring alumni back and to keep them engaged in…

Going to work, did Winthrop prepare me for the real world?

Special to the Johnsonian

With my first homecoming as an alumna around the corner, I have begun to reflect on my time at Winthrop, and if all of the Starbucks-fueled late nights spent stressing…