They Keep Wofford Moving

The window of my office looks out onto the campus green.  This morning I glanced out the window and---zap---there's a picnic set up!  On other days there's a platform for a performance, or chairs for a speach.  It happens like magic.

This is all thanks to the hard work of Wofford's Utility Crew.  You can spot them with their trucks and golf carts, hauling around chairs and tables, making sure that both outside and inside events have adequate seating and all the accessories we need are in place.  They're the men who do a lot of the heavy lifting on campus!  It's a job that we're not always aware of because they have it down to a science.  They're also the guys that we call on when we're moving from office to office.  They hauled all my stuff from Daniel to Old Main to Black Science and back to Old Main and never dropped a thing.  (Though I did get teased about my footstool that's shaped like a turtle with a red velvet shell!)

One of the most pleasant aspects of community life at Wofford College is how often we have outside events.  We don't just live in our buildings, we live outside too, especially this time of the year.  And we wouldn't be so comfortable outside, with places to sit down and tables to put our food on, if it wasn't for the labor of the Utility Crew.

So here's a salute to Darryl Maybin, Tyrone Rice, Jerry Brown, Micthell Humphries, and Converse Draper, who can put Wofford events together and take them apart in the twinkling of an eye; thank you for all that you do!  Mr. Humphries said to let everyone know that "Converse makes sure all events run well."  That he does---and the entire Utility Crew are Wofford  'All-Stars'!