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Hipp gift establishes new center at Wofford

Staff Report //June 6, 2018//

Hipp gift establishes new center at Wofford

Staff Report //June 6, 2018//

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Wofford College has established the Hipp Center for National Security and Foreign Policy, made possible by a gift from Van D. Hipp Jr., a 1982 Wofford College graduate and chairman of Washington, D.C.-based international defense consulting firm American Defense International.

The new center includes student opportunities for internships in national security and foreign policy, as well as a planned exchange program. The center also features an on-campus ReadyCam studio, giving the college the ability to connect its experts with broadcast networks around the world, according to a news release.

“I believe that education is a national security issue,” said Hipp, in the release. “It’s important that young people have a sense of history, what it means to be an American and an understanding of national security and foreign policy.”

Hipp said many Wofford students have reached out to him over the years, asking for guidance in the national security arena.

“I put them in touch with the right people, but I figured if we had a center at the college, we would have the mechanism in place with the right organizations to expose our students to singularly unique experiences,” he said.