January 13, 2025, will forever be Craig Melvin Day at Wofford College. The honorary date became official at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, where Melvin ’01 was presented the proclamation certificate for Craig Melvin Day by Campus Union …

In 2001, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Wofford College. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and also served as a senior counselor for South Carolina's Palmetto Boys State program.

Jan 13, 2025 · Melvin went to college at Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Wofford College. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in government In 2001. Although it's been nearly 24 years since he...

Jan 13, 2025 · Wofford College alumni dressed in black and gold and carrying signs were in the plaza outside the Today Show studios in Rockefeller Center Monday to cheer on their fellow graduate and South...

After graduating from Wofford, Craig Melvin began working with WIS in Columbia, SC as an anchor and a reporter. He won an Emmy for his work as a news anchor for WIS. In 2011, Melvin started working for NBC News/MSNCB as the MSNBC Live weekend anchor and worked his way up the ranks of NBC News correspondent to become a “TODAY” show anchor in ...

Jan 14, 2025 · He was the college’s 2015 Commencement speaker; andWHEREAS, Craig Melvin was honored as 2023 Kappa Sigma Man of the Year and honored Wofford College and Alpha-Nu Chapter of Kappa Sigma by ...

Jan 13, 2025 · A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Craig Melvin graduated from Wofford College in 2001 with a major in government. His ties to Wofford run deep, and the college community turned out in...

Aug 28, 2020 · Melvin, news anchor for NBC’s “TODAY Show,” co-host of “The 3rd Hour of TODAY” and anchor for MSNBC Live, spent two weeks in quarantine in mid-March of this year after he and others had been...

Jan 13, 2025 · Monday will be Wofford College graduate and South Carolina native Craig Melvin's first day as co-anchor on the Today show. On Friday's show, longtime host Hoda Kotb passed the baton to...

Mar 27, 2024 · This scholarship pays tribute to Craig Melvin ’01, a member of Wofford’s Board of Trustees, for recently being named Kappa Sigma’s 2023 Man of the Year. “I am so honored to be chosen as Kappa Sigma’s Man of the Year,” Melvin says in a statement.