Greenville College Annual
Report 2004-05
Campus Highlights
Highlights
 Music Center
With the help of the college’s
football team, the music
department moved from the LaDue
Music Center across College Ave.
into the old Free Methodist Church
building, the college’s new Music
Center.
Though remodeling is not yet
complete on all floors of the
building, classes are being held
in the Music Center this fall. The
college will hold a reception, open
to the public, showcasing the
building once the construction is
complete.
 Wilson
Auditorium
Greenville College seeks to honor
one of the great patriarchs of the
Greenville College choir and music
program, Dr. James E. Wilson, by
establishing the James E. Wilson
Music Development Fund. This
special fundraising effort will
support the renovation of the
new Music Center, as well as
future development of the music
program. Future plans include
conversion of the church sanctuary
into a recital hall, which will be
named the James E. Wilson Recital
Hall.
 Greenville
Christian
Bookstore
Greenville College partnered with
Founders as the college’s new
bookstore provider. A branch of
College Bookstores of America
(CBA), Founders will ensure better
service to the campus community
while still providing services for the
larger community of Greenville. The
new store will continue to carry
books and music, in addition to
college textbooks and an increased
inventory of college product,
apparel, and gifts. The bookstore
also services the adult studies
programs.
 Education
Review
After an extensive review of the
teacher education program, a
nine member team of educators
representing the Illinois State
Board of Education indicated that
Greenville College had met all state
and national standards with no
weaknesses.
Although the Illinois State Board
of Education visited the campus in
the fall of 2004, preparation for the
review commenced five years ago
with the preparation of numerous
documents and a complete
revision of the program from a
course based to a practice based
format. This monumental task
required the collaborative efforts
of school principals, P-12 teachers,
college supervisors, cooperating
teachers, program staff members,
and students.
 Tsunami Relief
“After weeks of watching the
number of the dead rise from the
tsunami disaster, my hands are
restless to help those hurting,” said
Greenville College Sophomore,
Katie Kapteyn, one of twelve
students selected to participate in
a service trip to India. The trip took
place during the college’s spring
break.
“I want to help them,” said
sophomore elementary education
major, Heather Ryan. “We’ve been
called to love the world, even and
especially when it means getting
our hands dirty.”
 G.C. Receives
Donation
from
University
Loft Co.
Greenville College officials drove
to University Loft Company (ULC)
headquarters in Indianapolis,
Indiana to receive a $20,000 check
from company founder James
Jannteids, the largest donation
the company has made to the
college. The money will be used
for the college’s experiential
learning program that funds such
student activities as Walkabout,
the resident chaplain training, and
Urban Plunge, a weekend in which
students travel to St. Louis to serve
urban ministries.
 Japanese
Consortium
Greenville College welcomed
Dr. Hishashi Kitanaka and
Kumi Sunada from the Trinity
Foundation Programme in Bangor,
North Wales to celebrate the
formation of a partnership that will
allow Japanese students to attend
the college. During this visit, the
college hosted a signing ceremony
in which Greenville College
officially joined a consortium of
four other internationally known
universities from the British Isles,
including Trinity College of Dublin,
St. Andrews University (where
Prince William attends), Bangor and
Aberwystwyth.
 Nathan
Eubanks
Nathan Eubanks, a junior at
Greenville College, was one of four
winners of the ACI (Associated
Colleges of Illinois) Making the
Grade Contest: High Expectations
for High-Need Schools.
Eubanks, a future teacher, who
plans to serve in schools with
primarily low-income students,
wrote a 500-word essay explaining
why he’s chosen to help minority
and low-income tudents “make
the grade,” and how his experience
at an ACI institution has helped
him develop the skills required to
accomplish this important goal.
 Sesquicentennial
Celebration
Throughout 2005, Greenville
College will commemorate 150
years of higher education in
Greenville which started with
Almira College in 1855, transitioned
to Greenville College in 1892 and
continues today. Almira College
began as a college for women
under the direction of John Brown
White and Stephen & Almira
Blanchard Morse. In 1892, nine local
men purchased the Almira College
property and Greenville College
was established.
 Sandmel
Lectureship
Dr. Marc Bregman of Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion
(HUC-JIR) (Jerusalem) spoke as the
inaugural lecturer of the Samuel
Sandmel Lectureship Series April
8, 2005.
The vision for the Samuel Sandmel
annual lectureship at Greenville
College originated with Bishop Bill
Black, formerly of the Cincinnati
Diocese of the Episcopal Church,
now retired in Springfield, Illinois.
Bishop Black pledged $30,000
toward the establishment of the
lectureship in honor of Professor
Samuel Sandmel and in support
for the Shapiro Chair of Jewish-
Christian Studies at Greenville
College.
 Briner Training
Center
During the 2004-05 academic year,
the building previously known
as the Rinderer Building, south of
the baseball and softball fields,
was officially renamed the Briner
Training Center by the board of
trustees. The 12,000 square foot
facility is the institution’s primary
indoor practice area for baseball,
softball, and track and field.
Greenville College has already
made several improvements to
the existing building. The interior
has received Astroturf and new
lighting. The outside has been
repainted, and a sign consisting
of the athletic department logo
and the name of the building was
added to the front of the building.
 Cross Country
and Track &
Field
The men’s and women’s cross
country and track and field
programs, under the direction
of head coach Brian Patton,
completed 2004-05 with additional
seasons of high performance
in the St. Louis Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SLIAC) and
National Christian College Athletic
Association (NCCAA).
The men’s cross country team
collected their eighth consecutive
SLIAC championship, while
the women’s cross country
team earned their ninth SLIAC
championship in 10 years.
The men’s track and field team
captured their fifth consecutive
indoor and outdoor NCCAA
national titles.
Last updated: December 5, 2005
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