The RECORD OnlineSummer 2000News Brief313 graduate in first
ever split ceremonies President V. James Mannoia, Jr. presented diplomas to 185 traditional graduating seniors and 128 adult graduates from the GOAL Program, for a total of 313. With 233 graduates in 1998 and 269 in 1999, this marked the third year in a row that a new high mark was established. Due to the increasing size of graduating classes, this spring was also the first time a separate commencement ceremony was held for GOAL graduates. They processed Saturday afternoon, followed by baccalaureate Saturday evening, and finally the commencement ceremony for traditional Four faculty honored
on retirement Dr. James Plett, a 1965 graduate of Seattle Pacific College, served at Greenville with distinction for 26 years. He has held various roles, from chair of the English Department to Registrar to Dean of Academic Affairs. Dr. Plett and his wife Linda now live in Seattle. Dr. Leon Winslow retired this year after 44 years of teaching and administration. He spent 21 of those years at GC where he developed the Science Education program for elementary and secondary education majors, while teaching Earth and Space Science and Astronomy. Over the years, Dr. Winslow developed an ever-growing relationship between GC and more than 200 secondary teachers of biology, chemistry, and physics through the Eisenhower Summer Science Programs. During these one- or two-week periods, science teachers came to GC to develop new methods for presenting ideas and principles. Dr. Winslow and his wife Ellen will stay in Greenville, where he will continue teaching part time at the college. Dr. Ralph Montgomery came to GC in 1982 from Campbell University in North Carolina. For most of those years he served as chairman of the Music Department. Perhaps his greatest achievement came in 1986 when he started the innovative major Contemporary Christian Music. The CCM program has brought national recognition to GC, most notably with the success of the band Jars of Clay, which got its start at Greenville. In retirement he will continue to write music and play with various brass groups. He and his wife Mitzi have moved to Collinsville, IL. After 25 years as a teacher and administrator at the Instituto Evangelico, a Free Methodist school in the Dominican Republic, Olga Estevez came to Greenville College as a part-time lecturer in Spanish in 1986. In 1994, she joined the faculty full-time. She also taught a Bible study on Sunday mornings in her home, in which GC students and local Spanish-speaking residents attended. She and her husband Rolando plan to return to the Dominican Republic after spending time visiting their three sons and two daughters in the U.S. Update on new apartments,
bookstore The new apartment building, located north of Beaumont Avenue near the city water tower, will house about 60 students when it opens later this year. In the other major campus project, workers broke ground in July for the facility that will house the new college bookstore on the ground level and Communication Department offices and classrooms on the second floor. Family Christian Stores will lease the first floor and operate the bookstore, which will include a coffee shop run by another vendor. Both businesses hope to be open before Thanksgiving. New on the website @ www.greenville.edu Memories scrapbook from Alumni Reunion 2000 Memories scrapbook from Commencement 2000 Memories scrapbook from Agape Music Festival 2000 New building projects — updates & photos Job opportunities at GC, including faculty, administrative, and
staff openings Last updated: September
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