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.