GU Stories

Developing a comprehensive worldview

Dr. Scott Pattenaude • Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Greenville University is a transformative place for students and faculty alike. As a faculty member, GU has allowed me to collaborate in unique ways.

Sharing knowledge for personal and spiritual growth

Dr. Eugene Dunkley • Associate Professor of Biology

Biology has been an interest of mine since I was in junior high, and I have found great usefulness in knowing how biology relates to personal and community health.

Transformation is evident

Jane Bell • Assistant Professor • Business Department

Bell, and all the Briner School of Business faculty, continue to find new ways to blend experiential, hands-on projects and classroom learning.

The joy of the 20-year return

Dr. George Barber • Head Men's Basketball Coach • Professor of Kinesiology and Sport

Greenville has been a wonderful place to watch the young men on my team (and students in our department) mature into outstanding citizens, employers, employees, husbands, and fathers.

Empowered to make an impact

Dr. Crystal Effler-Foles • Associate Professor of Education

My family and I chose Greenville University because it was clear that this campus is making an impact.

Great memories and lifelong friendships

Nicole Garzaro • 2025 • Digital Media

GU has given me the opportunity to come from Guatemala to receive a great education while playing the sport I love - which is soccer, and to meet people with whom I’ve made great memories.

Faith abounds here

Desirae Yost • 2022 • Sport Management and Business Management • St. Louis

I chose GU because of the faith background that I saw in all aspects of this campus. At GU, I’ve been able to be involved in so many things on campus.

Opportunities for now and in the future

Makenna Hintz • 2025 • Biology and Chemistry • Central Illinois

Here at GU, I’m making amazing memories at GU and being prepared for my future.

More than professors here

Tore Hojeberg • 2023 • Business and Marketing • Stockholm, Sweden

Greenville University has given me the gift of friendships from around the world through academics, living with some of the best men I've ever met, and through my brothers on the soccer team.

GU - the perfect fit for me.

Claire Krober • 2023 • Worship Arts and Theology • Avon, Indiana

As soon as I visited campus I knew it was the place for me because of the people I met who were genuinely excited to meet me.