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GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG 1 2 GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG ...transforms students for lives of character and service. GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG 3 A Christian College of the Liberal Arts Greenville College mission, goals, and objectives and Sciences www.greenville.edu/campus/ mission.shtml Our Mission Greenville College transforms students for lives of character and service through a Christ- centered education in the liberating arts and sciences. Greenville College consists of “Christian Liberal individuals who value the liberal arts tradition and seeks to serve all qualified students of Arts: An Education any faith who are interested in an education within that tradition. Greenville College is that goes Beyond” operated in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and no person in the ~ Dr. V. James Mannoia, Jr. United States shall on the ground of handicap, race, color, creed, sex, or national origin, www.greenville.edu/ be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to christianliberalarts discrimination under any program or activity of the College. The provisions and requirements stated in the Greenville College Catalog are not to be considered as an irrevocable contract between the student and Greenville College. The College reserves the right to change any of the provisions or requirements at any time within the student’s terms of residence. No such change, however, will be applied retro- actively so as to extend the time normally required for completion of the student’s pro- gram. The College reserves the right to cancel any announced course, change the instructor, or change the time it will be offered. In Purpose With teaching excellence and academic innovation, Greenville seeks to be a vital place where students learn and grow. Students, faculty, and staff come together for one 4 GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG reason, to participate in education—education accented by quality, commitment, and GREENVILLE spiritual depth—and to relate that education to the needs of contemporary society. COLLEGE In the pages that follow we invite you to examine the rich legacy and contemporary relevance of Greenville. It is a fully accredited co-educational college which holds to a unique conception of liberal arts education, one that combines a philosophy rooted in the Christian faith with a rigorous but balanced academic program designed to prepare all students who come for a life of intelligent service. The College offers a unique setting where students may openly search for moral and intellectual strength within the context of freedom and responsibility. The College adheres to and is motivated by a Christian worldview as its faculty and students study the issues and ideas of the present and the past, seeking to promote a more humane and just future for all people. Greenville College is a Christian community committed to challenging and nurturing students. It is dedicated to excellence in higher education grounded in both the liberal arts tradition and a rich Wesleyan heritage. The College provides an education charac- terized by open inquiry into all creation and guided by the authority of Scripture, tradi- tion, reason, and experience. Greenville College transforms students for lives of character and service through a Christ- centered education in the liberating arts and sciences. In Governance and Control The Board of Trustees of Greenville College wholly owns the institution and is the final authority of all policy and operational decisions. The College functions within the con- text of the “free exercise” constitutional interpretation and is chartered by the State of Illinois to operate as a private, independent, Christian liberal arts college. Students are not required to adhere to any specific religious test in order to complete the require- ments of the bachelor’s degree. In Time and Place For nearly 150 years, the Greenville College campus has been the scene of Christian higher education. In the mid-nineteenth century Stephen Morse, moved from New Hamp- shire to Greenville, where he met and married Almira Blanchard. In 1855, he estab- lished a college for women, supported in part by his wife’s inheritance and named in her honor. The College was affiliated with the Baptist church and educated young women under the leadership of John B. White, a classmate of Morse at Brown University. After 23 years, ownership passed to James Park Slade, who maintained the affiliation but changed the College to a co-educational institution. In 1892, ministerial and lay leaders of the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Meth- odist Church purchased the property of Almira College, consisting of “Old Main” and several acres of land, to provide higher education for both men and women under dis- tinctive Christian influences. The institution was reincorporated as an independent in- stitution under the name of Greenville College Corporation and was authorized to con- fer the usual degrees. The College and the Free Methodist Church share a commit- ment to a Wesleyan theological tradition and have maintained the rich legacy of mutual support in a voluntary relationship since reincorporating in 1893. Wilson T. Hogue, a New York pastor and scholar, was called to be the College’s first president. During his administration, he not only taught and directed the College, but also earned his Ph.D. degree. Only ten individuals have served the College as president during its more than 100-year history. Greenville College is a part of the friendly, midwestern town of Greenville, Illinois, lo- cated near the junction of U.S. Interstate Highway 70 and Illinois Highway 127, about 50 miles east of St. Louis. The town is an attractive residential community of approxi- GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG 5 GREENVILLE mately 7,500 people. Though rural and delightfully quiet, the town enjoys the urban COLLEGE advantages of metropolitan St. Louis with its concerts, sports events, cultural attrac- tions, and large international airport. The eight-acre central academic campus is within two blocks of Greenville’s town square and shopping area. Three lakes are located within a few miles of the campus, including Greenville College Carlyle Lake, the largest man-made recreational lake in Illinois. Lifestyle Statement www.greenville.edu/ . In Accreditation admissions/application/ The College has been accredited since 1947 by the North Central Association of Col- lifestyle.shtml leges and Schools as an institution granting the bachelor degree. Since 1974-75 the Illinois State Teacher Certification Board has approved the teacher education program. Institutional membership is held in the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges, the American Association of University Women, the Federation of Illinois Colleges, the National Commission of Education, and other professional orga- nizations. It is one of the colleges approved officially by the Free Methodist Church of North America, and is, thereby, recommended to any of its young people interested in securing a Christian higher education. The College excels in the number of graduates who have earned research doctoral degrees. Greenville graduates serve on the faculties of major universities and colleges. Since the first graduate in 1898, Greenville College has granted degrees to more than 7,500 students. Alumni also serve with distinction in the major professions, in govern- ment, business, the church, and Christian missions. In Belief and Action Beliefs and action are inseparable. For this reason, Greenville College has always sought to maintain reasonable standards of life and action among its faculty and stu- dents, which implement and reflect its view of basic Christian values. Freedom of in- quiry, social responsibility, and accountability to God grow out of the Christian tradition in the Western world and characterize the environment sought by the College. The precise methods of attaining this ideal are always subject to review and change as the College seeks to focus attention on the personal richness and social relevance of the Christian life. “To serve the present age, our calling to fulfill” well summarizes the posi- tion and the purpose of Greenville College. While it is probably not possible for social norms to be established which are completely acceptable to all members of a community, certain patterns of living are thought to be essential to the achievements of the objectives of the College. Greenville students are expected to be individuals who will profit from an educational environment which intends to present them with knowledge relative to their own spiri- tual, mental, physical, and social needs, as well as those of society. It is assumed that Greenville students come to college eager to enter a life of learning. Both students and faculty join together to arrive at significant understandings which may be revealed in an informed and critical view of history, in an acquaintance with the arts and humanities, and through knowledge of the sciences. The college experience is intended to educate students to an acceptance of such val- ues and an awareness of world needs so that they can make a wise choice in vocation, assume their responsibilities as citizens in a world community, and build a successful home and family life. The College’s expectations, guidelines, and regulations are based upon Biblical prin- ciples, the laws of the land, and the philosophy of the College. A complete statement of standards for members of the Greenville College Community, and a rationale for them, is published in the Student Handbook and is available from the Student Development Office upon request. 6 GREENVILLE COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG For clarification, some of the standards are listed here. It is expected that the Greenville GREENVILLE student will observe social norms, which exclude the use of alcoholic beverages, to- COLLEGE bacco, and drugs. Students are requested to refrain from forms of amusement not productive of human and Christian values. Students are urged to be discerning in their selection of commercial entertainment.