Biomechanics captured Josh's interest when he was a student and athlete at Greenville College. With an aptitude for math and science plus a love for sports, he found an engaging new world in Dr. Robert Johnson's classroom studying exercise physiology and kinesiology.
She regards the guidance she received from her GC professors as a continual influence. "They nurtured so much more than just my intellect. I would consider myself deeply blessed to offer that same care to my students."
As a Greenville College student, Luke Rice developed a reputation for excellence. He explains, “I was never satisfied with just fulfilling the requirements for assignments in my digital media classes. The classes were designed to help me develop skills in my field, so I took full advantage of them by going the extra mile on every assignment possible.”
When freshman Danica Garcia joined more than 40 other students last weekend on a trip to St. Louis for Greenville College's Urban Plunge, she hardly knew what to expect. An announcement in chapel days before hinted at work with refugees. The schedule she received listed activities like training, team building, and a service project, but offered few details.
A 1961 Greenville College graduate, Joseph was one of 12 astronomers to propose the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) to the European Space Agency. The ISO launched in 1995 and succeeded in giving astronomers new and better definition of objects in space.
Outstanding Young Alumna Jennifer Hanson-dePaula mixes business with pleasure daily. Experienced as a professional publicist in the music industry and tuned to the joy of helping others tell their stories, she and her husband, Marcus, own and operate a digital publicity and social media firm in Nashville.
Greenville College graduates are sometimes called to serve abroad as they leave campus with a new degree and a passion for global impact. Jennifer Alig '04 puts a new spin on international service as she connects students from around the globe to Christian education in the United States.
"What is your major?" This is a question frequently asked of college students. Unless the response is a pre-professional degree, a second question usually follows: "What do you plan to do with that?"
"My experience at Greenville College definitely gave me an edge. I graduated as an education major with a job doing exactly what I wanted to do. If that's not an edge, then I don't know what is," reasons Caleb Romoser, a member of the class of 2012.
