Greenville University is a liberal arts four-year school that is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, a church with an evangelical foundation. The college is located in Greenville, Illinois, United States, located 45 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 70. Greenville College was renamed Greenville University on June 1, 2017.HistoryIn 1855, Stephen Morse and Almira Blanchard founded a college for women: Almira College. Almira College shared an affiliation with the Baptist Church and educated young women until a change in leadership, affiliation and organization in 1892. At that time, the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church purchased the property of Almira College. The institution was restructured to offer a co-educational experience for both genders. The institution was also incorporated as an independent university under the leadership of the Free Methodist church.Code of conductStudents attending Greenville University are expected to adhere to a lifestyle that is codified and asks that the student agree to certain principles that the school calls "Christ-honoring", outlined in a document known as the Lifestyle Statement, which all students must sign in order to attend the college. Violations of the lifestyle statement are handled through a grace-based system which seeks to help students recover from any negative effects (i.e. addiction, emotional distress) and rehabilitate them to live according to Christ's purpose for their life.
