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	Greenville College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The college is a liberal arts four-year school that is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, a church with an evangelical foundation.
		Throughout much of the school's history, the main areas for study were in primary and secondary education, with a strong secondary area in preparing students for careers in the fields of medicine and the sciences.
		In 1992 the school celebrated its 100th anniversary and was featured on the NBC "Today Show." Greenville College is also famous for the band, Jars of Clay, who met and formed their band on campus during the nineties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greenville_College (315 words)

	Wellesley College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The private college, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (13 miles west of Boston), grants four-year baccalaureate degrees and is one of the original Seven Sisters.
		The college is renowned for the picturesque beauty of its 500-acre (2 km²) campus which includes Lake Waban, evergreen and deciduous woodlands and open meadows.
		The original name of the College was the Wellesley Female Seminary, and the renaming to Wellesley College was approved by the Massachusetts legislature on March 7, 1873.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wellesley_College (1481 words)

	Alpha Xi Delta
		Almira Lowry Cheney attended public schools there and graduated from a one year high school when she was 15.
		She was a brilliant student and talented speaker, being chosen as one of five members of her class to speak at commencement in 1896.
		In 1920, Almira became supervisor of the St. John's Universalist Sunday School in Muncie, IN, and assistant pastor of the church.
	www.alphaxidelta.org /heritage_spotlightAlmiraCheney.asp (375 words)

	Greenville College - Traditionally GC -
		A pioneer in the field of women's education, White was the founding president of Almira College, established in 1855.
		Almira College alumni held a reunion in the fall of 1931.
		The reunion was sponsored by Nellie Bliss White of Hillsboro, an 1871 graduate of Almira and a daughter-in-law of John Brown White.
	www.greenville.edu /traditionallygc/jbwhistory.shtml (878 words)

	Historical Stories by Allan H. Keith
		In 1892 it was sold to the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church and became Greenville College, a coeducational institution.
		When the college was sold to the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church in 1892 it was made fully coeducational and renamed Greenville College.
		The reunion was sponsored by Nellie Bliss Whiteof Hillsboro, an 1871 graduate of Almira and a daughter-in-law of John Brown White.
	www.greenvilleusa.org /akeith/almira.htm (860 words)

	Greenville College - News Release - Almira College House
		Almira College House, now known as the Bock Museum, was constructed in 1855 and showcases the largest single collection of works by sculptor Richard W. Bock.
		The Almira College House has served as the museum facility for the Richard W. Bock Sculpture Collection since 1975.
		Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1200 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students.
	www.greenville.edu /publications/news/almiracollegehouse101805.shtml (459 words)

	No. 2032: Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
		Almira was educated by her older sister, who did a fine job.
		Social reform was a hallmark of her family, and it was at the center of the lives of so many women science educators we've met in this series.
		Almira Phelps strongly supported the radical cause of educational equality for women.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi2032.htm (581 words)

	The Jester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Almira's whole soul was always in revolt against her white hair, which was not in the least suited to her.
		Almira never lost her temper, but she never lost her almost superhuman consciousness of self which made of her personality a weight for the smothering of all about her.
		Almira was not in the least sweet, but she was that unusual thing, a consummate actress before an audience of self alone.
	home.comcast.net /~MEWF_Short_Stories/JesterU.htm (5647 words)

	Historical Stories by Allan H. Keith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The history of Almira College (and of Greenville College) usually focuses on serious academic and financial matters.
		Almira, a college exclusively for women, was founded in 1855 and the president for many years was Prof.
		In 1892 the college was sold to the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church and Joy noted that "it was decided to change the name to Greenville College."
	www.greenvilleusa.org /akeith/humor.htm (801 words)

	Bradford National Bank - BNB Newsroom: Randy Alderman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The money was placed in the Almira College House restoration fund which the college hopes to use for the renovation of the house for the 150th anniversary celebration of Almira College for Women.
		The historic Almira College House, constructed in 1855, serves as the museum facility for the Richard W. Bock Sculpture Collection.
		In 1962, the house was reacquired by the college and served as a residence for college students.
	www.bradfordbank.com /bock.htm (298 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Alpha Xi Delta was founded in 1893 by ten young women at Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, who shared a vision and a dream of a national organization dedicated to the personal growth of women.
		A devoted teacher, Almira Lowry Cheney was a strong leader in religious education.
		Frances Cheney, sister of Almira Lowry Cheney, was the eldest of nine children.
	orgs.unca.edu /axdelta/welcome.htm (724 words)

	Dict. of NC Biography: John Brown White
		In 1838 his future wife, the niece of the wife of President Samuel Wait of Wake Forest College, convinced him to accept Dr. Wait's invitation to join the faculty as professor of mathematics and natural philosophy White also served as secretary, and later as treasurer, of the board of trustees.
		The college historian said that White, being a New Englander and against slaveholding, became increasingly obnoxious in a slave state as the sectional bitterness increased.
		The college history also indicates that White was not in total harmony with some members of the board of trustees.
	www.wfu.edu /academics/history/HST_WFU/white.htm (443 words)

	meet-almira-gilles
		Born and raised in the Philippines, Almira graduated with a degree in Psychology from then Maryknoll College in Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
		Almira told the group that she was also happy to meet another Philippine SCBWI member Penny Reyes Velasco when she (Penny) was in Chicago on a book promotion tour.
		The meeting ended with Almira receiving gift copies of children's books which were either written or illustrated by her hosts.
	www.geocities.com /scbwiphilasia/meet-almira-gilles.html (296 words)

	Descendants of Edward Barton: Seventh Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Almira was born 3 April 1805 in Rutland County, VT. Almira was the daughter of Nathan BATES and Ophelia IMUS.
		Almira was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Ludlow, Windsor, VT. The following individual is also linked to this event: Addie L. BARTON (daughter).
		Ira attended Kimball Union Academny and Dartmouth College (which he left before graduation.) He took up the study of law in his father's office and was admitted to practice in 1863.
	home.comcast.net /~pwbarton1/barton/i0005468.htm (317 words)

	Alpha Xi Delta - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was instrumental in establishing Beta Epsilon Chapter at Monmouth College in Illinois.
		After some years of teaching, Almira Cheney became a minister of the Universalist Church, and as director of Universalist Sunday Schools in Ohio, was a pioneer in religious education.
		Frances Cheney, the eldest of nine children in a pioneer Illinois family, was a staunch advocate of woman's suffrage and freedom and a talented writer responsible for many of the Fraternity's early songs.
	cyberbuzz.gatech.edu /alphaxidelta/natlfounders.html (799 words)

	University Archives - Presidents' Papers \| Z. Smith Reynolds Library ; Wake Forest University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Educator and college president, White was born in Bow, New Hampshire in 1810.
		Baptist minister and college president, Wingate was born in Darlington, SC in 1879.
		The college buildings were used as a hospital and financial security of the college was invested in Confederate States bonds.
	www.wfu.edu /Library/special/archives/prespapers.html (2780 words)

	Spanning Part 1
		Sally and her unmarried son moved into a house in Almira where Sally, though blind, kept house and tended the yard.
		Rex died 10 December 2001 at Sequim and is buried at the Almira Cemetery.
		She married John Badger Kunz, son of Joseph Nelson and Florence (Badger) Kunz of Wilbur, WA, 2 March 1943 at Coeur d'Alene, ID where he was on leave from the navy base at Farragut, ID. After World War II, John farmed in the Sherman district, northeast of Wilbur, until retirement.
	www.childers-childress.com /spanningpart1.html (2009 words)

	Emma Almira Smith Williams Collection at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
		As the daughter of William Henry Smith (journalist and political adviser to Rutherford B. Hayes), Emma Almira Smith was present at many Washington, D.C. social events and political functions.
		Her father's political efforts on behalf of Hayes brought "Allie" in close contact with Hayes and the Hayes family both in Washington, D.C. and during Hayes' visits to the Smith home in Lake Forest, Illinois.
		Born in 1859, Emma Almira Smith spent much of her childhood in Ohio where her father, William Henry Smith, served as Ohio's secretary of state and pursued a career in journalism in Cincinnati, Ohio.
	www.rbhayes.org /mssfind/ga_coll/esmithwm.htm (1023 words)

	AAUP-Academic Freedom and Tenure: Academic Freedom and Tenure: Greenville College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The college is owned and governed by a thirty-six-member board of trustees and administered by the president and six vice presidents who serve as the president’s cabinet.
		After Vice President Longman left the college, her duties were assumed on an interim basis by Dr. Randall S. Bergen, who had formerly been dean of instruction and who does not appear to have played a leading role in the events to be described.
		Convinced that the college had abandoned its evangelical heritage, he was determined to bring about a restoration, despite the apparent opposition or indifference of most members of the faculty and administration, who considered the matter of the college’s religious identity to be settled.
	www.aaup.org /Com-a/Institutions/greenvilleIL.htm (10389 words)

	Arts and Humanities Division home Page
		The perfect candidate for this scholarship is sympathetic to and empathetic with women's issues and plans to use her education to advance the interests of women.
		The Bruno Scholarship fund is administered by The Columbia Foundation in partnership with Howard Community College.
		Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, the Principal or Headmistress of the Patapsco Female Institute in Ellicotts Mills [former name of Ellicott City] from 1841-1856, lent her own money to students studying at the Institute.
	www.howardcc.edu /arts_and_humanities/scholarship_aid.htm (531 words)

	News Releases from Washington State University
		She is receiving the degree with cum laude honors (3.5 to 3.69 grade point average) from the WSU Honors College.
		She is a graduate of Whitman College, Walla Walla (1993, bachelor’s degree in economics with minors in German and history) and American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (1998 master’s degree in financial services).
		As a WSU student, she worked on the Chinook student yearbook, was a member of Phi Eta Sigma national college honor society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, was a Women’s Transit volunteer and active with the Association of Pacific and Asian Women.
	www.wsunews.wsu.edu /viewtips.asp?id=30 (1402 words)

	Schaeffer,Shaver,Shafer,Shaffer Family Homepage - Helen A. Shafer
		Miss Helen Almira Shafer, M.A., LL.D.,President of Wellesley College, was a distinguished mathematician and educator.
		After teaching two years in New Jersey, she accepted a position in St. Louis, Mo. In this school she held the position of leading instructor of mathematics for ten years, laying a foundation for a distinguished career as teacher of higher mathematics.
		In 1877 she was called to the chair of Mathematics in Wellesley College, which she held until 1888, when she succeeded Mrs.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /abshafer/h_shafer.htm (446 words)

	Almira School District
		In order to apply for positions with the Almira School District certain requirements must be met.
		The Almira School District shall select the best qualified applicant for a position as needed on the basis of bonafide occupational qualifications.
		We comply with all Federal and State rules and regulations and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color or national origin, gender, marital status or non-job related physical, sensory or mental disability in its educational programs, activities, employment procedures and personnel practices as required by State and Federal laws.
	www.achsd.org /ams/jobs.htm (275 words)

	Greenville, IL - Historical Sites
		Also at the college is located Hogue Hall, which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
		Almira College - Founded in 1855 and chartered in 1857 in honor of Almira Morse as a women's college.
		In 1892, it was purchased by the Central Conference of the Free Methodist Church and is now known as Greenville College.
	www.greenvilleillinois.com /historical.html (676 words)

	State of Illinois Home - IGNN (Illinois Government News Network)
		SPRINGFIELD, IL – The 150-year-old Greenville College, the restoration of the 1913 bandshell in Orion, and the 1924 campground for automobile travelers near Girard are featured in the latest issue of Historic Illinois, a publication of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA).
		Planning for the college began when Brown University roommates John White and Stephen Morse discussed their hopes to establish a woman’s college where females could receive an education equal to that of their male counterparts.
		Both men married and eventually settled in Bond County, Illinois, where in 1854 Morse’s wife Almira put up her substantial $6,000 inheritance to begin building what was initially called Almira College in her honor.
	www.illinois.gov /PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&RecNum=3600 (461 words)

	Greenville College - Photos
		Hogue Hall at Greenville College represents the rich history of this area.
		Almira College, built in 1855, was established to educate women in a time when most colleges only accepted men.
		Almira College was sold in 1892 and renamed Greenville College.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2278/places/15810/photos.html?display_mode=detail (145 words)

	Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 169
		Daniel Greenleaf graduated at Harvard College in 1699, and for about six years practiced medicine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Gooking.
		By the family record in the College of Heralds in the British Museum, being as far back as Arnoldus, great-great-grandfather of General Gooking, it is well settled that the family came originally, as far as known; from the city of Canterbury.
		Abbrev: Ancestors and Descendants of Almira Louisa Greenleaf
	www.brinkfamily.net /tree/p169.htm (7047 words)

	Herstory-Utah State University
		Phebe Almira Nebeker was born on June 3, 1890 in Laketown, Rich County, Utah on the east shore of Bear Lake.
		She graduated from Brigham Young College in Logan in 1909.
		She studied a year at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, taught home economics at Brigham Young College, and graduated from the Agricultural College on June 3, 1913 with a B. degree.
	www.usu.edu /stuserv/womencen/Herstory/Peterson.htm (310 words)

	Greenville College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Built in 1858 and formerly called Almira College, Greenville College was founded 1856 by J. White and his wife Almira.
		Bock sculpture museum on the campus of Greenville College.
		The college can be visited any time during daylight hours.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2278/places/15810 (137 words)

	SCBWI-Illinois: Author Almira Astudillo Gilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Almira's author presentations, for the very young to adults, have taken place in many venues: classrooms, libraries, festivals, museums.
		She always encourages active participation from the audience, either through writing exercises or discussion, and brings an assortment of unique props and giveaways to liven up her presentations.
		She has been interviewed on national TV for the Filipino channel, and emceed for the President of the Philippines in a Chicago reception.
	www.scbwi-illinois.org /Gilles.html (242 words)

	Student Life - Future Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lia is from Almira, Washington, and went to Almira-Coulee/Hartline.
		At WSU she is a writing center tutor and English 102 facilitator.
		She is involved with Pi Beta Phi, Lutheran Campus Ministries, and College Republicans.
	www.wsu.edu /future-students/student-life/meet-students/liab.html (102 words)

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