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Building for the Future: The Story of Howard Hall
In January 1963, the North Greenville Junior College Board of Trustees approved plans for a new three-story addition to Simpson Hall, the college’s women’s dormitory. The proposed wing would be connected to the existing building by a lobby and would include an apartment for the dean of women. Before construction could begin, however, the college… Read more
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A Campus Remembers: 9/11 and the North Greenville Community
Twenty-five years ago today, North Greenville students, faculty, and staff gathered around televisions across campus and watched in horror as the events of 9/11 unfolded. In the midst of the fear and chaos happening in the world, the North Greenville community gathered to pray for each other, the families and loved ones of those lost… Read more
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North Greenville’s Paratrooper: Rufus Garner Rushton
Rufus Garner Rushton was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, on October 23, 1919, to parents Christopher Columbus Rushton and Martha Melinda Sanders Rushton. He spent the first years of his life on a farm in Oconee County and was the fifth child born out of eight. His older sister, Elsie, died in 1917 of… Read more
