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Dancing Around the Maypole: A History of May Day at North Greenville
May in the Upstate of South Carolina is filled with flowers blooming, warm breezes, and the smell of Magnolia in the air. Throughout the country, students from grade school to college have celebrated May 1st through May Day celebrations. May Day has its long roots in Europe, when people would celebrate it as the mid-way… Read more
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40 Years on the Diamond: A History of North Greenville Softball
The softball program at North Greenville began in 1985 under the direction of Coach Jan McDonald. Coach McDonald had a strong background in softball after playing in college for Erskine College. After graduating from Erskine, Coach McDonald attended Furman University, where she received a Master’s Degree. In August 1983, she accepted a position at North… Read more
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A Century of Service: North Greenville Alumna Nan Burns Williams
“North Greenville shaped my life and it caused me to stay on the path of education. It made me because I was just a little country girl, but I wanted an education. North Greenville was so good to me. I loved it there and I remember so much about it. I was so thankful that… Read more
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A Spirit of Unity: Black Student Fellowships at North Greenville
The first black students arrived on North Greenville’s main campus in the fall of 1967. The number of black students in the first few years after desegregation remained small, but gradually grew throughout the 1970s. In 1976, a group of students came together and formed the Afro-American Society. At the time, the clubs and organizations… Read more
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Tigerville Baptist Church: A History
Tigerville Baptist Church sits on the corner of the North Greenville University campus and for many years was the main church most students, faculty, and staff attended. The church’s roots go back to the founding of North Greenville when the first principal, Hugh L. Brock, started regular prayer meetings for the male students in 1893.… Read more
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Tigerville’s Little Library
Before the 1930s, anyone who wanted to visit a library in northern Greenville County had to travel to Greenville. Eventually, the Greenville County Library started to bring book trucks out to Tigerville. The community response was so great that the library system decided to build a small library branch in the town in 1930. The… Read more
From These Roots 