Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private evangelical university in Greenville, South Carolina. It is known for its conservative cultural and religious positions. The university, with approximately 3,000 students, is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. In 2017, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 40,184.
Bob Jones Sr., the university's founder
The seminary building at Bob Jones University
Howell Memorial Science Building
Ronald Reagan and Strom Thurmond both played influential roles in the political life of BJU.
Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the 6th-most populous city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Falls Park and McBee's Mill in 1844
The Greenville and Northern Railway in the 1890s which was converted into the Swamp Rabbit Trail in 2010.
North Main Street Postcard, c. 1903
Main Street around 1910