CAMPUS NEWS
Garry Smith (Political Science and Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department) spoke to the Ameri- can Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at their annual conference in Denver prior to Secretary of Education Betty DeVos. As chairman of the Com- munications and Technology Task Force for the ALEC, Smith presented his findings and comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
for the South Carolina House of Representatives for the FCC’s request for comments on the proposed deletion of Title II regulations.
Dr. H. Paul Tompson, Jr., (History Department) published an extensive article in May titled “Temperance and Prohibition” in the online “Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History,” edited by Jon Butler of Yale Universi- ty. In addition, Tompson presented his paper, “Black Al Capones?: Prohibition Enforcement and African Americans in 1910s Georgia” at the biennial international conference of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society, held at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in June. Ten in July, he was chosen to be one of 52 members of the 44th class of Leadership Greenville, the premier leadership training program of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce.
Paul Yandle (History Department) presented “At the Very Moment the Accident Happened: Coping with Changes in Physical and Imagined Landscapes Along Railways of the American Appalachians” at BRIDGE: Te Heritage of Connecting Places and Cultures, an interdisciplinary conference sponsored
by the University of Birmingham. Te conference was held in July at the Ironbridge Gorge, a World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England. Yandle’s essay,
“‘Te Shrill Voice of the Iron Horse’: Railroad Gauge Wars and Cul- tural Stasis in Western North Carolina, 1854-1910” was published as a chapter in “Historicizing Infrastructure,” edited by Andreas Marklund and Mogens Ruediger and published by Aalborg University Press in February.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dr. Tawana Scott (’85, MBA ’08) has been selected as a member of the 38th class of Leadership Greer. Te nine-month program began in September with orientation and an overnight retreat, and it ends with graduation in May 2018. Objectives for Leadership Greer are to identify and select highly motivated leaders and potential leaders, examine and challenge participants to respond to the needs of the community and the dynamics of social and economic change, devel- op a sense of bonding and cooperating between the participants, and provide leadership training and development.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
Dr. Bill Cashion led sessions on “Strengthening the Church through Intentional Evangelism” during the 2017 Strengthening Churches, Strengthening Leaders Conference sponsored by the Center for Church Renewal at Charleston Southern University. Cashion also recently led a mission trip to Costa Rica, and he continues to serve as a chaplain to Spanish-speaking players and coaches on Te Greenville Drive baseball team.
Dr. Larry McDonald recently visited with and spoke to pastors in the Carolina Baptist Association in Hendersonville, NC; the Buncombe Baptist Asso- ciation in Asheville, NC; and the Catawba Valley Baptist Association in Hickory, NC. He also hosted the monthly pastors’ meeting of the Tree Rivers Baptist Association at Te Tim Brashier Campus at Greer. McDonald attended the International Mission Board’s Sending Celebration at the Ridgecrest Conference Center as Dr. Anna Lovett was appointed as a medical missionary to Tailand. McDonald had previously pastored and baptized Anna at Castlewoods Baptist Church in Brandon, MS. Her mother, Charlotte, is currently gaining her MA in Christian Ministry at NGU.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MUSIC EDUCATION
Dr. Marianne Holland served as chair for music at the Southeast Re- gional Conference of the Delta Kappa Gamma (DKG) Society Interna- tional, held at Myrtle Beach, SC, on July 19-22, 2017. Current student Angel Yock (MMED, expected ’18) served as piano accompanist for the chorus at the conference. DKG is an honor society for teacher edu- cators, with members from across North America and Europe.
OFFICE OF CAMPUS SECURITY
Chief Rick Morris recently took part in a national webinar sponsored by the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators. Te topic of discussion was the joint dispatch system, a collabora- tive effort involving NGU Campus Security, Furman University Police Department, and Queen’s University Campus Security and Emergency Services to provide 24-hour dispatch capability to all three agencies. A major benefit for NGU will be the availability of a phone application that gives students a direct emergen- cy phone line to the Campus Security office, providing real-time video, audio, and GPS features when activated.
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