NGU's Newest Greer Campus Facility
ADULT CAMPUS EXPANSION NGU officially announced plans to expand its Tim Brashier Campus at Greer in January, following a gift from a longtime donor family.
Travelers Rest philanthropist Dr. T. Walter “Walt” Brashier and his wife, Christine, gifted the university with the 17,225-square-foot building at 199 Hunt St. in Greer late last year. Te property is located adjacent to NGU’s existing Tim Brashier Campus at 405 Lancaster Ave., making it ideal for integration into the current campus in the heart of the city.
“Tis is an incredible gift from a visionary family,” says NGU President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. “We are constantly astonished by the generosity of the Brashiers and forever grateful for their continued support of our mission: to equip transformational leaders for church and society.”
With the addition of this second facility, NGU’s Greer campus will gain new spaces for classes, offices, and meetings to accommodate its adult learning offerings, growing the cam- pus’ square footage by more than 55 percent.
Te spacious Hunt Street property — which also encompasses two acres of land and a paved parking lot — once served as the Ryan’s Corpo-
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rate Training Center, locals may remember. Te structure has lain dormant, for the most part, since 2016.
Currently, CrossFit Greer leases a portion of the building for its fitness classes. NGU officials say they are pleased with the business relationship, noting that CrossFit Greer’s usage still provides ample space for expanding NGU’s academic facilities in the building.
“My heart overflows with gratitude because of the growth of the graduate school at the Tim Brashier Campus,” says Walt. “It is my opinion that the growth of this campus will be tremen- dous, not only in the future, but the very near future.”
NGU’S HISTORY IN GREER NGU first set up camp at a Greer address in 2005, and the Brashiers were involved even back then.
Te family, who has now supported NGU for more than five decades, gave a $1 million donation in 2005 that enabled NGU to launch its graduate school initially.
NGU’s graduate school began classes at leased space at the original Fairview Baptist Church building, located at 1400 Locust Hill Rd. in
Greer, in Spring 2006. At the time, NGU of- fered only two graduate programs. But over the years, that list of programs continued to grow.
So when Ovation Brands Inc., owner of Ryan’s Family Steak House, opted to sell its corporate offices in 2015 to Brashier, NGU was later able to purchase the more accommodating space and move into Greer city proper.
NGU Benefactors Christine and Dr. Walt Brashier
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