Randall Pannell
INTERIM PRESIDENT’S LETTER
New Location Greer Campus Houses Growing Graduate, CAPS Programs
With a snip of the ceremonial scissors, North Greenville University marked the official opening of its new Greer campus at a dedication and ribbon cutting on Feb. 16, 2017.
The newly renovated facility — located at 405 Lancaster Ave. in Greer, S.C., the former site of Ryan’s corporate of- fice — houses both the university’s graduate school and its College of Adult Professional Studies (CAPS), along with the offices of faculty, staff, and admissions counselors.
“Having an academic space dedicated to graduate and online learning clearly demonstrates NGU’s dedication to our students’ education,” says Interim President Dr. Randall Pannell.
At the ceremony, Pannell recognized and thanked special attendees Dr. T. Walter Brashier, namesake of NGU’s grad- uate school and longtime donor to the university; Craig McCoy, CEO of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System; and Rick Danner, mayor of the city of Greer, for their generous support of the new venture.
The Brashiers have been donating to North Greenville for more than five decades. Their $1 million donation in 2005 provided the means for the college to launch its graduate school initially.
Classes for NGU’s graduate school began at its first site, the former Fairview Baptist Church on Locust Hill Road in
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Greer, S.C., in February 2006. At the time, North Greenville offered two graduate degree programs: one in Christian ministry, and the other in business administration.
NGU’s graduate school has since grown to feature five distinct schools and nine master’s and doctoral degree programs, serving almost 200 students during the Fall 2016 semester.
“Occupying this facility positions North Greenville Univer- sity to dramatically increase our impact in the city of Greer, as well as greater Greenville,” says Vice President for Adult and Graduate Studies Dr. Samuel Isgett. “Our online pro- grams for adult learners, our graduate school, and our new School of Health Science place us on the frontier of higher education for the Upstate of South Carolina and beyond.”
In addition to its graduate-level degrees, NGU offers six online undergraduate degrees for adult learners through its CAPS program, also housed at the university’s new Greer campus. While newer than NGU’s graduate school, CAPS served nearly as many students in Fall 2016, with an enrollment just under 180.
For more information about NGU’s degree offerings, visit
ngu.edu/academics.
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