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Tigerville, SC—The 91������ (NGU) Community Orchestra will show Buster Keaton’s 1925 silent film “Go West” as it premieres an original film score by 91������alumnus and award-winning composer Brett Ensley on April 6.

The free event will take place at 7 p.m. in Turner Chapel on NGU’s Tigerville campus. Tickets are available at the 91������Box Office.

Ensley has composed for TV and films, including Black Widow, Shark Tank, and the Cartoon Network; commercials for BMW and Harley Davidson; video games, including “Call of Duty” and Triple-A Nintendo backgrounds; and won several awards for his 2016 film score to “Sereer.”

“Go West” portrays Friendless, a man down on his luck who can’t find a job, but finds himself, a “city slicker,” out west where he becomes a bungling cattle rustler. He befriends Brown Eyes, a milking cow who is also a misfit in a sea of beef cattle. When the ranch owner, who can’t hold out any longer for fear of bankruptcy, sends the cattle to auction, including Brown Eyes, Friendless goes into action, saving not only his beloved Brown Eyes, but the ranch as well.

Tigerville, SC (March, 8 2024) Sō Percussion will perform at 91������ on Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in Turner Chapel.

The quartet features the ��of Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting. For twenty years and counting, Sō Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker).

“The thing that’s exciting for me about playing music live is kind of discovering what something is going to be any night,” Treuting said. “Folks in the audience are taking time out of their busy lives to say ‘hey, let’s experience something together.’ By the end of the set, there’s this feeling that we’re all in it together.”

Recent for the group include performances at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Big Ears, and Carnegie Hall, where the group collaborated with Nathalie Joachim and Dominic Shodekeh Talifero.

Sō Percussion’s Nonesuch recording, “Narrow Sea,” with Caroline Shaw, Dawn Upshaw, and Gilbert Kalish, won the 2022 Grammy for Best Composition.

Other recent albums from the quartet include the co-composed cycle with Caroline Shaw, “Let the Soil Play its Simple Part; A Record Of…” on Brassland Music with Buke and Gase, and an acclaimed version of Julius Eastman’s “Stay On It.”

This adds to a catalog of more than twenty-five albums featuring recordings of works by David Lang, Steve Reich, Steven Mackey, and more.

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91������students, faculty, and staff can obtain a free ticket with an 91������ID at the SOT Box Office.

Greer, SC—91������ hosted more than 30 law enforcement leaders from around the state on Tuesday for a regular meeting of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association.

The gathering featured legislative updates, topical presentations, and business discussions at NGU’s Tim Brashier Campus in Greer.

“It was an honor to host the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association,” said Dr. Marti Glass, director of adult and professional studies at NGU. “91������is proud to be a resource for law enforcement and looks forward to supporting our local agencies in our degree programs, certificate programs, and specialized trainings.”

North Greenville continues to serve as a strategic partner for law enforcement officials, offering discounts and online educational opportunities for those currently serving.

“The Greer Police Department is a significant benefactor of our relationship with 91������,” said Greer Police Chief Matt Hamby. “91������offers tailor-made professional development seminars provided by the faculty and has established a Greer Police Department Minority Scholarship at the university. I am grateful for friendships that have developed with numerous 91������faculty. Greer PD employs several 91������graduates, and some have been students while working at Greer PD in a full-time capacity. NGU’s Criminal Justice program is flexible for working professionals and the faculty are invested in the student’s success.”

Richard Hensley, NGU’s regional partnership manager, said the university’s connection with law enforcement and the surrounding community remains vital.

“We want to continue to be a resource for our communities and those who serve them,” Hensley said. “We are thankful for our police officers and first responders and will continue to partner with them in strategic ways.”

To learn more about 91������’s online and graduate programs, visit ngu.edu/academics.

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“Work matters because God made us to be workers and producers.”

Those thoughts from financial advisor David L. Bahnsen are the premise of his new book, “Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life,” and were at the core of his messages to 91������ (NGU) students, faculty, staff and friends on February 22-23.

“David Bahnsen is one of the most interesting thinkers on faith and work in the United States,” said 91������Provost Dr. Hunter Baker. “I am amazed at his level of energy and his ability to remain fully plugged into markets and fully intellectually engaged as a Christian at the same time.�� His visit was tremendously stimulating for NGU.”

Bahnsen took part in three speaking engagements on NGU’s Tigerville campus, fielding questions and articulating a biblical theology for Christians in the workplace.

“Our work ultimately does help us provide for our families, donate to churches, and give us status amongst men, but those are not the fundamental reasons why work matters,” he said.

“God created us in his image,” Bahnsen continued. “God, as the creator of the world, who made all things from nothing, has asked us to create things from what he gave us. Work is not merely a means. It is an end.”

Bahnsen is the founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer of The Bahnsen Group, a national private wealth management firm managing more than $5 billion in client assets.

He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, and Fox Business and is a regular contributor to National Review.

Prior to launching The Bahnsen Group, he spent eight years as a managing director at Morgan Stanley and six years as a vice president at UBS.

Bahnsen is consistently named one of the top financial advisors in America by Barron’s, Forbes, and the Financial Times. He is a regular lecturer for the Acton Institute and the Center for Cultural Leadership.

“I desperately pray that some part of my legacy will be making the case for Christians to be the hardest working, least mediocre, and most superlative in their chosen field,” he said, addressing students, faculty and staff in Turner Chapel on Friday morning. “When I think of all the areas where we can have an impact on our culture right now, I can think of nothing that contains more embedded power, leverage, capability and opportunity than Christians engaging their work with this grand vision—that work is the very reason we are here.”

Bahnsen elaborated on these ideas and fielded dozens of questions throughout his appearances at NGU.

“The embedded leverage, impact, and influence that we can have in the marketplace is exponentially greater than in the political sphere,” he said. “That doesn’t make the political sphere irrelevant, but we are missing opportunities as Christians if we do not engage the marketplace.

“We do not work merely digging a hole in the ground for no reason,” he added. “God cares about the subject of the work, and he cares about the object of the work. The subject and the object are always and forever personified. They are human beings. They are image bearers.”

Bahnsen is the author of several best-selling books, including “Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It,” “The Case for Dividend Growth: Investing in a Post-Crisis World,” and “There’s No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths.”

Dr. James D. Jordan, Jr., North Greenville’s fifth president, died Saturday, February 17, 2024. He was 90 years old.

Born April 20, 1933, in Charleston, South Carolina, Dr. Jordan served as president of North Greenville College from 1981 to 1987.

A noted educator and minister, Dr. Jordan completed a bachelor’s degree in history from Furman University in 1955, graduating summa cum laude. He earned a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at the University of Strasbourg in France for a year before returning to the United States to pursue a Bachelor of Divinity degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the gospel ministry by Ashley River Baptist Church in 1956 and served as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Newton, North Carolina, while completing his seminary degree.

Dr. Jordan broadened his academic interests as a graduate student in church history at Duke University from 1960 to 1963 and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Duke in 1966.

“Dr. Jordan was a highly respected educator who deployed his gifts as an academician, pastor and administrator to further the work of North Greenville,” said 91������President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. “One of the testaments to his leadership in Tigerville is that people he employed for our institution four decades ago are still actively serving at the university today. He built a legacy of utilizing his God-given talents and doing so with a sincere concern for others.”

Dr. Jordan joined the faculty of Oxford College of Emory University in 1963 and became an associate professor of religion at Mars Hill College in 1964. He was named associate professor of history at Georgia Southern College in 1969 before being promoted to head of the college’s department of history and geography in 1972, and to the rank of professor in 1974.

He returned to his native state in the summer of 1981 and was president of NGC for six years before moving to the presidency of Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, in 1987. He served as the Georgia Baptist Convention institution for six years. During his tenure as a Baptist higher education administrator, he was an active member of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. He also served on several visiting committees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges regional accrediting agency.

“Dr. Jordan was an outstanding success in engaging alumni and friends of the college and planting seeds for the future,” said Dr. Fred Payne, the college’s chief advancement officer during the Jordan presidency. “We were able to complete North Greenville’s first multi-million-dollar capital campaign, ‘Opportunity for Excellence,’ raising significant support for scholarships, housing, and other needs. Dr. Jordan and his wife were an exemplary ‘First Couple,’ smart, caring, and organized in leading the school.”

In ministerial service, Dr. Jordan was a pastor or interim pastor for churches in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He frequently preached across the region and was a sought-after inspirational speaker. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and growing roses.

Dr. Jordan is survived by his wife of 68 years, Barbara Watts Jordan; two children, Jean Jordan Misiewicz (Victor), and James “Jay” Jordan (Jackie); and two siblings, Eunice Jordan Leaird and John Lawrence “Larry” Jordan (Dorn).

A service to celebrate Dr. Jordan’s life will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 25, at Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 502 E. DeKalb Street, Camden, SC. Rev. John Hallman and Dr. Mike Kelly will officiate. Visitation with the family will follow the service at Westminster Hall. A private burial service will precede the celebration of life service at Lugoff First Baptist Cemetery

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

In honor of Dr. Jordan’s life and legacy, President Fant has directed that all 91������flags be flown at half-staff through sundown Sunday, February 24, 2024. A commemorative wreath has been placed at the entrance of the Donald E. Ward Executive Suite in the university’s Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center.