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Language Gap, Culture Chasm: Teaching Haitian Children In Springfield, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Language Gap, Culture Chasm: Teaching Haitian Children In Springfield, Mark D. Weinstein

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A 2021 Cedarville University graduate is helping French-speaking Haitian children bridge not just a language gap but a huge culture chasm in his efforts to teach them English.


Serving Ukrainian Refugees In Romania, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Serving Ukrainian Refugees In Romania, Mark D. Weinstein

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Leah Harper knew at the age of 8 that she was called to be a missionary. After a high school trip to Romania, she decided she wanted to serve in that country as a social worker. Now, less than one year into her role of serving people in Romania, she is serving Ukrainian refugees who are caught up in a major humanitarian catastrophe.


Construction Management Minor Will Open Doors For Students, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Construction Management Minor Will Open Doors For Students, Mark D. Weinstein

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A new pathway to careers in construction management is now available for college students pursuing a degree in civil engineering or business management. Leading the way for this new on ramp to the construction management career is a new construction management program at Cedarville University. Through the university’s school of business, five courses will provide students with a minor in construction management. The construction management minor, which officially began in the fall 2021 semester, is primarily available for management and civil engineering students who have demonstrated an interest in the construction management industry.


Springing Into Missions, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Springing Into Missions, Mark D. Weinstein

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As spring break draws closer, students across campus are making decisions on what their plans will be – vacations, time at home, binging on a favorite show. But some students at Cedarville University have chosen overseas or domestic mission trips.


Ghana Rotation Connects Pharmacy Student With Homeland, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Ghana Rotation Connects Pharmacy Student With Homeland, Mark D. Weinstein

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Growing up, Cedarville University student Karley Amelemah witnessed how pharmacists in her home nation of Ghana improved her grandmother’s quality of life. Their example spurred her to become a pharmacist too, a decision that led her from west Africa to southwest Ohio and back.


Soche Honors Professor Cam Davis With Excellence Award, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Soche Honors Professor Cam Davis With Excellence Award, Mark D. Weinstein

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The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) has named Cedarville University’s Cam Davis, associate professor of visual communication design, as one of its Excellence Award recipients for the month of March.


Top Speech And Debate Honors At State Tournament, Mark D. Weinstein Mar 2022

Top Speech And Debate Honors At State Tournament, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University’s speech and debate teams won three individual championships and one team championship from the Ohio Forensics Association’s state championship. The event was held virtually because of COVID protocols on Saturday, Feb. 19.


Remarkable Resources: Achieving Excellence Requires The Best Tools, Bryson Durst Mar 2022

Remarkable Resources: Achieving Excellence Requires The Best Tools, Bryson Durst

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International Pharmacy Student Serves Refugees, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

International Pharmacy Student Serves Refugees, Mark D. Weinstein

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ND Nguyen, a second-year pharmacy student from Vietnam, will lead a medical mission trip for Cedarville University Global Outreach to serve the refugee population in Clarkston, Georgia, during spring break 2022.


Inhibiting Cancer Growth Is Focus Of Cedarville Research, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Inhibiting Cancer Growth Is Focus Of Cedarville Research, Mark D. Weinstein

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Dr. Heather Kuruvilla and her students at Cedarville University are researching ways to stop cancer before it starts.


Cedarville University Selects Chris Cross As Athletic Director, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Cedarville University Selects Chris Cross As Athletic Director, Mark D. Weinstein

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After performing a national search for Cedarville University’s next athletic director, Dr. Thomas White, president, announced today the hiring of Chris Cross to the position. Cross has been a member of Cedarville’s athletic department since 2005. He served as an assistant athletic director starting in 2014 and, since July 2021, has held the role of interim athletic director.


Career Fair Sets Students Up For Success, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Career Fair Sets Students Up For Success, Mark D. Weinstein

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National and international business recruiters will visit Cedarville University on February 23 for the Spring Career Fair. With more than 120 employers registered for the event, this year's career fair is the largest in Greene County.


Doctors Tell Speech Champion "You Will Never Speak", Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Doctors Tell Speech Champion "You Will Never Speak", Mark D. Weinstein

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Once told he would never speak, one Cedarville student is proving his doctors wrong by winning state and national awards with the university’s speech team.


Leading Innovation Focus Of Cedarville's New Master's Program, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Leading Innovation Focus Of Cedarville's New Master's Program, Mark D. Weinstein

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Innovators are creative problem-solvers who constantly look for new opportunities to enrich the world around them. And for Cedarville University’s Graduate School, that desire to solve, form and create is resulting in a new master's program.


Students Launching Full-Scale Rocket Prototype, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Students Launching Full-Scale Rocket Prototype, Mark D. Weinstein

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A team of Cedarville University students have worked for months designing and testing a rocket that will be used for the 2022 NASA Student Launch competition April 20-23 in Huntsville, Alabama.


“A” For Audience: Creative Writing Class Encourages Student Publishing, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

“A” For Audience: Creative Writing Class Encourages Student Publishing, Mark D. Weinstein

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Creative Nonfiction, a workshop course central to Cedarville University’s creative writing minor, requires upward of six hours of writing per week, regular peer critiques, selected readings and a final collection that includes 25-30 pages of creative work, a two-page introduction and a three-to-four-page foreword.


Keeping It Real: Simulators Prepare Health Care Students, Mark Weinstein Feb 2022

Keeping It Real: Simulators Prepare Health Care Students, Mark Weinstein

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Health care professionals deal with real-world crises all the time. But before students are ready to face those day-to-day challenges, they need safe ways to practice. Simulations using realistic, interactive mannequins prepare students for crisis scenarios without putting patients at risk.


Ohio's Pathway From College To Law Enforcement Opens With 11 Students, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Ohio's Pathway From College To Law Enforcement Opens With 11 Students, Mark D. Weinstein

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The state of Ohio is piloting a new criminal justice program unlike anything the United States has ever seen, and Cedarville University is at the core of this historic development.


Pharmacy School Helps Develop Smoking Cessation Training, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Pharmacy School Helps Develop Smoking Cessation Training, Mark D. Weinstein

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Dr. Andrew Straw, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice, along with two of his Cedarville University pharmacy students, recently developed a smoking cessation curriculum for use in pharmacies nationwide. The innovative project is in conjunction with Cedarville’s Center for Pharmacy Innovation (CPI) and the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).


Yellow Jackets Help Bengals On Road To Super Bowl, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Yellow Jackets Help Bengals On Road To Super Bowl, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cincinnati Bengals fans everywhere are eagerly awaiting their team’s first Super Bowl appearance in more than 30 years. But one Cedarville University alumna and a current student won’t just be watching the big game as fans, but as athletic trainers who worked with the Bengals during this championship season.


From The World To Rural Ohio With Flair, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

From The World To Rural Ohio With Flair, Mark D. Weinstein

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International students are a common sight on most American university campuses. At Cedarville University, the diverse student body represented by students from across the globe carries divine significance.


Conference Reimagines Apologetics, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Conference Reimagines Apologetics, Mark D. Weinstein

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Beyond the Stars, an apologetics conference to be held Thursday, Feb. 10 at Cedarville University, will feature keynote speaker Andrew Peterson and will explore the witness of the Christian imagination. Peterson will also perform a concert Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 pm in the Dixon Ministry Center.


Community Pharmacist Changing Lives Of Underserved Neighbors, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Community Pharmacist Changing Lives Of Underserved Neighbors, Mark D. Weinstein

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The first time Dr. Danielle Polley learned she would be working at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was hesitant. She had been assigned two month long rotations there during her last year in school, but she knew little about the organization and had concerns about the daily hour-plus commute.


Grand Canyon Trip Immerses Students In Creation, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Grand Canyon Trip Immerses Students In Creation, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University senior professor of geology John Whitmore thinks that the Grand Canyon “rocks” — pun intended. After a January trip to the canyon with students, he is only more convinced of its wonder.


Growth Initiatives Highlight Cedarville Trustees Meeting, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

Growth Initiatives Highlight Cedarville Trustees Meeting, Mark D. Weinstein

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Two weeks after Cedarville University announced it had received more than $100 million in commitments toward its One Thousand Days Transformed comprehensive fundraising campaign, its board of trustees met on campus and made decisions that will continue the university on a trajectory of growth, energy and excitement.


From Broken Nose To Gold Medalists: Student Business Has Olympic Success, Mark D. Weinstein Feb 2022

From Broken Nose To Gold Medalists: Student Business Has Olympic Success, Mark D. Weinstein

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When Cedarville University senior William Brethauer was a junior in high school, he never could have anticipated that a broken nose would lead to a lifelong passion, one which eventually led to an Olympics-sized business success.


In American History, Jesse Owens Exceeded The Underdog Status, Mark D. Weinstein Jan 2022

In American History, Jesse Owens Exceeded The Underdog Status, Mark D. Weinstein

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Dr. Kevin Jones, assistant professor of education and dean of the school of education, recently co-authored with F. Erik Brooks a biographical book on the famous American track and field athlete Jesse Owens. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, infuriating Adolph Hitler who wanted the games to serve as a platform for German ethnic superiority.


Student Creativity Goes Global With Gaming Event, Mark D. Weinstein Jan 2022

Student Creativity Goes Global With Gaming Event, Mark D. Weinstein

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Student creativity in the video game world is the focus of the 2022 Global Game Jam event this weekend for college students across the world.


Soche Honors Cedarville's Kim Ahlgrim For Student Success Leadership, Mark D. Weinstein Jan 2022

Soche Honors Cedarville's Kim Ahlgrim For Student Success Leadership, Mark D. Weinstein

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The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) has presented Cedarville University’s Kim Ahlgrim, director of The Cove academic enrichment center, with a Staff Excellence Award for January 2022.


“Meet Me In St. Louis” Comes To Cedarville February 3-13, Mark D. Weinstein Jan 2022

“Meet Me In St. Louis” Comes To Cedarville February 3-13, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University theatre’s winter musical production “Meet Me in St. Louis” will run February 3-5 and 10-13 in Cedarville’s DeVries Theatre.