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Current Issue: Fall 2020 - "Caring Well. Staying Well."
This issue of the magazine highlights how God has been working in and through the Cedarville family during a global pandemic and cultural divide. From safely returning to campus for in-person classes, to stepping up to serve and care well for others, to affirming the value of every person, the Cedarville family has sought to honor God in the midst of challenges and give Him all the glory as He has led us through.
Alumnotes, Fall 2020
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Highlighted Stories from the Fall 2020 Issue
Caring Well. Staying Well.
From hand sanitizing stations in every building to acrylic shields in classrooms, the University has taken extraordinary measures to provide a safe learning and living environment.
Stepping Up
This COVID-19 season has uncovered heroes from the Cedarville family in the unlikeliest places. And all it took was letting God use them right where they were for such a time as this.
Heart of the Matter
In order to have the best opportunity to preserve the vibrant, residential, life-transforming Cedarville experience, we have taken serious precautions during this pandemic.
Navigating the Pandemic
Cedarville experts weigh in on the pandemic and discuss how Christians can give hope to a fearful culture.
A Time to Come Together
This summer, the Cedarville community looked closely at the biblical perspective on race and ethnicity and rearticulated its historic stand against racism.
Nurses on the Frontlines
Three nurses. Three very different stories. Three individuals, all connected to Cedarville, with a heart to follow Jesus wherever he may call. Call he did, in the middle of COVID-19, and they responded.Current Issue: Spring 2020 - "Business for the Glory of God"
This issue of Cedarville Magazine spotlights the School of Business Administration (SBA). Since 1959, the SBA has taught and mentored students into a view of business that emphasizes excellence, stewardship, leadership, and Kingdom influence. That focus will continue and grow as the SBA, one of Cedarville's largest schools, looks forward to developing students who influence the 21st-century marketplace for the Gospel.
Alumnotes, Spring 2020
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Highlighted Stories from the Spring 2020 Issue
Business for the Glory of God
We desire to develop a generation of entrepreneurial-minded business leaders using their gifts to promote human flourishing with creativity and enthusiasm. These business leaders will influence people that may never visit a church. They have a unique opportunity to stand for the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
Family Business
The Scharnbergs of Des Moines, Iowa, are the family behind the largest gift in Cedarville’s history, which will help build the School of Business Administration’s new home. Find out how the Scharnbergs built their enterprises on faith, integrity, and biblical wisdom.
A New Day for Business
The Milner Business Administration Building has served Cedarville well, but a new home for the School of Business Administration is on the horizon, the Lorne C. Scharnberg Business Center. This expanded and innovative space will help Cedarville train and inspire Christian business professionals for the 21st-century marketplace.
It All Adds Up
Cedarville’s accounting program has an outstanding record of preparing students for career success. For many years, Cedarville students have achieved a 100% pass rate on the Certified Public Accountant examination. This Q&A with Cedarville accounting professors explores how Cedarville has performed so well.
Accelerating Cedarville
Last fall, Cedarville announced the launch of the Beyond Startup Accelerator. The accelerator will connect student and alumni entrepreneurs with expert business advice and potential investment. Deputy Director Kyle Peterson outlines the exciting vision to establish the University as the Midwest hub for faith-based business development.
Integrated Business Core: Investing in the Community
Since 2002, the SBA has offered a practical and profitable way for students to apply their classroom learning while also giving back: the Integrated Business Core.
Student Consultants Help Companies Save Millions
The Lean Process Management class gives students the opportunity to look at a company’s processes to evaluate waste in terms of time, material, or movement, with the goal of helping that company work more efficiently and profitably.
Internships Build Global Network
An increasing number of Cedarville students have chosen to go the extra thousand miles to pursue internships abroad.Fall 2019 - "Life-on-Life Discipleship"
Intentional. Transformative. Biblical. These words and more describe the 1,000 days of an undergraduate experience at Cedarville University. But at the heart of it all is the word that you’ll find at the core of the University mission statement: discipleship. From chapel to the classroom, from Callan Athletic Center to the residence halls, from Global Outreach to D-Groups, focused life-on-life investment for the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ is the hallmark of a Cedarville education. The Fall 2019 issue of Cedarville Magazine offers an in-depth profile of the University’s many-faceted commitment to the Great Commission command to “Go therefore and make disciples . . .”
Alumnotes, Fall 2019
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Highlighted Stories from the Fall 2019 Issue
Life-on-Life Discipleship
At Cedarville University, obeying the Great Commission means a culture of making disciples by going, evangelizing, and teaching until the Word of Christ dwells in us richly (Col. 3:16). Intentional discipleship is embedded in every aspect of the University. From older students to younger, in the residence halls and the classroom, from student life to Global Outreach, making disciples who make disciples is Cedarville’s mission.
Catalyst for Change
Aaron Cook ’99 became the Director of Discipleship Ministries at Cedarville in the summer of 2014. Every year, Cook invests in members of the Discipleship Council, who likewise invest in Discipleship Group leaders, who then pour into D-Group members. It’s a chain reaction of discipleship, in fulfillment of 2 Timothy 2:2.
Discipleship on the Go
Discipleship at Cedarville clearly includes dedicated times in the Scriptures and meeting for fellowship, but much of it happens while students are having a meal, helping a neighbor, playing sports, or ministering together. Discipleship happens on the go at Cedarville University, just as all of life happens on the go.
Day of Discipleship
Every day, Cedarville faculty and staff work tirelessly in the various roles God has granted them at the University. But they go beyond that to fulfill the Great Commission, meeting with students for intentional times of spiritual growth in their knowledge of the Word, prayer, ministry, and love for Christ.
Seeing the Difference
A Cedarville dad relates his personal testimony of how his daughter has been transformed by the personal investment she’s received at Cedarville. From HeartSong to the classroom to her residence hall, the Gearharts have seen discipleship transform their daughter’s life.Summer 2019 - "A Vision for Future Faithfulness"
This issue of Cedarville Magazine walks through the ways that God is blessing the University. The 10-year campus master plan is the practical outworking of a vision for future faithfulness. This plan will change Cedarville’s campus, increase the scope of programs, and enlarge the University’s capacity to transform the lives of undergraduate and graduate students. Read more in the pages of this summer’s Cedarville Magazine.
Alumnotes, Summer 2019
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Spring 2019 - "Chapel: The Heartbeat of Campus"
This issue of Cedarville Magazine celebrates the impact of chapel, or more importantly, how God has used this extraordinary hour of the day to transform lives for His glory and Kingdom purposes.
Alumnotes, Spring 2019
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Highlighted Stories from the Spring 2019 Issue
Chapel: The Heartbeat of Campus
Chapel provides the central place where God works and moves in the hearts and minds of the Cedarville University family.
Memorable Moments
Students attend hundreds of chapel services during their 1,000 days at Cedarville. Sometimes, however, God uses a particular message in a deep, meaningful way to speak to an individual student.
Chapel: Platform for Presidents
Cedarville University presidents have prioritized daily chapel. They have maintained its importance in campus life.
Training Ground
Faculty and staff intentionally invest in student chaplains to grow them as skilled communicators, but more than that, to help them have a maturing, transformative walk with Christ.
In Closing: Chapel Changed My Life
Within a couple days on campus, God used Chapel to transform this year's senior class president forever.Archive: Fall 2018 Issue
"To the Ends of the Earth"
Alumnotes, Fall 2018
Alumnotes features special information for Cedarville University alumni and their updates, including professional news, weddings, births, and obituaries. Alumnotes is included as an insert in Cedarville Magazine for alumni recipients.
Highlighted Stories From the Fall 2018 Issue
President's Perspective - Fall 2018 Cedarville Magazine
At Cedarville University, students are strongly encouraged to serve on a short-term missions team before they graduate, taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
Why Missions?
Missions is part of the DNA of Cedarville University. Dr. Matt Bennett, assistant professor of missions and theology, explores three key reasons why missions is so important to Cedarville.
Global Outreach Summer Diary
All summer, Cedarville teams have traveled north, south, east, and west to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through sports, vacation Bible schools, and youth camps. Relive the faith journey of some of our short-term teams in this Summer Diary.
The Great Commission Next Door
Last year, 451 students through 38 local ministries reached beyond campus to make a Gospel impact on Cedarville, Springfield, Dayton, and other local communities. These student-servants impacted the lives of African refugee children, fellow college students on neighboring campuses, inmates in local jails, and countless others.
Multiplying Urban Discipleship
For more than 30 years, Cedarville has cultivated a relationship with Inner City Impact (ICI), a program for children and teens in Chicago. Each year, Cedarville sends a team of students to support ICI’s ongoing ministry to at-risk youth. For some of these students, what begins as a short-term trip develops into long-term city ministry.
Short-Term Teams, Long-Term Impact
Since 1971, Missions Involvement Service/Global Outreach teams have visited 96 countries, bringing the Gospel, sharing hope, engaging culture, and ministering to spiritual, emotional, and physical needs.