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Global Outreach Provides Opportunities for Everyone to Serve, Have an Impact, and Be Impacted

by Jewell Strock Global Outreach exists to prepare and organize the Cedarville University community to know, live, and share the Gospel. Over the past couple of weeks, Global Outreach has had tables in the Stevens Student Center offering opportunities to students to go and serve locally as well as internationally. Informational meetings were held several nights during this time with opportunities to go on a mission trip, something students are encouraged to do at least once in their college ...

How Coffee Revolutionizes the College Experience

By Anna Harman If you’re a Cedarville student, it’s probably no surprise to you that coffee is an important part of the experience here on campus. Some of us need it to get through morning classes, exams, study sessions, or maybe even just so we can stay up past 4 pm. Many students meet with friends, mentors, or professors over coffee.  What makes it so appealing for college students though?   “My day feels weird or off when I don’t make or get my coffee, it ...

Will It Float?

Video Footage by Josephine Schmidt-Krayer. Editing by Nathan Lazarus and Josephine Schmidt-Krayer The Canoe Race is an annual and beloved event here at Cedarville! All of the Freshmen engineering students are put into small groups and are given the task to build a floatable boat. With only limited material they have to come up with the perfect design that will enable them to row their boat across Cedarville's lake. The race is always held on Homecoming weekend. Parents, students, and ...

Cedarville Meme Pages Bring Students Together

Meme courtesy of @corniest_memes_of_the_fields.  By Anna Harman We’ve all seen or followed one of the numerous meme pages that have been created by Cedarville students. Countless memes have been made about chapel, student stereotypes and campus-wide jokes. Memes are so well appreciated among students that most of us can predict when a meme will be made while we’re sitting in Chapel. What causes students to create these pages? Who are these masters of comedy?  The Cedarville meme ...

How Studying Abroad Helps Students Learn and Foster Relationships

by Anna Harman Cedarville University encourages students to do a semester abroad, immersing themselves in another country while they learn. As the university puts it, “Open to students in any major, study abroad programs strengthen your language and cross-cultural skills, broaden your thinking, and deepen your commitment to Christian service.” There are opportunities to spend a semester in Spain, Ireland and France, along with many others.  Anna Porter is the staff assistant ...

21 Years of Student-Led Discipleship Bringing Students Together in Ministry

By Avonlea Brown Every year in mid-September, tables line the first floor of the Stevens Student Center. Students mill by and glance at the books at the front of the tables. Smiling faces get the attention of as many passing students as they can. They all say the same thing: “Join a discipleship group!”  Some students continue walking, some make a beeline to the tables and grab a book, and others approach tentatively. As group leaders explain their books, students pick up one or ...

“Proclaim the Name: Refuge” Begins with a New Focus on Christian Community

By Avonlea Brown Cedarville University’s Integrated Business Core focuses on giving students the opportunity to show their leadership, organizational and interpersonal communication skills in a fast-paced environment. This year two groups of students strive to succeed in their business ventures.  Proclaim The Name: Refuge is one of those businesses starting this fall.  Proclaim The Name: Refuge is a branch off of a previous business, just labeled Proclaim The Name. The ...

Whiteboard Business Project Inspired by Desire to Help Students

by Marielle Payton Every year, Cedarville University’s Integrated Business Core gives students the opportunity to produce, pitch and market a business plan. This year-long program goes through the spring semester, during which students take Principles of Marketing, and the fall semester, in which they take Principles of Finance and Principles of Organizational Management. These three courses, spread out across two semesters, offer students a chance to simulate the business process from ...

Time to Swing

Video Credit by Josephine Schmidt-Krayer Ever feel like dancing but don't know where to do it? Sunday Night Swing is open for anybody and everybody. Don't worry if you have no experience. There are always people that are eager to learn from each other.  Grab your friends and come by the DMC Sunday's at 7pm and you will find a large group of people dancing to Jazz music.  It's time to swing! 

Rex Looking for Girlfriend and Lost Friends

by Chris Karenbaur Most students at Cedarville University know about Rex. He is a dino who wanders around campus with his buddy Spider-Man. They are the newest Cedarmemes. And they are usually seen walking around campus, greeting people, or posing for pictures for the Instagram meme pages. Rex’s alter ego, Derek Burk, developed the idea of Rex after a failed Captain America and original superhero in a blue morph suit failed. Burk has a serious condition in which he morphs between ...