Dr. Don Deardorff Leaves a Legacy on the Cedarville Family
by Anna Harman
Professor of English Dr. Donald Deardorff passed away suddenly on the morning of October 22, 2021. He served in the Department of English, Literature and Modern Languages for 25 years at Cedarville University.
His wife, Julie, who is the Director of Library Collection Services for Cedarville, shared some memories of her husband.
“I admired everything about him,” she said. “We met my freshman/his sophomore year at Gettysburg College, and we both knew almost immedi...
Encompass Encourages Students to Pray for the Unreached
By Jewell Strock
Matthew 9:38 says, “Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” This verse is the focus of Encompass, a small business started by junior Marketing Major Chloe Largent. Encompass is a nonprofit organization that serves to remind Christians to pray for the unreached countries around the globe through small, physical items.
Largent created the idea of Encompass the spring semester of 2021 for her marketing class with Dr. ...
Freshmen Engineering Students Work Together to Build a Cardboard Canoe
by Chris Karenbauer
They were nervous for this race. Although they spent several hours building their canoe, they still did not feel ready.
Two freshmen Engineer students knelt in their canoe. Jake Brucken was in front, and Alex Heinrich in the back. They had a slow start. Team 3 rowed ahead of them. Jake and Alex continued to row. Slowly but surely, they would reach the shore.
They rowed past the first set of buoys. Then the next. Then the next. About halfway to the finish line, ...
What The Factors Are That Go Into University Grounds
by Noah Tang
My job this summer was rather unusual. Instead of going home, I worked full-time for the University Grounds Department, or Landscape Maintenance, at Cedarville University. My responsibilities primarily involved weed eating, with some gardening sprinkled in.
As the weeks went by, the physical demands of the job began to get to me. But I remembered that I was engaging in an activity similar to that of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When God created them, He tasked them ...
Students Find Friendship With Gieske’s Ram Horn
by Anna Harman
Jeremy Gieske is a junior Biblical Studies Accelerated student at Cedarville University. He chose Cedarville because he loves the community and how invested the faculty and students are in God.
In 2019, he continued to foster that sense of community that he loves so much. On Homecoming weekend during Gieske’s freshman year, he began a tradition that will remain for the following years he’ll spend here at Cedarville.
Gieske went to the Ohio Renaissance Fair with his ...
Hannah Bradley: A Passion for Theater
Bartholomew Mays
Hannah Bradley is a sophomore comprehensive theatre major. She is leading the cast as Anne Shirley in Cedarville University’s fall theatre production of Peter Delaurier’s adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved children’s classic “Anne of Green Gables.”
Growing up in New Jersey, Bradley has been a theatre lover from a young age. At four, Bradley’s family traveled to New York City where she saw her first Broadway show, Disney's “Beauty and the Beast....
Johnson Hall is the Dorm for Community
By Jewell Strock
Cedarville University has many dorms on campus, each with its own unique traits and locations. The goal of each dorm is to create a community that encourages residents in their faith and growth in Christ, as well as forming deep friendships.
Johnson Hall is just one of the nine girl dormitories to choose from when living on campus. Located towards the outside of campus, about 130 female students reside in Johnson. Johnson is located near Brock Hall and is the sister dorm to ...
The Benefits of Coffee
By Esther Fultz
According to a 2013 study from the University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository, 90% of the adult population consumes caffeine on a regular basis. Among college students, the main source of caffeine consumption is coffee. Why is coffee such a popular drink?
Senior Biblical studies major Zach Leitch says he drinks two to three cups of coffee on an average day, particularly when he has morning classes to attend. “I like the taste of it, which I know not everyone ...
Inside Palmer Hall
by Tim Comstock
In most cases, people only know that Palmer Hall is a tiny building on the south edge of Cedarville’s campus.
It frequently gets forgotten among its other neighbors on the Hill: Carr, Rogers, and Marshall Hall. To residents of Palmer, however, “We’re from the Hill but not of the Hill,” says freshman Jacob Eileff.
Palmer RA Ethan Doerstling says, “It’s a smaller group of people than your average dorm. So you get to know each other a little better, I’d say. ...
What To Do In Quarantine
by Anna Harman
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of abnormalities in the past two years. Isolating from friends and family can be heartbreaking and even more frustrating. Although being in quarantine doesn’t mean that you have to allow yourself to sulk in the seemingly endless feeling of being alienated from society. You can instead choose to be positive and use this time to be productive. If you need some inspiration on how to be productive in quarantine, then here are just a few ...
