Three Cedarville organizations come together to spread awareness about human trafficking
By Avonlea Brown
Ohio places fifth in the nation for the most human trafficking reports, and many cases remain unreported. In response, organizations at Cedarville University are stepping up to educate people and fill that void.
The International Justice Mission(IJM), Dear Dinah and Cedarville’s Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Berkheiser, collaborated to host the event. Students at Cedarville University gathered on Monday night for a special panel discussion answering some of the ...
The Denomination Report: Messianic Gentiles
By Marian Pope
*Marian Pope launched a self-reporting survey asking students their denomination to gain a clearer picture of the student body and their experiences. Out of the 304 respondents, the top three were Baptist (34.2%), Nondenominational (26.0%), and Presbyterian (10.9%). One of the smallest denominations reported on the survey were Messianic Gentiles, composing 1.3% of the respondents.
Messianic Gentiles make up one of the minorities represented on campus, and they find ways ...
Cedarville Forensics team’s new dynamic duo
By Bella Agnello
Photo from last year’s competition
When freshmen Cara and Zane Enos say that they have been part of the forensics world their entire lives, they mean it. Their mother, a high school forensics coach in Colorado, almost gave birth to them while judging a tournament.
For the past eight years, the twins competed in a homeschool speech and debate league. Zane, an Economics major, and Cara, a Psychology major, are members of Cedarville University’s forensics team, which ...
Testimony Tuesday: Sharing the message of hope
By Bella Agnello
One day, junior Psychology major Carissa Yager hopes to work at a hospital as a child life specialist. At Cedarville University she is being equipped with biblical truths that will help her spread the hope found in Christ to patients and their families.
Her training did not start at Cedarville – God has been pressing this love for the message of hope into her throughout her life.
Yager grew up in a Christian household in which she learned about the Bible and ...
Coffee and Consent panel tackles the hard questions of consent in and out of romantic relationships
By Chelsea McKanna
Shannon Berkheiser, Title IX Coordinator at Cedarville University, kicked off the Coffee and Consent event by explaining her biggest objective: for students to come away with a deeper understanding of how consent works in their daily lives, in or out of romantic relationships. But that was not her only focus.
“We always want to have this conversation in the context of the Bible,” Berkheiser said.
For her it was vital that the main goal for the audience was that ...
Testimony Tuesday: Resting in God’s forgiveness
By Bella Agnello
When you are forgiven much, you forgive much.
For someone in law enforcement, extending forgiveness to the person they are arresting seems contradictory. As a Christian, Bruce Upchurch, director of Campus Security at Cedarville University, learned the power of forgiveness early on in his life when he realized how much God forgave him.
Upchurch grew up in the Philippines as a missionary kid. When he was 13 years old, his family moved back to the U.S. In high school he ...
Shine Your Light: The heart behind the new SGA president and vice president
By Bella Agnello
Donnie Gardiner and Hugo Cerrato became friends on Day 1 of their 1,000 days at Cedarville University. They met at the international students orientation last year, Gardiner being from the Turks and Caicos Islands and Cerrato from Honduras. Since becoming friends, they found encouragement as they watched each other grow in living out their faith, not knowing that they would cast a vision together for student life during the 2025-2026 school year.
Together, they formed ...
Cedarville student, family survive plane crash in Pennsylvania
By Avonlea Brown
On Sunday afternoon, a six-passenger plane carrying Cedarville University sophomore Judah White and a few members of his family crashed soon after takeoff near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All five passengers survived the fiery crash and are being treated for injuries and burns.
Judah White
Two family members have been released from the hospital but were not identified. However, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Burn Recovery Center confirmed that Judah White, a cyber ...
Testimony Tuesday: Serving God in small faithfulness through twists and turns
By Avonlea Brown
Logan Riber, resident director of the male dormitory The Hill, often uses his testimony of twists and turns to counsel the resident assistants of his dorm. He even has a tattoo on his right forearm as a reminder of what he learned. It says:
God is in control. God is good. God is enough.
Riber grew up in a Christian household in East Peoria, Illinois, and accepted Christ at the age of seven, but he knows now that it was more out of fear than a desire for a relationship ...
A bagel business built on prayer
By Bella Agnello
MiaRose Hess is an entrepreneur at heart. At her core, she is a prayer warrior. A freshman Management major at Cedarville University, she tangibly sees the power of prayer as God directs her through her journey as a local business owner.
In early September, Hess was scrolling on her phone when the idea hit her to start a business. She first thought about selling muffins. However, after talking with Dr. Kary Oberbrunner, the assistant professor of entrepreneurship, she ...
