What Would be your Dream Student Org?
By Madison Dyer
Integrated Spiritual Growth
Matthew Wood
Matthew Wood, a freshman Civil Engineering student, has noticed that most student orgs are restricted to either men or, more often, women. He feels as though this creates just another point where unity among believers is fractured, encouraging unnecessary competition and making people feel as though the separation is necessary for function.
“I feel like there could be better cohesion between men and women [on this ...
Professor’s Library: Books written by Cedarville faculty members
By Chelsea McKanna
Hope for American Evangelicals
Dr. Bennett
“Hope for American Evangelicals” is a book published by B&H Publishing and written by Dr. Matthew Bennett in 2023. Perhaps most important to Bennett was the timeliness of the book’s publication. His goal was to encourage American believers to view the church rightly amidst a time when it is becoming increasingly easier to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” and label the church as corrupt as a whole....
Testimony Tuesday: Dr. Smallwood
By Bella Agnello
“To get me to look more like Jesus, it’s probably going to be a painful process.”
Dr. Will Smallwood was only two and a half years into his new position as vice president of Advancement at Cedarville University when God would begin to radically deepen his faith. During Homecoming of 2023, Smallwood experienced a debilitating pain in his spine. Because his team is heavily involved in engaging with alumni during Homecoming, he prayed for God to get him through the ...
Cedarville Student shares Christ with women in a battle between hope and fear
By Sam Sofio
For the past three years, Delaney Schmutte has counseled scared, desperate and hopeless pregnant women who consider abortion as their only escape in their battle between hopeand fear.
Schmutte, a senior Biblical Studies major with an emphasis in Biblical Counseling, serves at the Pregnancy Resource Clinic of Clark County, where God uses her as a vessel to pour out the hope and love of Christ into fearful hearts – the same hope and love that she received when she was ...
Prayer room in the Dixon Ministry Center serves as an important reminder to the student body
By Sam Sofio
When Cedarville students walk into the prayer room, they immediately encounter a room filled with a golden glowing light, a large map of the nations and three wooden frames on the back wall entitled “Prayer Requests,” “Prayer for the Nations” and “Prayed For.”
Next to the wooden frames, students write their prayer requests and place their requests in either the “Prayer Requests” slots or the “Prayer for the Nations” slots.
Constructed in ...
Testimony Tuesday: The power of prayer
By Bella Agnello
For the past 14 years, Deidre Sizer served as the assistant director and tutoring coordinator for The Cove, Cedarville University’s tutoring center. Stepping into retirement, she knows that God will continue to lead her faithfully in the grand adventure he has planned for her.
Sizer did not always see God this way. Until college, she did not know how personal God was, or what living by faith looked like.
That is how Sizer learned the power of prayer firsthand. Her ...
A look at the Imprints Exhibition
By Marian Pope
As the clock neared the 6 p.m. mark on Wednesday, April 2, a small crowd of students gathered outside the entrance to The 220 Gallery inside the Stevens Student Center. Then the doors opened and students entered into the gallery to admire the latest juried art exhibition: Imprints.
Many art and design students submitted their works for a chance to be showcased: From walnut chairs to trading cards, from magazines to cardboard. The exhibition showcased the works of the ...
The Denomination Report: Roman Catholics
By Marian Pope
Roman Catholics compose 1.6% of the student body, a minority among other denominations at Cedarville University. Three students – Andrew McDougall, Robert Esquivel and Jonathan Freidl – stepped out in faith to share their stories about their experiences on campus.
Andrew McDougall, a sophomore Cyber Operations major, was not originally Roman Catholic, he converted to Catholicism last year.
“Justifying my belief system by saying 'Yeah, it’s just what ...
Testimony Tuesday: Surrendering to God’s conviction
By Bella Agnello
Alivia Jones is learning to desire God’s conviction. She knows that through conviction, God will make her heart look more like his. And as she surrenders to God, he reveals his heart to her and draws her into deeper compassion for others. Now studying Exercise Science at Cedarville University, Jones looks back on her life and reflects on God’s faithfulness.
Jones grew up in Maine as a pastor’s kid. She experienced a lot of pressure to be perfect and began to ...
Steve Dye: Passionate new Associate VP of Christian Ministries
By Madison Dyer
Steve Dye attended Cedarville University before the Bible courses were arranged nicely into “Biblical Studies.” He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in pre-seminary as well as history. He served in several different ministry positions before being led to long-term missions in Berlin, Germany. Now, he has returned to campus, stepping into the role of associate vice president of Christian Ministries.
Christian Ministries of Cedarville University oversees the entire ...
