Org Hopes to Break Basketball World Record to Raise Money for Missions
Bake sales and letter writing are not the only ways to fundraise for MIS trips. One Cedarville org is trying to break a world record.
After the Cedarville-Central State basketball game this Saturday, Delta Alpha Epsilon will try to beat the record for the largest game of knockout. They are doing this to raise money for their spring break MIS trip to Eleuthera, an island in the Bahamas.
Charity and Dustin Norman, 2011 Cedarville graduates, are advisers of DAE, an org that helps connect ...
Conference Offering to Give Students Mission Trip Support
The money collected during the missions conference at the beginning of the semester will be used to help Cedarville students with the last bit of mission trip support they can’t raise, said President Dr. Thomas White.
An offering was taken during each of the night sessions of the missions conference to help students going on mission trips. Across those three nights, about $12,000 was given.
“Don’t tell our VP of business this. I’ll tell him tomorrow after he’s had his coffee, ...
Worship 4:24 Conference Provides Opportunity for Students and Musicians Alike
Cedarville students will have an opportunity Friday night to participate in a night of worship with worship pastor Travis Cottrell as part of the Worship 4:24 conference. Cottrell is one of the guests being brought in by the conference, said Roger O'Neel, associate professor of music and worship.
"Most students will be interested in that," O'Neel said. He said they advertised the night of worship along with the conference itself.
The Worship 4:24 Conference begins on Friday night, put on ...
SGA Event Encourages Students to be Agents of Change
The SGA Campus Community Committee is hosting an MLK event on Monday, Jan. 20, from 7-9 p.m. in the BTS atrium to remember the civil rights movement in the 1960s and to inspire students to fight for social justice issues they believe in today.
Thomas Redic, former director of the Campus Community Committee, and Alex MacPhail-Fausey, one of the committee members, said the greater focus of the event is on social justice rather than diversity. They said Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream can be ...
Cedarville Student Ben German Keeps Students Going to Jail
Several nights a week, a handful of Cedarville students go to jail.
Cedarville’s community ministries provide students with several different ways to serve in the community. Some students serve by going to Clark County Jail in Springfield to minister to the inmates.
Ben German, a Cedarville junior, said when he was a freshman, he looked for a ministry to get involved with that would stretch him and allow him to share the gospel. He found one at the jail.
German said he did the ...
Cedarville University Giving 4+ Credit Discount, Adding May Term Student Life Activities
Cedarville University is making the summer school experience more affordable and enjoyable, said Jewerl Maxwell, associate dean for the Center for Lifelong Learning.
For at least summer 2014, students can receive 25 percent off summer school tuition for every credit hour over four credits, the Center for Lifelong Learning recently announced. This means that students taking more than four credit hours will pay $767 per credit for the first four credits and $575 per credit for any additional ...
Minor, Stoney Creek are Cornerstones of Main Street Change
As downtown Cedarville expands, Taylor Minor and his family have played a significant role in its development.
Taylor – an entrepreneur, father of three and Iraq War veteran – is also the owner and operator of Stoney Creek Roasters.
From the start, Stoney Creek has been a family endeavour.
“My parents and I started it as (equal) owners,” Taylor said. “We bought the whole building in 2008 and in August opened the coffee shop.”
Taylor said when they started Stoney Creek, ...
Prayer and Politics = Problems?
During the U.S. Supreme Court’s current term, prayer in government meetings is being addressed at the national level for the first time in 30 years.
The Supreme Court heard opening arguments for the Town of Greece v. Galloway case on Nov. 6. The issue in question is the legality of local governments opening their legislative sessions with prayer.
Susan Galloway, a Jew, and Linda Stephens, an atheist, challenged the town of Greece, N.Y.’s, practice of opening board meetings with a ...
Ohio Concussion Law Affecting Trainers
One second.
That’s how long it took for two soccer players to collide as they were going for the header that would decide the game. Senior athletic training major Ben Dixson recognized the concussion right away because he has been trained to look for the signs and symptoms exhibited by the player.
House Bill 143, Ohio’s return-to-play law, went into effect on April 26. The law imposes training, safety and symptom awareness requirements on youth sports organizations across the state, ...
Alumni in Illinois Face Tornado Ruins
A series of over 20 tornadoes hit central Illinois on Nov. 17. Over 300 Cedarville alumni live in affected areas, according to alumni relations.
The city of Washington, Ill., received the brunt of the storm’s harm, with over 1,000 homes damaged or destroyed and one life lost, according to ABC Chicago. According to the Peoria Journal Star, another person died a week and a half later of related injuries. The EF4-level storm traveled 46 miles on the ground before dissipating.
The Cedarville ...
