Strokes of Hope [Video]
Melinda Pinkerton, daughter of Cedarville University professor Mark Pinkerton, lives with hope while coping with NF2. The disease is destroying her physical body. But Mel's spiritual journey, which she shares through painting and blogging, has been inspirational to countless others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIMxMtSjSpE
Addicted to Love
When Jill Kingston got a call to pick up a baby at the hospital just five hours after getting her foster parent license, she had no idea what was about to ensue.
The baby had been withdrawing from heroin and was only three pounds. Within hours of bringing him home, he began vomiting violently and aspirating. Soon, he turned blue. Once the baby recovered from the episode, Kingston realized the baby was different than most – he had neonatal abstinence syndrome, also known as NAS.
NAS is ...
Unforeseen Opportunity: Johnson Heads to Live Performance Shows
Cedarville grad and “The Voice” contestant Brian Johnson describes the past week as a roller coaster.
“It’s just been an insane week, and there was a lot of emotion going into my performance day because there were eight of us that were cut on results day,” Johnson said. “I stood on stage, and I thought I could be in the bottom three, but in that moment I was thinking like, ‘If I go home tonight, I was so proud of what I put on stage, and I was so proud of like the moment that I ...
World Fair Brings Diversity to Campus
Cedarville’s World Fair will bring diverse culture experiences to campus on April 13 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the BTS.
The Fair will feature fantastic sights, smells and sounds, said Brenda Reid, coordinator of international student services.The event will feature booths with different kinds of food from around the world, made by the volunteers. Other highlights will also include an art station, henna tattoos and camel rides.
The entertainment will include live music from a bagpipe perform...
Students “Dash to the Dominican” For A Good Cause
“Dash to the Dominican” is a 5K and 10k race hosted by SGA will be held on Saturday, April 18 to benefit Makarios, a school in the Dominican Republic.
Makarios ministers to kids from kindergarten through sixth grade who live in poverty. The school provides kids with education and health care and shares the gospel with them.
SGA philanthropy director Carissa Drum’s goal is to raise enough money to help Makarios add six new classrooms, which would help them add more grades to their ...
Muslim Ministry Org Equips Students
Editor’s note: Sources are named by first names only because of the sensitivity of potential future ministry.
Members of the Cedarville org Rusul Salaam are passionate about reaching Muslim people with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and they are beginning by raising awareness and growing support around campus.
Hannah is a junior intercultural studies major pursuing minors in both biology and Middle Eastern studies. She is the president of Rusul Salaam, having begun her term at the start of ...
Local Bookstores Offer A Variety of Wordy Treasures
In addition to corporate booksellers in the area, students can visit several locally owned bookstores in Yellow Springs and Fairborn. There, you'll find comics, new and used books, and even collectibles.
Dark Star Books
Dark Star Books is a used book store that’s been around Yellow Springs since the ’70s. At Dark Star, you’ll find used books and back-issue comics of all kinds.
This unique bookstore began with a large comic collection. As manager Kate Mooneyham said, it ...
Elliv: Creating Community
Whether you are a freshman, senior or super-senior at Cedarville, the chances are good that you have heard about Elliv, the yearly student-run awards show. Although specific details, such as the songs, will remain a secret until the big day, the planning processes and history of Elliv don’t have to be kept a secret.
Elliv is an SGA production, involving close to 200 students. Brian Burns, the director of Student Life Programs, and Dan MacDougall, the assistant director, oversee Elliv. ...
Career Services Give Students Tips on Getting Jobs or Internships
Tyler Dicks interned at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base this past summer. Dicks, an employer relations intern with Cedarville’s career services office and a junior computer engineering major, spent his time doing flight software development for satellites.
And he said there were many factors that contributed to him getting that internship, including strategically applying to internships and having a good resume, interviewing skills and interpersonal ...
Senior Students Intern with the FBI
Cedarville may not be Disney, but for seniors Mayra Chavez and Danielle Banks, it was the place where impossible dreams came true.
Both forensic science majors interned during the summer and have continued the internships this school year with the Honors Internship Program of the FBI. The students learned of the internship through Robert Vaughn, assistant professor of criminal justice at Cedarville.
“Last January, I was in a criminal law class and our professor told us about this ...
