Cedarville University

In 2005, 18 families from the U.S., unknown to each other previously, adopted daughters from the Hunan province in China. All born within six months of each other, the girls were placed into their new parents' arms in the same room on the same day. Two of those girls were Hannah Woller and Sophia Delp. And now they are rooming together as freshmen at Cedarville University.

Senior professional writing and information design (PWID) major Alease Brier thought she would be writing books, not illustrating them. But an unexpected opportunity has landed her name on the cover as the illustrator of a newly released children's book.

Cedarville University's School of Pharmacy welcomed its 12th class of graduate pharmacy students with the annual White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m.

Four months in Oxford, England, just wasn't enough for four 2023 Cedarville University graduates, all of whom will be returning to the United Kingdom to begin graduate education at St. Andrews, Glasgow and Oxford Universities this coming fall.

Most college students start school at the age of 18 and graduate four years later. But for one Cedarville University senior majoring in computer science, he's getting a major head start. David-Bryne Adedeji from Lagos, Nigeria is set to graduate Saturday, May 6 from Cedarville's computer science program at the young age of 19.

Liz Breedlove, 20, will start a one-of-a-kind internship with Dayton Children's Hospital's multi-clinical The Center for the Female Athlete. She will begin the internship on May 30. For Breedlove, a native of Big Island, Virginia, securing the internship will help her as she pursues a master's degree in athletic training from Cedarville University in Ohio. Breedlove is enrolled in the accelerated sport medicine track at Cedarville and transitioned into the master's program summer of 2022.

Cedarville University is a step closer to enrolling its inaugural cohort in the new physician assistant (PA) program with student orientation and faculty hires completed. The program, which received Accreditation-Provisional* status from the ARC-PA last fall, begins on May 8. The graduate program held an on-campus in person orientation on March 3 for its first cohort of students. The orientation included an introduction to Cedarville University's administration and campus services, interaction with faculty, staff and the opportunity to interact as classmates.

Spring of 2023 marks the inaugural awarding of the George Huff Social Work Scholarship to five social work students at Cedarville University. This fund was established by anonymous donors in honor of George Huff, senior professor of social work, who has faithfully served the university and its students for 23 years.

The results of the 12th annual songwriting contest at Cedarville University are in. The winning song, titled "You Are Enough," was co-written by four senior worship majors: Lilly Sturgis, from Linden, Michigan; Caleb Stanton, from Ypsilanti, Michigan; Ryan Lee, from Novi, Michigan; and Noah Ayers, from Cedarville, Ohio.

Tracee and Earnest Campbell had no idea what they'd have to go through to earn their degrees from Cedarville University's School of Pharmacy after years of already working in the pharmacy industry. Persevering through a trying battle with breast cancer, the couple will receive their Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 - tried, tested and prepared for what's next.

It's often said at Cedarville University: "Everyone should go on a mission trip before they graduate!" That's why two Cedarville University School of Pharmacy spring break mission trips sought to transform the lives of underserved populations, both domestically and internationally, by meeting people's medical and spiritual needs.

Cedarville University alumni seem to find each other in the professional world, and a current student's summer internship is no exception. Claire Xu, a visual communication design student from Qinqdao, China, accepted an internship with Daor Design - founded and run by Sarah Harkleroad, a 2006 Cedarville alum - helping small businesses across the country build their brands and grow their businesses with tailored digital marketing strategies.

One could say Annie Rourke and Jonathan Gregory do everything together. The pair of engineering students at Cedarville University plan to keep it that way with a wedding and mutual job designing missiles and rockets on the horizon.

Amidst racial tensions that continue to plague our culture, Cedarville University's Kingdom Diversity Advisory Council is seeking to spark conversations on campus that instill a greater understanding of what the Bible says about race and diversity. Through a strategic book club initiative, Cedarville students now have a springboard from which to launch into these difficult conversations.

Amidst racial tensions that continue to plague our culture, Cedarville University's Kingdom Diversity Advisory Council is seeking to spark conversations on campus that instill a greater understanding of what the Bible says about race and diversity. Through a strategic book club initiative, Cedarville students now have a springboard from which to launch into these difficult conversations.

A class of 25 junior-level primary (preschool-fifth grade) education majors brought the zoo to Ukranian refugee students at Grace Evangelical Christian School in Galloway, Ohio, through an animal-themed literacy day on March 27. From 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., each of the Cedarville teacher-candidates ran a different activity around the central theme of the zoo. Nine classes from grades kindergarten through third participated in these interactive activities designed to enhance literacy.

Lauryn Leslie, a junior electrical engineering major at Cedarville University, never thought the injury that ended her collegiate softball career would simultaneously lead her to the internship of her dreams with the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Research shows that around 75% of the U.S. population fears public speaking, but for the Cedarville University forensics team, public speaking is academically enriching and even considered fun. The speech and debate team proved this point earlier this month when it won the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (NCCFI) tournament held March 30 through April 1 at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Cedarville won 50 awards, including 10 individual student national championships. In addition to Cedarville winning the national championship team award, the group also placed first in the speech division and third in the debate division.

Research shows that around 75% of the U.S. population fears public speaking, but for the Cedarville University forensics team, public speaking is academically enriching and even considered fun. The speech and debate team proved this point earlier this month when it won the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (NCCFI) tournament held March 30 through April 1 at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. Cedarville won 50 awards, including 10 individual student national championships. In addition to Cedarville winning the national championship team award, the group also placed first in the speech division and third in the debate division.

When Hannah Bradley was 4 years old, she sat mesmerized as she watched her first Broadway musical, "Beauty and the Beast." Now, 16 years later, she is headed back to New York City to spend the summer studying theatre performance at one of the most prestigious conservatories in the United States. Bradley, a junior theatre major from Pittsboro, Indiana, will be studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City, founded in 1949 and famous for training actors using the method approach, an intensive physical and emotional preparation for a role that allows actors to empathize with their character. Alumni of the academy have become household names, including Marlon Brando, Candice Bergen, Warren Beatty, Mark Ruffalo and Robert De Niro.

Cedarville University's Model United Nations (U.N.) team achieved great success at the 2023 Model U.N. competition in New York City April 2-6. Competing against students from colleges throughout the world, Cedarville's Model U.N. team came away with the Outstanding Delegation award - the highest team award at the event. Cedarville represented the country of Namibia, a country of 2.7 million people in southern Africa. "The students excelled throughout the competition, and being recognized as the most outstanding delegation is evident of their work," said Dr. Glen Duerr, professor of international studies and faculty advisor for Cedarville's delegation.

Helping young students at Cedar Cliff Elementary School is the purpose of a literacy night planned by faculty and students in Cedarville University's School of Education. The eighth annual event will be on Tuesday, March 21, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the elementary school.

Balancing the life of a full-time college student while preparing for a career in the military can be difficult. But one Cedarville University student is being rewarded for his leadership and excellence as a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadet. Senior psychology major CDT David Abraham from Elyria, Ohio, was selected as a recipient of the LTG Edward Honor Sr. Scholarship. The award is one of two scholarships awarded annually by the National Board of Rocks, Inc. Abraham will receive $3,000 and will be featured in both the Rocks, Inc Quarterly Journal and the upcoming Rocks, Inc GALA magazine.

For Nishant Nedungadi, working on classified government projects in a physics laboratory was not necessarily what he envisioned when he pursued a degree in computer science at Cedarville University. But after two summer internships with John Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory, Nedungadi has accepted a full-time position with the prestigious research facility.

This April, Cedarville University's theatre department will perform its adaptation of one of William Shakespeare's best-loved comedies: "Much Ado About Nothing." The show will run April 13-23 in the DeVries Theatre. Tickets can be purchased online or at the information desk in the Stevens Student Center.

Community health involves keeping the public informed on how to make safe and effective medical decisions. This is exactly what Dr. Justin Cole, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Cedarville University's School of Pharmacy, is pursuing with colleagues in a study on the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) products on children with mental health challenges. Cole, along with Dr. Aleda Chen, associate dean and professor of pharmacy practice, and two fourth-year Doctor of Pharmacy students, Katie Schwaller from Washington Township, Ohio, and Zach Krauss from Temple, Texas, sought to determine the impact of unlicensed CBD products on children struggling with anxiety, autism or ADHD.

It's no secret Cedarville University students continue to excel postgraduation, and that couldn't be more true for Hannah Dunham, senior political science major from Southgate, Michigan. Chosen as one of only 80 students nationwide, Dunham will spend her summer learning Russian through the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Spark Program (CLS).

As students study, socialize or stroll through the Stevens Student Center, they can hear encouragement from Cedarville University's Resound Radio play through the speakers. Whether it's uplifting music or encouraging conversation, Resound makes an impact through radio. But the campus community is not alone in hearing the inspiring programming from this student-led radio ministry. The Christian Music Broadcasters Association (CMB) is aware of Resound Radio, which is evident by the Cedarville station being nominated for the new University Student Station of the Year Award by CMB. Resound is one of five university nominees for the station award, judged based upon outstanding achievement in community service, kingdom impact, on-air presentation and digital media communication. Stations must play Christian music for the majority of the broadcast day and have at least one person on staff who is a CMB member.

Sometimes the best things come in small sizes. Just look at Cedarville, Ohio, where the village of 4,340 residents offers quaint stores within walking distance to one of the leading Christian universities in the country - Cedarville University and its 5,082 students. This small but mighty college town caught the attention of the Washington Post, which ranked Cedarville as Ohio's "Most Collegiest College Town."

Drew Willer has always been creative - from building his own Lego cities without instructions to pursuing an education in industrial and innovative design. So, it came as no surprise when Willer, as a college freshman, started a business that showcased his love and talent for design and creativity.