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In an era marked by social distancing and customer caution toward shopping in brick and mortar stores, Cedarville juniors Keziah Stockdale and Jessie Gerakinis took to Instagram to turn their passion for handmade style into a successful online business. Awe & Co. launched in May 2019 as an online business specializing in polymer clay jewelry, "patch pants" and a handful of other fashion staples ranging from canvas dresses to beaded necklaces. Stockdale, the seamstress, and Gerakinis, the jeweler, work together to create quality products with a unique flair.

Matthew Pettus, junior at Cedarville University, saw the need to grow the music diversity at Cedarville University and has helped start a gospel choir called "All the People." Pettus was recruited to serve as co-director and hopes to serve and challenge Cedarville students by teaching them new styles of musical worship not common on campus.

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, a group of Cedarville University students visited the Greene County Jail on Sunday mornings to spend time talking with inmates and building relationships with them. Due to the health precautions this year, inmates are unable to talk with visitors face-to-face; they can only talk behind glass and over a phone. Cedarville students typically begin their jail ministry in October, and with COVID-19, they are planning to move to a letter-writing campaign in hopes of encouraging the inmates.

Anya Burns, junior at Cedarville University, saw the need to grow the music diversity at Cedarville University and has helped start a gospel choir called "All the People." After thinking and praying about founding a gospel choir, Pettus was recruited to serve alongside as co-director, and "All the People" was born.

Abby Woodard, a third-year professional pharmacy student from Camden, Ohio, was accepted to participate in the MIT Grand Hack on October 2-4. At the Grand Hack, 733 students from around the globe will join together virtually to solve problems in health care. Woodard will join a team of engineers, clinicians, designers, developers and business professionals working to solve problems related to access to health care during COVID-19. By the end of the weekend, they will pitch their suggestions to investors.

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, a group of Cedarville University students visited the Greene County Jail on Sunday mornings to spend time talking with inmates and building relationships with them. Due to the health precautions this year, inmates are unable to talk with visitors face-to-face; they can only talk behind glass and over a phone. Cedarville students typically begin their jail ministry in October, and with COVID-19, they are planning to move to a letter-writing campaign in hopes of encouraging the inmates.

Cedarville University's theatre department will present "All My Sons," opening on October 1 in the DeVries Theatre in the Stevens Student Center. The play will run through October 11. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 937-766-7787.

Cedarville University will be among nine schools from around the globe to participate in a virtual international worship event on October 22. This event, hosted by Next Level Worship, will take place from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and will include schools and universities from Mexico, Zambia, Germany and the United States. Next Level Worship, a nonprofit in Lacey's Spring, Alabama, has organized four similar live interactive praise gatherings in the past and is greatly anticipating this year's event. Because of the virtual format, Cedarville students will meet with college students all over the globe who share a common faith while representing many cultures, languages and locales.

An app-based fitness plan using old school card game strategy was the winner at The Pitch, a new business funding competition held Labor Day weekend at Cedarville University. First place winner was junior Alayna Ackley's "Encore," a simple, easy-to-use at-home workout game designed to motivate individuals and friends to exercise. Ackley received $1,000.

Noah Ayers, a Cedarville University junior worship major, released his song "Open Arms" on May 15, and it has already reached 100,000 streams on Spotify worldwide. For the last four months, Ayers has had approximately 15,000-20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Multiple songs of Ayers have reached 3,000 streams individually. Ayers' song "Jesus Our Savior" is played on Cedarville's campus' radio station, Resound Radio. He performed "Jesus Our Savior" during Cedarville's 2019 Thanksgiving worship chapel and performed his Christmas song "Can You Hear" at his local church, Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville, Ohio. He also tours around the greater Cedarville area with his band doing worship nights and concerts.

Her internship with the Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota has been virtual, but Cedarville University senior Leah Anderton is making a real impact as co-author of a scholarly paper on cutting-edge cancer research. Anderton began her internship this summer at the Hormel Institute, which is only about an hour from her home in Rochester, Minnesota. Because of COVID-19 protocols, the internship was cancelled, however, Anderton had the opportunity to volunteer remotely with a genomics researcher from the Institute and she will continue this role this fall.

Nkafu Etchi, a second-year professional pharmacy student from Columbus, Ohio, will participate on a student panel as part of the annual Ohio Pharmacy Advocacy Symposium to be held virtually on September 25. This year's theme is "COVID and the Pharmacist" and will include discussions about pharmacists serving more and more in primary care provider roles in agreements with doctors' offices, adopting best practices in managing COVID-19 patients, managing critical drug shortages and adapting to changes in state and federal law.

Cedarville University will hold its annual White Coat Ceremony for first-year professional school of pharmacy students on September 12 at 10:30 a.m. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, all external guests are requested to attend over video livestreaming on Cedarville's website.

Cedarville University senior Hayley Penrose, a social work major scheduled to graduate next spring, has been serving this summer with the Clark County Combined Health District contact tracing positive COVID-19 cases.

Cedarville University recently released the spring 2020 Dean's List. This recognition requires the student to obtain a 3.5 GPA or higher for the semester and carry a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Cedarville University recently released the spring 2020 Dean's Honor List. This recognition required students to maintain a 3.75 GPA for the semester while taking a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Andrew Hile, who just graduated from Cedarville's combined accelerated Bachelor of Arts in biblical studies and Master of Divinity program, spearheaded a 61-day journey though the Bible, which started April 2 and will finish on June 1.

Zachary Griffith who just graduated from Cedarville's combined accelerated Bachelor of Arts in biblical studies and Master of Divinity program spearheaded a 61-day journey though the Bible, which started April 2 and will finish on June 1.

Cedarville Student Joshua Lankford, a 2020 Bachelor of Arts in biblical studies graduate who will return to Cedarville for his M.Div., spearheaded a 61-day journey though the Bible, which started April 2 and will finish on June 1.

Cedarville University celebrated master's and doctoral students during an online Class of 2020 celebration held May 2, 2020.

Cedarville University celebrated graduates during the Class of 2020 Senior Celebration held online May 2, 2020. This was the university's largest graduating class in its 133-year history, with 826 seniors and graduate students earning bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. This celebration will not replace commencement, which will be held homecoming weekend on October 2-3, with full regalia.

Cedarville University student Sawyer Williams was the first recipient of the Helen Elbin Agriculture Scholarship.

Cedarville University student Connor Hart is putting his education in 3-D printing to work during the COVID-19 pandemic by printing masks for healthcare workers.

Cedarville University student Anna Thayer began excercises classes at Cedarville Senior Center in 2019.

Cedarville University is sending 16 Global Outreach (GO) teams with more than 209 students, faculty and staff members to domestic and international locations to serve others during spring break, March 2-8.

Cedarville University senior Ryan Cvammen recently began a company which sells blue light filtering glasses and donates a percentage of the proceeds to support missionaries in Zambia.

Cedarville University pharmacy student Luke Mennen was recently selected to represent Cedarville University in Washington, D.C. for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) RxImpact Day on March 10-11.

Cedarville University student Madeline Stouffer is preparing to speak at the fourth annual Awaken Retreat.

Cedarville University student Elizabeth McAlester was named to the Ohio Intercollegiate Jazz Band and will perform with the band at the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) conference on February 1 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Cedarville University nursing student Cylie Aronsohn won the Red Cross Scholarship, enabling her to make a local impact by leading blood drives.