Married students may find housing at Cedar Park, a University-
owned apartment complex, or in one of many area apartments.
Graduate and upperclass students can apply in groups of six
to live in University-owned, townhouse-style apartments. These
three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments are furnished and
include a washer/dryer and kitchen. In addition, wireless access
and DirecTV service are provided.
New Student Orientation
“Getting Started” takes place at the start of each semester,
when new students are provided with opportunities designed to
facilitate adjustments to their new surroundings. The program
includes orientation for parents. Special interest sessions,
question and answer times, small group meetings, and social
activities provide opportunities to adjust to a new environment.
Placement testing may be required during orientation.
Vehicles
There are no restrictions on vehicle registration; however, for
academic reasons, freshmen are discouraged from bringing a
vehicle their first semester. Please understand that parking is
limited and upperclassmen are given priority. All vehicles parked
on campus must be registered at
.
Ministry Opportunities
Cedarville University is dedicated to ministry involvement as
a vital part of each student’s education and spiritual growth.
Students are challenged to consider how their academic
disciplines, interests, and abilities can be used to build
relationships and share God’s love with the people He intentionally
places in their lives. Directed by the Vice President for Christian
Ministries and coordinated through 14 full-time staff members, the
Christian Ministries Division provides training and assistance to
the hundreds of students who volunteer each year.
Chapel
It has been said that the heartbeat of Cedarville University is
the daily chapel service held in the 3,400-seat James T. Jeremiah
Chapel. At 10 a.m. each morning, the auditorium comes alive as
the University gathers to worship, pray, hear from God’s Word,
and contemplate relevant issues facing the body of Christ today.
Chapel is a place for students to grow and connect as speakers
inspire and challenge the University family. Many students
participate in one of the many chapel bands that lead worship
each day. Alumni often mention chapel as one of the things they
miss most after graduation.
Church Relations
Church Relations seeks to engage Christ-centered churches
and their leadership in order to build and strengthen strategic and
reciprocal relationships, connect churches to the resources of
Cedarville University, and promote student involvement in local
churches. This engagement occurs through a number of activities
and efforts.
• Pastor Appreciation Days — several times each year a small
group of pastors are invited to Cedarville and are honored and
recognized for their ministry.
• Annual Conferences — Church Relations sponsors or
supports Cedarville conferences designed to equip and
strengthen local churches, such as the annual Pastors
Conference, Worship 4:24, Bioethics Conference, and the
Critical Concerns Series, addressing complex social issues of
the day.
• Regional and National Conferences — Cedarville staff
members represent the University to pastors and churches at
a number of regional and national conferences.
Global Outreach — Local
Students reach out to their neighbors through local churches,
community outreach teams, and spring break teams using their
resources, talents, and time to live out the Gospel while serving
others. Cedarville University is located in a region known as the
Miami Valley. The cities of Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati are
close by, as well as hundreds of smaller communities. Dozens of
student-led teams serve faithfully in these local communities and
churches each week.
• Local Church Teams — students serve alongside church
members in many areas such as worship/music, youth
ministries, children’s ministries, Awana, nursery, etc.
• Community Outreach Teams — students serve in various
agencies and faith-based organizations including crisis
pregnancy/abstinence and counseling ministries, evangelism/
urban outreach, public school tutoring and teaching English,
youth and children’s ministries, jail/detention centers,
hospitals, nursing home/elderly visitation, special needs, etc.
• Spring Break Teams — students have the opportunity to join
a weeklong team that travels to serve with ministries such as
the Inner City Impact (Chicago), Angel House (Dearborn),
Shepherds Ministries (Wisconsin), Service Over Self
(Memphis), and Cedarville Urban Partnership (Atlantic City).
Global Outreach — International
Proclaiming the Gospel to the nations while experiencing
missions firsthand, our students reach out around the world. Each
year during breaks and in the summer, hundreds of students serve
assisting missionaries while also discerning God’s direction in
their lives. Participants raise their own financial and prayer support
prior to leaving and report on their ministries upon returning.
Since 1971, over 6,000 teams have served in 91 countries.
Each year opportunities for service include medical, computer,
engineering, sports, orphan care, teaching English as a second
language, music, and physical labor. Every student is encouraged
to minister cross-culturally before graduation. Contact Global
Outreach for details.
Discipleship Ministries
While many ministries concentrate on “outreach” from campus,
the focus of Discipleship Ministries is “in-reach” to campus.
Opportunities include approximately 120 student-led small-group
Bible studies as well as several prayer groups. Discipleship
Ministries is an excellent avenue for students to grow in their walk
with God and find opportunities to minister to fellow Cedarville
University students. Engaged and seriously dating students may
also enroll in Fit To Be Tied, which is a premarital preparation and
mentoring program.
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