Alumnotes, Spring/Summer 2015

A L UMNOT E S spring/summer 2015 I thought last winter was cold! More than one-third of our alumni live in Ohio, so I know they felt it, but our friends in the Northeast were hit several times with snow, ice, and subzero temperatures. And I just read that Ohio’s February was one of the five-coldest in recorded history. How many times this winter did you say, “I just want to be warm”? Don’t you wish you had joined the Cedarville Friends for Life Cruise to the Caribbean? Due to a family emergency, my wife and I were unable to attend at the last minute. But the 110 who did had a great time together. There was a fun group of young, old, single, and married alumni, and everyone had a great time. Believe it or not, we are already planning our Friends for Life Cruise for 2017. So, when you hear about it, remember February 2015 and make the decision to come with us. Give us a call to learn more! I am excited about some changes in Alumni Relations that are allowing me to be on the road a little more, interacting face-to- face with you, our alumni. I always enjoy the opportunity to share with alumni how God is blessing Cedarville and introduce them to our students or share more about our programs. So, look for me in your area! I want to keep you more personally connected. Whether that is through social media or meeting you in person, we want to make sure you feel involved at Cedarville. I know that you can’t all make it to campus, and I can’t get out to see every one of you, but LinkedIn and Facebook are two great ways to also stay connected. We have Cedarville Alumni Association groups on both — LinkedIn with 2,478 members and Facebook with 6,337 “likes” — and are using| these and other social media platforms to get information out to you, as well as seeing alumni get reconnected with friends. We are also excited to be merging Parent and Family Weekend this fall with our annual homecoming! On October 2–3, we will have hundreds of alumni and their families join together with parents and grandparents of current students for one big celebration. If you are an alumnus and a parent of a current student, you have even more reason to come “home” and join us this year. It is always a joy for me and the alumni staff to serve our alumni. Please contact us at 1-888-CEDARVILLE if there is something we can do for you. Office of Philanthropic Partnerships Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Jeff Beste ‘87 Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Stephanie (Cleek) Carroll ‘10 Parent and Volunteer Programming Coordinator Rita (Heaton) Geiss ‘12 Communication and Donor Acquisition Coordinator Dane Barnett ‘14 Alumni Council President Geoffrey Walker ‘82 Vice President Tisha (Tapp) Smith ‘01 Secretary Alison (Kearney) Clemans ‘10 Members Nick Awabdy ’94 Shawn Brennan ‘99 Dave Dykema ’91 Todd Fogle ‘92 Lori Greenawalt ‘84 Sandi (Welch) Harner ‘64 Sarah Johnson ‘07 Laura Keeley ’13 Philip Kirby ‘05 Amy (Dennis) Lett ‘09 Jeff Reep ‘78 Latice (Strickland) Spann ’07 Jeff Summerlin ‘83 Keven Waiters ‘78 DIRECTOR’S CHAIR