1993-1994 Cedarville College Annual Report

C edarville's value-added education offers important advantages to students. The core of liberal arts courses gives them a breadth of knowledge and an understanding of the culture and the world in which they live. The required minor in Bible helps them develop a Christian worldview through which to examine events and make decisions in a manner pleasing to God. One of the greatest assets of the College is the faculty. Cedarville added 14 new faculty in 1994. The student-to– faculty ratio ( l 9: I) has improved even while enrollment has doubled in the last I 6 years. Faculty spend much quality time advising students in their academic programs. Students choose from 7 5 areas of study. With the integration of scriptural principles, they receive enduring values as well as knowledge, thinking skills, and competence in their major area of study. The departments enrolling the most students in I 994 were Business Administration, Education, Nursing, Science and Mathematics, Social Sciences and History, and Engineering. T he College graduated its first electrical and mechanical engineering students in 1994. Going beyond the traditional engineering curriculum, Cedarville's engineering program provides hands-on training beginning in the freshman year, as well as opportunities for real-world design projects and performance competition with students from top engineering schools nationwide. Through these activities, Cedarville students interact with suppliers and professionals in the field. Highl ighting the faculty • Dunng rhe summer, John Whirmore, assisranr professor of geology, led an expedition which successfully unearthed dinosaur fossils and bones in northern Alaska near the Arctic Ocean. The largest find was a jawbone from a duck-billed dinosaur, believed ro be the firsr Lambeosaurus found in Alaska. The expedirion also dug unfossilized bones out of the permafrost. The bones were collected for rhe purpose of biochemical analysis and research by Cedarville College scienrisrs and Dr. Dmitri Kouznetsov in Moscow, Russia. • Dr. Raymond Bartholomew, professor of English and chair of the Departmenr of Language and Literature, was named to rhe board and English Lirerawre Commirree of rhe College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). CLEP is rhe organizarion rhar produces narional college-credir resrs in rhe various academic disciplines. • Dr. John Silvius, professor of biology, aurhored a college-level rexrbook enritled, Biology: Pri11ciples and Perspectives, which was published by Kendall/ Hum of Dubuque, Iowa. The texr, which is from a creationisr perspective, is used in the general education biology courses ar the College. • Dr. Cheryl Fawcetr, assistant professor of Christian education, co-aurhored a book for families, I Have a Question About God...Doctrinefor Childre11... a11d Tlieir Parents', published by Regular Baptisr Press. "At Cedarville they don't just prepare youfor a career, they prepare youfor life. They show how biblical principles and values affect every part of your life, even in business. My professors really integrate into their courses ways that we should be thinking about business in terms of being a Christian witness in the business world. They show in their own lives what it~ like to be a Christian. Also, at Cedarville College, I don't have to study just Bible or : just business. When I graduate, I plan to be a missionary and itse my accounting on the mission field." Experiencing Engineering Debi Wong, fromCaldwell, Idaho, is ajunior accounting major with minors in missions and Christian education. She recently received the Genera lMotors Liberal Ads Excell ence Award from the foundation of Independent Higher Educationand the Society Corporation Scholarshi p. • Junior mechanical engineering major Scorr Hardey of Clarks Summir, Pennsylvania joined 12 orher srudenrs from rop engineering schools across the narion ro spend rhe summer in \lv'ashington D.C. in aWashington Inrernship for Swdenrs of Engineering program. The studenrs inreracred wirh rhe rechnical commw1iry and key members of governmenr, rncludingVice Presidenr Al Gore during his symposium on The Nexr Generation Vehicle. • In rhe 1994 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Challenge in Derroir, Cedarville's Saturn sedan, designed and rerrofirred by engineering srudenrs, took second place in design, rhird in overall fuel efficiency, and won one of four dynamic road evenrs. • Engineenng studenrs resred their supermileage vehicle ar a comperition in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The vehicle was on display for one week ar Disney World near Orlando, Florida. • A $8.5 million capiral campaign which concluded early in 1994 fully funded die 68,000 square foor laborarory, classroom, and office addirion ro rhe Science Cenrer. The 100,000 square foor finished srrucwre houses rhe deparrmenrs of Engineering, Nursing, and Science and Mathematics.The facility was buJr ar a cosr of $ 7 million. The can1paign also provided funding for rhe srartup of the engineering program. A $400,000 marching gram offered by a friend of rhe College was marched by orher donors, restoring in $800,000 being given toward equipmenr 11l rhe ENS.