1993-1994 Cedarville College Annual Report

T he National League for Nursing (NLN) renewed accreditation for the Department of Nursing for another eight years. The department earned NLN's highest approval rating: "All criteria fully met. No recommendations." The department's Vision Statement is an example of the added value students receive beyond a sound academic nursing education: "We, the Department of Nursing at Cedarville College, are called to educate nursing students who fulfill God's purpose for their lives in local communities and throughout the world...:' The Department of Education reports that, having gained state approval for the special education option in 1993, the College granted the first special education certificates in I 994. During the I 993-94 academic year, II of 102 education seniors chose to do their student teaching abroad. Music has been such an integral part of ministry and chapel at Cedarville College that a planned Ministry Center will house the Department of Music and provide the space needed for the quality music program that is already in place. Extracurricular events offered students opportunities to test their knowledge and enhance developing abilities. Sharing the Gift of Music • Three major music groups toured in spring l 994. The Brass Choir went to Italy; Symphonic Band, to Chicago; and the Concert Chorale, to Penn– sylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. • 20 senior music students gave recitals in partial fulfillment of their degree requirements during the 1993-94 school year. They studied and imeracted one-on-one with Cedarville's artist faculty. • Cedarville musicians ministered to young people through the Music Showcase Weekend for high school musicians, the High School StringWeekend, and theYoung People's Concert for elementary school students. • Charles Pagnard, associate professor of music, has been principal trumpet for the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra for the past 12 years. Pagnard is a long– time member of the popular Carillon Brass ensemble, which released its second recording in 1994. Learning Beyond the Classroom • The fo rensics team took the state title for the fifth consecutive year as over 120 students from 12 Ohio colleges and universities competed m intercollegiate speech competition. Cedarville's closest competitor was the Miami University team, coached by a Cedarville graduate. • Significant accomplishments of Cedarville College imercollegiate sports reams in l 994 include: l National Christian College Athleric Association (NCCAA) National Title, l District Championship, 3 Conference Championships, 16 All-Americans, 5 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America Scholar– Athletes; 4 NCCAA All-America Scl10lar-Athletes, 29 All-District Athletes, and 32 All-Conference Athletes. • The NAIA Hall of Fame inducted former Cedarville track standout Jane Romig Brooker, a 1986 graduate. Brooker and Rob Moore, a 1988 graduate, are currently training for the 1996 Olympics. • T heVillage Players of Cedarville College produced three major drama productions. The winter play, written and directed by Dr. David Robey, associate professor of commurncation arts, was "Bridge of Blood:Taking Christ to the Aucas."T he spring drama production was "S0tmd of Music," and "The Diary of Anne Frank" was presented fall quarter. "The musicfaculty, the environment, and my classes prepared mefor what I'm doing now. I gained afirm philosophy of music. I learned what was good music and how to make good music. There wasn't anything on the entrance exam for graduate school at Kent State that I didn't know. The Cedarville musicfaculty kept on top of their fields. They brought performance and practice techniques and their backgrounds to class and they communicated well. I benifittedfrom their practical experiences as much as I didfrom the classes." Brian Megill igan, a 1994 graduate in music education, isworking on a master's degree inmusic theory at l<ent ltate Univers ity. He receivedan assistantship plusstipend and teaches freshman theory and a piano class.