1993-1994 Cedarville College Annual Report

L ast year, many extended college family members (alunmi and families of students) returned to campus to enjoy special events and cultural experiences which add value to the Cedarville education. The college family enjoyed programs brought to campus by professional music and drama groups, as well as concerts by the college performing groups and faculty recitals. Cedarville's commitment to stewardship is reflected in how the College manages the resources God entrusts to it. For the 1993-94 school year, the college once again operated with a balanced budget as it had for the previous 15 years. Sound financial management results in an important value– added feature: low costs for the students. The $1 I,880 that students paid in 1994-95 for tuition, room, board, and fees included the use of the computer workstation in each dormitory room. The cost of attending Cedarville College is typically 30 percent less than the national average for independent colleges. Cedarville accepts no federal, state, or local government funds for either operating or capital purposes. In policy, practice, and instruction, the College advocates the American free enterprise system. In 1994, The John Templeton Foundation listed Cedarville College in its Honor Roll of Free Enterprise Teaching Colleges for the fourth consecutive year. With the completion of the campaign for the ENS Center, the next project in the strategic plan for the College will address facility needs for chapel, Christian financing the Vision • 1994-95 budget: $27,007,473 General Fund Expenditures 1993-94 Instructional and Academic Support [nstirutional Support Auxiliary Support Debt Services Student Services Physical Plant Student Aid Non-mandarory Transfers Total Gift Income 1993-94 Alumni Parents Friends Foundations Corporations Churd1es Others Total $386,330 787,765 1,564,843 392,000 536,628 378,059 129,794 $4, 175,419 $8,940,574 5,514,123 3,908,691 2,327,145 1,459,010 I,600,268 750,203 I,052,163 $25,552,177 9.2% 18.9% 37.5% 9.4% I2.9% 9.0% 3.1% 100% The percentage of alumni contributing ro the Annual Fund of the College (34%) was signifi cantly above cl1e national average. ministries, and the Department of Music. The College is planning to construct a new Ministry Center which will facilitate the value-added features of spiritual growth, outreach, and the one-on-one faculty-student interaction in music instruct10n. "I am impressed by bow much the students in our department and in other areas across campus want to serve God and do what's right. They definitely are the type ef student that I hoped to find at Cedarville. On occasion, st>idents have asked if I wo>ild meet with them for discipleship. That just reinforces to me why I'm here. Yes, I'm here as aprefessional nurse and as a nurse ed>icato1; but I'm also here as a Christian with a desire to help people : grow spiritually. It is a challenge to me as their educator to make sure that I Cultivating the family also am growing in godliness." Dr. Sharon Rohilly, ossislant professor of nursing, joined the Cedarvi lle faculty in 1992 • Li'! Sibs Weekend, Parents Weekend, and Grandparents Weekend drew a total of 1,450 visirors ro campus. • Homecoming included the first Alumn i Auction. The college fami ly bid on donated items and enrertaurn1enr packages ro benefit the Alumni Sd10larship Fund. • In January, the Artist Series presentedThe Dayron Philharmonic Orchestra for its fifrh Cedarville appearance, this riine with British cellist Raphael Wallfisch as guest soloist. The King's Singers, a male ensemble from England wirh 50 recordmgs and a Grammy nomination, performed mNovember. • Artists and performing groups rewrning ro the Cedarville concert stage included the acclaimed African Children's Choir, popular Christian vocalist Steve Green, and world class harpist Greg Buchanan.