Cedarville Magazine, Spring 2021

IN EVERY ISSUE 30 CHAPEL NOTES 32 ADVANCING CEDARVILLE 34 CAMPUS NEWS 36 YELLOW JACKET SPORTS 39 MOMENT IN TIME 40 IN CLOSING Editor Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86 Managing Editor Clem Boyd Creative Director Chad Jackson ’05 Graphic Designer Craig Salisbury Photographer Scott Huck Administration President Thomas White Special Advisor to the President Loren Reno ’70 Vice President for Academics Thomas Mach ’88 Vice President for Advancement Richard Melson Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer Christopher Sohn Vice President for Enrollment Management Scott Van Loo ’98 Vice President for Marketing and Communications Janice (Warren) Supplee ’86 Vice President for Student Life and Christian Ministries Jonathan Wood Athletic Director Alan Geist ’83 Our Mission Cedarville University transforms lives through excellent education and intentional discipleship in submission to biblical authority. Our Vision For the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ Cedarville Magazine is published spring, summer, and fall and mailed free of charge to alumni and supporters of Cedarville University. 1-800-CEDARVILLE • cedarville.edu Direct inquiries and address changes to: Cedarville Magazine Cedarville University 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314 cedarville.edu/magazine magazine@cedarville.edu 1-888-CEDARVILLE READ ONLINE! Visit cedarville.edu/magazineSP2 1 on your computer or mobile device. SPRING 2021 Volume 9 Issue 1 2019 Award of Merit Winner FEATURES 2 FOR THE NATIONS KEVIN JONES Whether working in already-existing schools, serving alongside missionary families and church plants, or establishing new schools, Cedarville is preparing teachers to plant seeds among every tribe, language, and people. 5 REJECT, REDEEM, RECEIVE KEVIN JONES The School of Education sends graduates into the world who will humbly leverage their identity and position as Christian educators to serve others. As part of their preparation, they are learning how to critically evaluate modern educational theories through a biblical worldview. 8 GREAT COMMISSION EDUCATORS MARK WEINSTEIN Kevin Jones, Dean of the School of Education, and Lori (Brown) Ferguson ’98, Assistant Dean, both started their teaching careers in public schools, where they sought to make the Lord known. Now they are leading the way for the next generation of Great Commission educators. 12 WHAT A FIRST YEAR! MICHELE (CUMMINGS) SOLOMON ’91 The first year at a new job is typically full of excitement, adjustments, and growth. But no one could have predicted the kind of first year that five recent graduates had adapting to the challenges brought on by a global health crisis. 16 HELPING HAND FOR HOMESCHOOLERS HEIDIE RAINE ’23 Cedarville has a faithful and rich tradition of supporting homeschooling parents with events and classes that strengthen and reinforce their educational investment in their kids. 20 FROM MATH TEACHER TO THE WHITE HOUSE JEFF GILBERT ’87 Cindy Hasselbring ’95 wanted to be an astronaut. She applied five times to NASA and was turned down every time. But those failures became career lessons as she made a giant leap from high school math teacher to STEM education policy advisor to the White House. 24 EDUCATION: MAKING THE GRADE With its roots tracing all the way back to 1908, the Cedarville School of Education has a history almost as long as the University itself. With more than 5,000 graduates already, the School of Education looks forward to preparing the next generation of compassionate, professional educators who will make a difference in students’ lives for the Gospel. Give instruction to a WISE MAN , and he will be STILL WISER ; teach a RIGHTEOUS MAN , and he will increase in LEARNING . Proverbs 9:9 Cedarville Magazine | 1