Cedarville Magazine, Summer 2021

At Cedarville, athletics are a platform for the Gospel. In the classroom, Cedarville equips students to make a Gospel impact in some of today’s most in-demand healthcare fields, including the new Master of Athletic Training and developing physician assistant program. The upcoming Athletic and Academic Expansion will address both of these important areas. As part of Cedarville’s 10-Year Campus Master Plan, Callan Athletic Center, named for legendary basketball coach and longtime athletic director Don Callan, will be expanded. The Athletic Center is the home of Yellow Jacket basketball and volleyball. It seats 3,000 fans and was opened in time for the 1981–82 academic year. The expansion will include a dedicated weight room for athletes for growing physical strength so they can perform at the highest level. This will free up the current weight room for the rest of the student body to have more opportunity to experience the health benefits of weight training. In addition, a new team room will provide more than 2,000 square feet of attractive, branded space for our athletic staff and student- athletes to meet, review film, host events, and recruit future Yellow Jackets. The second story will create additional classroom and lab space and offices for our School of Allied Health. The new Master of Athletic Training program will enroll its first graduate students in summer 2022 to meet the new national requirements for this field. Additionally, pending all external approvals, we plan to add a Master of Medical Science in PA Studies to our already-strong array of healthcare professional programs. Groundbreaking for the expansion took place in April, and the new facilities are slated for completion by March of 2022. What a great time to be part of how God is growing the capacity of Cedarville to prepare students to represent Christ well as athletes and as allied health professionals! EXPANDING OUR ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC CAPACITY ADVANCING CEDARVILLE 30 | Cedarville Magazine