John Delano serves as Professor of Information Technology Management and Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs in the Plaster School of Business. He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Alina Leo serves as Assistant Professor of Management. She earned her MBA from the University of Maryland. listen, how we show up, and whether we choose people or convenience when both options are available. Admirable stewardship builds trust and deepens real community rather than settling for the appearance of connection. It means resisting the drift toward letting AI become your default reply generator instead of actually listening to people. If you notice you are becoming less patient, less present, or more isolated, pay attention. Ask yourself if this use of AI is moving you toward people or away from them. GRACIOUS is Christlike care expressed through warmth, empathy, and genuine presence. There are moments when AI can help you find words when emotions are heavy or when you are not sure how to begin a difficult conversation. That can be a legitimate use. But gracious stewardship refuses to substitute drafted comfort for real community. Love requires both words and presence. This virtue also guards our tone. Gracious stewardship chooses words that restore rather than wound and follows those words with action. Use the tool if it helps you find the words. Then show up. EXEMPLARY is disciplined excellence joined with moral clarity. AI can help you work faster, write more clearly, and solve problems more effectively. But speed has a way of tempting us to take shortcuts. Exemplary stewardship asks not only whether something is effective but whether it is good. It chooses the slower path when the faster one would compromise integrity or cultivate careless habits over time. When AI makes something easier, it is worth asking honestly whether this tempts you away from the excellence and responsibility the work requires. PRACTICING FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP The most important question about AI is not what it can generate but how we will choose to use it. Tools can accelerate our outputs, but they cannot bear our responsibility for truth, integrity, or love of neighbor. That responsibility remains distinctly human, and for Christians, it is inseparable from faithful stewardship. Cedarville's aim has never been merely technological competence. It is the formation of graduates who guard their hearts and carry Christ-centered truth into the marketplace of ideas. ENGAGE is not a policy or a ruleset. It is a posture — a simple and repeatable method of practicing faithful stewardship in real life — meant to keep AI as a tool in service of human flourishing rather than a substitute for human presence. In a world where it is increasingly easy to sound informed, polished, and persuasive, our prayer is that Cedarville graduates will be known for something better: for being the kind of people who choose to be Exact with the truth, Noble when no one is watching, Genuine in their thinking, Admirable in their relationships, Gracious in their words, and Exemplary in their work. Cedarville's aim has never been merely technological competence. It is the formation of graduates who guard their hearts and carry Christ-centered truth into the marketplace of ideas. 21
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