Cedarville Magazine Spring-Summer

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PT – We’ve watched Alex develop a real
professional interest — not just thinking
of his work as a job, but as a career as he’s
become interested in the fundamental
science of what he’s doing.
How have you seen that a Cedarville
education was worth the investment?
TR– People talk about the risk of investment,
but to us, there was no risk. We knew that
our kids were at Cedarville with good
professors and good students. And to know
that they were going to chapel every day —
that was huge. The faith of our children was
strengthened—not shaken—at Cedarville.
ST – We’ve just seen a transformation in
Alex, from being a high school kid to being
a very polite and understanding young
man. We attribute that to Cedarville and
to the Lord continually developing and
molding him.
PT – When we dropped Alex off as a
freshman, one of the administrators
talked about how Christian schools
would increasingly have to make a choice
regarding what they teach and what they
believe, and we’re glad that Cedarville has
stayed the course.
GW – What Cedarville brings is a balance
between the uniquely, distinctively Christian
experience — the sense of Christian
community and the ability to make lifelong
friends that you can admittedly find at other
Christian schools — and an emphasis on
good stewardship. The emphasis is on seeing
a return on investment, because it doesn’t
make sense to walk out of college owing the
price of a mortgage while only being able
to land a $20,000 job. Cedarville has been
very methodical about fostering that return,
whether it’s helping find ways to graduate in
three years, aggressively encouraging kids to
go into internships, or matching them up
with internships, and giving them the sorts
of skills that will equip them to go out and
not just be trained into a job, but to be ready
to contribute to a job. That sort of mindset
is incredibly helpful. That’s why Cedarville
has such a great reputation.
Stephen Port ’13 serves as an Admissions
Counselor at Cedarville University,
interacting daily with prospective students
and their parents. He’s recruited at churches
and schools throughout Ohio, Tennessee,
Texas, and the Pacific Northwest.