Inspire, Fall 2002

24 Fall 2002 Kristin Neumann ’01 Admissions Guest Coordinator At Cedarville since 2001 As my graduation approached in 2001, I did not sense that I was ready to leave Cedarville yet. I had worked as a student receptionist in the admissions office when I realized there would be a position opening in guest services. I was traveling with a ministry team for most of the summer after graduation and then doing a six-week missionary internship in Brazil, so I would not be available to start in the position until November. Therefore, if I were to get this job, the Lord would need to pull some major strings. The Lord opened the doors for the guest coordinator position in the admissions office, and they were even willing to hold the job for me until my return in November! The ministry opportunities in guest services/admissions are endless. Every day I talk to students as they make one of the biggest decisions they’ll ever make. My prayer is that the Lord can use me as a tool to help guide and encourage them in this very important decision of choosing a college. I pray that I can learn to look at each person who steps into my office as a precious and unique individual. I hope to seek to serve and love them as Christ would. Mark Womack ’82 Sports Information Director At Cedarville since 1983 I wanted a vocation in athletics and happened to be in the right place at the right time when Cedarville was looking for a full-time sports information director in the fall of 1983. God led me to Cedarville as a student in 1978 and kept me here. My simple goal is to publicize an athletic program that is successful, but more importantly, features committed Christian student-athletes. It is an easy way to spread the gospel in the secular media, through the Web, and in our publications. Sandi Welch Harner ’64 Professor of English At Cedarville since 1981 I love my job here. I walk across campus sometimes and can’t believe it’s true. This fall will be the beginning of my 25th year. As a student I never dreamed that I would ever come back to Cedarville as a faculty member. I marvel at how God has led me. I always say, “My life changed one day in Arby’s!” My husband and I had stopped by, and Ed Spencer and his wife were there. Having graduated from Cedarville as an English major, I had had Ed as one of my professors. We greeted one another, and when Ed discovered that I had been teaching high school English and adult education, he asked if I would ever consider teaching as an adjunct at Cedarville. Of course, I said that it sounded great. Late one night, my phone rang, and it was Ed asking if I would teach a section of Composition I. I asked if I could think about it, and he said, “Yes—until tomorrow morning.” Classes started in two days. Around 3 a.m., after tossing and turning all night, my husband said, “Just say ‘yes’ and go to sleep.” And the rest is history. I loved it and started work on a master’s degree that summer. I did that for three years, graduated in 1981, and signed my first full-time contract for that fall. In 1984 I started the professional writing emphasis. In 2000, we changed the name to technical and professional communication. The best part about teaching at Cedarville is having such an active part in the lives of the students. We become so close. Most of them stay in touch. I still get e-mail and cards from students all the way back to the beginning of the program.