Inspire, Fall/Winter 2010

1981 Cedarville begins offering a two-year pre-engineering program. 1989 Cedarville submits its application to the Ohio Board of Regents for a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. 1990 The first students are admitted into the four-year engineering major. The inaugural freshman class has 41 students. 1992 The Engineering, Nursing, and Science Center opens. Advancement completes a $7 million campaign for a three-story, 68,000 square-foot addition to the science building. 1993 Cedarville begins offering Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degrees. Freshman students compete in the first cardboard canoe race across Cedar Lake during homecoming weekend. The event becomes an annual tradition and draws entries from other academic departments. Through the years, students are challenged with tougher guidelines to keep the event competitive. (Read more about this year’s canoe race on page 16.) 1994 The first class of 24 engineering majors graduates — eight electrical and 16 mechanical. 1995 The engineering major receives accreditation through ABET, Inc., the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology. Accreditation is retroactively applied to the first class of graduates in 1994. Ke y milestones