Inspire, Spring 2005

8 Spring 2005 Honor to Whom Honor is Due Business Professor Shares Research and Goodwill in Asia In his recent visit to Asia, Dr. Franco Gandolfi presented his management research at an international conference and shared goodwill and international business knowledge with two Taiwanese colleges. An associate professor of international business, Franco began his tour with a visit to Shanghai, China, for the Fourth Asian Academy of Management Conference. At the December 16-18 conference, he presented his refereed paper “Downsizing Implementation Strategies: A Comparative Study of Australian and New Zealand Banks.” From December 20-22, Franco visited Kun Shan University of Technology (KSUT), a prestigious private university of 18,000 students in Taiwan. There he met with the University’s senior officials, addressed the students twice, and held two lectures on “Current Developments in Organizational Change on an International Scale.” On December 20, he visited Far East College in Taiwan and spoke on “Workforce Downsizing.” “I feel so honored to have been invited to visit Taiwan and to meet with top officials of one of Taiwan’s finest universities,” Franco noted. “There is enormous potential for collaborations between U.S. and Taiwanese universities.” Cedarville Students Capture Nine OSGC Scholarships The Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) has selected five Cedarville students to receive research scholarships and four students to receive math and science education scholarships. The research scholarship recipients are Trisha Stewart ’05, Tim Kaminsky ’05, Naomi Kenner ’06, Emily VanVliet ’06, and Ben Sprague ’06. Trisha plans to work with state and local educators to determine the effectiveness of a specific set of math teaching methods being used by teachers in the Springfield (Ohio) City School System. Tim will work with Applied Sciences Corporation of Cedarville to develop a means of uniformly dispersing nanotubes in a variety of composite materials. Naomi will investigate the effects of hypergravity on the development of frog embryos in an attempt to identify the biological mechanisms involved in embryological development. Emily will investigate the effectiveness of selected commercial simulators in predicting electromagnetic degradation in electronic devices. Dr. Franco Gandolfi (right) exchanges gifts with Dr. Tsen-Ho Lee, founder of Kun Shan University of Technology in Taiwan. World’s Children Charm Students The Children of the World Choir charmed the University family in chapel on December 1. Sponsored by World Help, the choir is made up of 15 orphaned and disadvantaged children from countries such as India, Burma, Nepal, Brazil, Uganda, and the Philippines. The goal of the choir is to raise awareness of the plight of homeless and orphaned children all over the world and recruit sponsors for World Help’s child sponsorship program. The concert included personal testimonies from the children and video footage of the children’s home countries. Wearing colorful native costumes, the children sang songs such as “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “I am a Promise,” and “Jesus Loves the Little Children.” As they left the Jeremiah Chapel, the children hugged members of the audience. For more information about the Children of the World choir or sponsoring a child, visit www.worldhelp.net . Radio Host and Urban Family Advocate Shares Message Dr. Crawford Loritts Jr., urban family advocate and host of the Living a Legacy ® daily radio program, spoke in Cedarville University chapel on December 7. His theme was “Recapturing Your First Love.” Loritts is currently an associate director of U.S. ministries under Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC). Through CCC and his Living a Legacy ® radio program, he encourages others to pursue a life that counts for Christ, take part in missions work, and live out God’s plan for the family. Remembering Martin Luther King On Martin Luther King Day, Cedarville University presented the program “The Dream for Me” in an effort to help a generation of college students born well after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death better understand the universal significance of his life and legacy. In a drama presentation, four students asked common Millennium Generation questions about the significance of Martin Luther King Day. In their search for answers, they were presented with video clips of Dr. King, photos of him and the 1960s civil rights movement, portions of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, music by CU’s OneVoice gospel ensemble, and Chapel Highlights at Cedarville Photo courtesy of Dr. Franco Gandolfi