Inspire, Summer 2005

Inspire 11 for Freedom and Peace” at the University of Oslo (UO) in April. The seminar was presented in cooperation with PRIO (International Peace Research Institute in Oslo), UO’s Ethics Program, the Seminar for Medieval Thought at the UO Department of Philosophy, and the Otto-Fried Foundation in Norway. Dr. Moreno-Riaño is one of America’s foremost authorities on the thought of Marsilius of Padua, a radical European political philosopher of the 14th century. In a two-hour presentation to some of Norway’s leading scholars, Dr. Moreno-Riaño spoke about Marsilius of Padua’s Defensor pacis , which is one of the Middle Ages’ most important works of political thought and had an important influence in Reformation thought and the political theology of subsequent centuries. PRIO also invited Dr. Moreno-Riaño to hear His Highness the Aga Khan, direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammed and grandson of the founder of the League of Nations, speak at The Nobel Institute in Oslo. Dr. Moreno- Riaño had an opportunity to meet and talk with HH the Aga Khan as well as dignitaries of the Norwegian foreign ministry department. Also in April, Dr. Moreno-Riaño spoke at the Renaissance Society of America conference at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) in a seminar titled “The Papacy and Its Critics during the Renaissance.” Dr. Moreno-Riaño’s paper “Marsilius of Padua and Renaissance Political Thought” addressed the issue of political sovereignty in the works of Marsilius of Padua, Dante, and Machiavelli. SIFE Team Wins Regionals In April, the Cedarville University Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won the SIFE Cincinnati Region competition. The team’s showcase of their projects to teach people of all ages the principles of free enterprise were deemed best in the region by the judges. In addition, the CU team won three of four individual topic competitions in the areas of market economics, entrepreneurship, and personal and financial success skills. The team went on to compete at the SIFE National Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri in May. However, their hopes of repeating or bettering last year’s record-breaking finish as first runner-up in their league did not materialize. But the team looks forward to competing again next spring. SIFE is a nonprofit organization active on more than 1,600 college and university campuses in 40 countries. SIFE works in partnership with business and higher education to provide students the opportunity to make a difference and to develop leadership, teamwork, and communication skills through learning, practicing, and teaching the principles of free enterprise. For more information, visit www.sife.org . Cedarville University (CU) has entered into a partnership agreement with Handong Global University (HGU) of Pohang, South Korea. The agreement, formalized in March by CU President Dr. Bill Brown and HGU President Dr. Young-Gil Kim, creates an academic and mission-oriented exchange between CU and HGU, a Christian university located four hours south of Korea’s capital city of Seoul. According to Dr. Andrew Wiseman, assistant professor of Spanish at CU and coordinator of the agreement, “We hope to see some of the following types of activities growing out of the partnership: • The creation of new academic programs between Cedarville and HGU, including field studies and summer programs, faculty/student exchange for research, and teaching and study • An exchange of scholarly Christian publications and other information in areas of interest to both institutions • Joint research and publishing activities to bring Cedarville and Handong to the front of Christian scholarship • The development of projects that focus on the different social, legal, political, and cultural aspects of international relations between Asia and the U.S.” Dr. Wiseman explained, “Some of the partnership’s initiatives will include a semester studies program for CU students at HGU, and HGU students at CU, that could begin as early as next spring. We also plan to implement short-term studies for CU students at HGU of the Korean language, culture, and history and short-term intensive English studies for HGU students hosted by CU. This may begin as early as January 2006. The semester programs may even be combined with some of CU’s traditional missions teams to China and other countries in the area.” For more information about Handong Global University, visit www.handong.edu/n_english/default.asp . CU Partners with Korean University