Inspire, Summer 2006

30 Summer 2006 stay at home with Noah, and Rob is a real estate agent with Keller Williams. They reside in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Daniel ’97 and Rebecca Kniowski Graham ’99 announce the birth of Zachariah Dexter on May 13, 2005. He was welcomed home by his siblings, Benjamin (5), Josiah (3), and Juliana (2), in Cato, New York. Daniel is a product engineer for Syroco, and Rebecca stays home with the children. Rachel Henricks Jones ’97 and her husband, Caleb, announce the birth of Charles Clayton. Charlie was born September 23, 2005 and joins sister Annie (4) at home in Archbold, Ohio. Jerami ’97 and Valerie Calvert King ’97 announce the births of their two children. Chandler Dallas was born June 28, 2002, and Winnifred Anne was born March 5, 2005. Jerami is employed at Flagstar Bank, and Valerie works in a dental office. The Kings attend Woodside Bible Church in Troy, Michigan and reside in Lake Orion. Melany Trimble Tiago ’97 and her husband, Elias, have two daughters, Elioena (4) and Elisua (1). They have been ministering at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Brazil for two years. Melany is so thankful for how God called their family into ministry and for the people God placed in her life as she waited on the Lord. Stacy Brewer Ellens ’98 and her husband, Mark, reside in Jenison, Michigan and have four children: Emma (6), Madelynn (4), Brayden (4), and Jacob (2). Stacy stays at home with the children and works occasionally as a registered nurse. Sally Ward Foglesong ’98 and her husband, Jonathan, announce the birth of Grace Ann. She was born August 13, 2005 and joins brother Graham at home in LaPorte, Indiana. that Project Rescue will become financially independent. If you have items that you are willing to donate, please contact them at nelsonsebm@yahoo.com. Nicole Hernandez Smith ’96 and her husband, Ryan, announce the birth of Katrina Natalie Rose. She was born September 6, 2005 and joins big sister Breanna (3) at home in Highland, New York. Ryan is an engineer and is building their new home. Nicole teaches private piano lessons, tutors part-time, and enjoys taking care of the girls. Tanya Nicholson Zelem ’96 and her husband, Rob, announce the birth of Noah Christopher on August 9, 2004. Tanya quit her job at IBM to Michelle Boehm Garman ’98 and her husband, Clint, announce the birth of their son, Calix David, on October 14, 2005. Clint works for Lifeway for Youth, which is a licensed child placement organization that places children into therapeutic foster care/counseling. Michelle enjoys staying at home to care for Calix after teaching elementary students for the past seven years. The family resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. J.J. Schweickart Kobe ’98 and her husband, Andy, announce the adoption of their daughters, Lucinda Jane and Sophie Anne, on September 21, 2005. The Kobes traveled to Kazakhstan, where they spent seven weeks completing the adoption process. Previously, J.J. taught fourth grade at The International School of Indiana, but now she enjoys staying at home with the girls. Andy is a deputy attorney at the Indiana Attorney General’s office in Indianapolis. For more details about their trip or international adoption, visit www.cwa.org, click on “Kazakhstan,” and look under “The Kobe Family” link under “Kazakhstan Adoption Stories.” Nikki Anderson Myers ’98 and her husband, Dave, reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado with their two children, Elizabeth “Ellie” Arwen (3) and Stephen Rohan (1). Dave is an electrical engineer, and Nikki is now pursuing her master’s degree at the University of Colorado and coordinating their church’s outreach to a local public elementary school. Previously, Nikki taught at-risk students for four years. Joy Hasty Stevens ’98 and her husband, Darin, announce the birth of Ella Grace on August 3, 2005. They have been serving in the United Kingdom for three years as missionaries to youth and youth leaders. In a fitting high point to close his seven years on the Cedarville University faculty, Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riano ’94 has been named the 2006 Cedarville University Faculty Scholar of the Year. Gerson is leaving Cedarville to chair the department of political science in the School of Undergraduate Studies at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The naming of Gerson as a faculty scholar at Cedarville should not be surprising given his active research and scholarship background. In 2003 Gerson accepted an appointment as a visiting professor at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and served as a faculty summer scholar at the Calvin College Christian Scholarship Summer Seminar Program. He was selected as an academic fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. in 2005, has been a fellow for the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship since 1999, and is currently a fellow in Cedarville’s Center for Political Studies. Gerson’s first book, Political Tolerance, Culture, and the Individual, was released in 2002 by The Edwin Mellen Press. He has edited Time and Eternity: The Medieval Discourse (Brepol Publishers, 2003), Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges (Lexington Books, 2006), and The World of Marsilius of Padua (Brepols Publishers, 2006). Besides these publications, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Gerson has been a presenter, panel organizer, panel discussant, or panel chair in more than 40 presentations both at home and abroad. He has fulfilled lecture invitations from universities and scholarly societies in Norway, Switzerland, and various parts of the United States. The founder of Omega Mu, Cedarville’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society), Gerson has been a vibrant part of Cedarville University’s political science academic endeavors. We wish Gerson well in his new role at Regent University! Faculty Scholar of the Year