Inspire, Winter 2004

4 Winter 2004 Director’s Chair I watched my mother honor her mom. There was nothing easy about it. As my grandmother deteriorated with Alzheimer’s, Mom and Dad prepared a room and moved her up from Florida to their home in North Carolina. Mom lovingly spent time with her mom making crafts, playing childlike versions of favorite old games, molding Play-Doh®, and sewing with yarn and blunt needles … much as she did with me when I was young. Things became increasingly more difficult as my grandmother began wandering at night. Then, as my mother realized she could no longer lift her mother in and out of bed, the most difficult decision was made to place my grandmother in a nursing facility. Even then, Mom visited her, talked to her, and became her only advocate and friend. Through all of this, my mother modeled for me the concept of honoring parents. Honoring your parents may involve sacrifice, change, and unconditional love. It may involve speaking truth in love or remaining silent. It may involve leaving comfort zones, setting your own plans aside for a while, or stepping out in faith. In working on this issue, I’ve been reminded that honoring your parents is not just something to do when your parents get old. I pray that I will, even now, choose to honor my parents. And I pray that you will be blessed (and maybe even challenged, as I was) by the stories in this issue of Inspire . inspire The Cedarville UNIVERSITY Alumni Magazine Volume 15 Issue 2 Editor Faith Linn ’83 Managing Editor Roger Overturf ’75 Publication Coordinator Michelle Rigel ’04 Copy Editor Kara Steinman DeMusz ’02 Proofreaders Wendy Miller Orchard ’91 Rachel Puckett Rodriguez ’00 Graphic Designer Dan Clingan Writers Monica James Bowen ’92 Chad Bresson ’86 Jeff Brock ’84 Bill Brown Amy Cartzendafner Button ’97 Jennifer Clingan Aaron J. Cook ’99 Kara Steinman DeMusz ’02 Chuck Dolph ’74 Mandy Herd Hutchinson ’03 Thomas Hutchison ’80 Sharon Johnson Faith Linn ’83 Courtney O’Connell ’05 Roger Overturf ’75 Michelle Rigel ’04 Julie Roth Schwab ’04 Ed Smith Jr. ’81 Cessna Catherine Winslow Kelly Woodruff ’05 Photographers Alumni Contributors John Davis ’02 Scott L. Huck Carrie L. Savage Campus Phone Numbers Academic Services (transcripts) 937-766-7710 Admissions 1-800-233-2784 Annual Fund 1-800-766-1115 Athletic Office 937-766-7768 Bookstore 937-766-7894 Campus Activities 1-800-860-7625 Career Services 1-888-562-4811 CDR Radio 1-800-333-0601 Christian Ministries 1-888-465-7378 External Relations 1-877-233-2784 Financial Aid 1-800-444-2433 Gift Planning 1-800-766-1115 President’s Office 937-766-7900 Public Relations 937-766-7808 Student Services 937-766-7872 Summer School 937-766-7953 Schools of Engineering, Nursing & Science 937-766-3253 Health and Human Performance 937-766-3252 Humanities, Fine Arts & Bible 937-766-3234 Social Sciences & Professional Studies 937-766-3235 Alumni Relations alumni@cedarville.edu 1-800-837-2566 937-766-7858 Administrative Assistant Danette Allen Phillips ’00 dphillips@cedarville.edu Assistant Director Amy Cartzendafner Button ’97 buttona@cedarville.edu Communications Coordinator Michelle Rigel ’04 mrigel@cedarville.edu Director Faith Linn ’83 linnf@cedarville.edu Faith Linn ’83 Director of Alumni Relations Spring 2005 — Mid-Life Career Changes (submissions due by January 7, 2005) Have you switched to a road less traveled (or less expected) after walking on a particular career path? Tell us about your journey to find a new career. Summer 2005 — Friends for Life (submissions due by March 25, 2005) Tell us how your Cedarville friends have been there for you through thick and thin or how they have changed your life. Fall 2005 — Cedarville’s Yesteryears (submissions due by June 30, 2005) Did you or someone you know graduate from Cedarville in the early days (before 1960)? We’d love to share the stories of those who shaped the Cedarville we know today. Tell Us Your Story