Torch, Fall 2004

Fall 2004 / TORCH 15 Steven Curtis Chapman Visits Cedarville C ontemporary Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman made a surprise appearance at Cedarville University chapel on September 15. The four-time Grammy Award winner was greeted with enthusiasm by the 3,000-member student body. He performed two songs and also shared his passion for adoption during his 15- minute appearance. His visit coincided with the promotional tour for his new project All Things New . Being Salt and Light F all Bible Conference set the year off to a great start with Dr. Bill Brown, CU president, and Dr. Tim Kimmel, founder and executive director of Family Matters TM , speaking on being salt and light to our culture. From August 23 to August 26, Brown and Kimmel delivered a whirlwind primer on bright, salty, practical Christian living. Brown focused on steps to being a light, while Kimmel covered everything from choosing a profession and doing it well to finding a mate, rearing children, handling money wisely, and having a passion for God. Some of Kimmel’s themes included “10 Things You Absolutely Must Know Before You Leave Cedarville,” “Why Christian Kids Sometimes Rebel,” “Three Fatal Flaws of Growing Up in a Christian Environment,” and “The Three Biggest Decisions You’ll Ever Make.” Kimmel is one of America’s top advocates for the family today. He conducts conferences across the country on the unique pressures that confront today’s families. Audiocassettes, CDs, or DVDs of one or all of the conference sessions can be ordered by calling the CDR Radio Network at 1-800-333-0601. Cedarville Students Capture a Total of Nine OSGC Scholarships T he Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) has selected five Cedarville students to receive research scholarships and four students to receive math and science education scholarships. OSGC is part of the congressionally funded National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program administered by NASA. OSGC’s primary emphasis is to encourage the study of math, science, and engineering. The students receiving research scholarships will present their studies at the OSGC symposium in Cleveland in April 2005. Juniors will make poster presentations while seniors present formal papers for publishing. Trisha Stewart, a senior integrated mathematics education major, 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 Kaminsky, a senior mechanical engineering major, will work with Applied Sciences Corporation of Cedarville to develop a means of uniformly dispersing nanotubes in a variety of composite materials. Junior biology major Naomi Kenner 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 VanVliet, a junior electrical engineering major, will investigate the effectiveness of selected commercial simulators in predicting electromagnetic degradation in electronic devices. Junior computer engineering major Ben Sprague will develop a software product that is capable of detecting and characterizing the behavior of a moving object from a stream of video data. This capability can be used, among other things, to allow robots to “look ahead.” Education scholarship recipients will attend a conference at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to become familiar with NASA’s many K-12 teaching resources. Each student is to incorporate these resources into a project and then present the project at the April symposium. The Cedarville recipients of the education scholarships are Amanda Anzalone, a junior mathematics education major; Shannon Keyser, a senior life science education major; Kara Simons, a junior integrated science education major; and Sara Skaggs, a senior mathematics education major. United Way Community Care Day A group of Cedarville University faculty and staff members took part in the recent 2004 United Way Community Care Day in Dayton, Ohio. The ten sorted donated clothing, cleaned floors, did laundry, and shelved perishable food items at St. Vincent Hotel, a charity that provides essential services to homeless families and the unemployed or underemployed.