Torch, Spring 1998

CAMPUS NEWS I Wyrtzen Visiting Professor The Department of Music hosted musician/theologian Don Wyrtzen as a guest lecturer and visiting professor January 26-February 6. He teamed with Dr. Vernon Whaley, Cedarville associate professor of church music, to teach the History and Philosophy of Worship Former Chapel Building Becomes Technology Center course. Wyrtzen is a composer, arranger, music editor and producer, and conference speaker/preacher. He holds an M.Div. from Dallas Theological Seminary and an M.M. from North Texas State University. He returned to the Cedarville Campus for a series of chapel presentations Ap1il 28-30. C onstruction is underway to retrofit the former chapel building into a high-tech classroom facility that will meet several pressing academic needs. The plans include two 84-seat general classrooms, four computer classrooms, a commuter lounge, and space for two of Cedarville' s newest initiatives, distance learning and graduate programs. The technology learning center is scheduled to open fall quarter 1998. The building was used for offices and other activities following the completion of The Jeremiah Chapel in the new Dixon Ministry Center in October 1996. The new technology center further positions the College as a leader in campus computer netwotking. Engineering Accomplishments S ophomore mechanical engineering major Shane Sevo from Belleville, Michigan, submitted the winning essay on ethics in engineering in a competition sponsored by the American Consulting Engineering Council of Michigan. For the sixth consecutive year, a Cedarville College engineering student has received a WISE (Washington Internship for Students of Engineering) internship, one of the highest honors available to undergraduate engineers. Luke 14 Torch Postema (left), junior electrical engineering major from Grand Rapids, Michigan, will spend the summer in the nation's capital, along with a dozen other outstanding engineering students, interacting with the technical community and key members from all segments of government. The study includes preparing a paper on a critical technical-public policy issue. A team of six engineering students brought back four trophies and cash prizes from the tenth annual Micro- Truck Baja competition in Cleveland, Ohio. The team entered five radio controlled miniature trucks, which they had designed, fabricated, tested, and modified over two academic quarters. The vehicles were judged on design and performance. The students also made a presentation explaining their work and the finished trucks. Dr. Clint Kohl, assistant professor of electrical engineering, served as faculty advisor for the project. Charles Allport (right), assistant to the academic vice president and associate professor of mechanical engineering at Cedarville College, was recently named to chair the Faculty Advisors Committee of the Society of ~utomotive Engineers (SAE). Allport will work with faculty advisors of more than 300 SAE student chapters on college and university campuses. SAE also appointed Allport to the Engineering Education Board which oversees its many educational programs.