Torch, Spring 2001

18 TORCH / Spring 2001 Future Engineers Visit Cedarville H igh school students (public, private, and home-school) from the Dayton area experienced engineering firsthand at Cedarville University’s annual Engineering Day Feb. 24. The approximately 115 visitors in attendance were able to choose from a variety of activities, including engineering demonstrations, interaction with University students and faculty, sessions on women in engineering, and question and answer time with Cedarville engineering graduates. Students also toured Cedarville’s outstanding engineering facilities. Four Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame F our people joined the ranks of the Cedarville University Athletic Hall of Fame at the annual induction banquet on January 12. New inductees (shown above in this order) were Stephanie Sherman Forrest for track and field performance, 1992-1995; Fred Greetham for baseball achievements, 1976-1979; Dr. David Matson for his many years of service as men’s basketball announcer; and Sports Information Director Mark Womack for his accomplishments in golf and basketball, 1978-1982. Li’l Sibs Come to Campus L i’l Sibs Weekend, held February 2-3, joined more than 500 children from across the country to their Cedarville siblings on campus. The guests experienced residence hall life and dining hall food and could choose from activities such as a band concert, the winter drama Lost in Yonkers , Yellow Jacket Basketball, open gym, or bowling. Special highlights of the weekend included the premiere showing of a computer-animated children’s video, Tails from the Ark . Tails from the Ark is a creation of EBI Video, a company led by Cedarville alumni Jeff Lyle (president) and Mike Davis (director of marketing). Harner Named STC Fellow S andi Harner (left) , professor of English at Cedarville University, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). The title of Fellow is the highest rank that STC can confer upon a member, and one which less than one percent of STC members achieve. Harner’s citation reads “For educating, nurturing, and supporting students in creative ways; for excellent training and development of programs; for innovative promotion of the profession; and for outstanding service to the Society.” Harner, who has been a member of STC since 1984, currently serves on the STC board of directors as assistant to the president for academic and research programs. In addition, she acts as a summit representative for STC. Harner was named an associate fellow of STC in 1996 and received the STC Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication in 1997. She advises the Cedarville STC student chapter, which has received numerous awards. A graduate of Cedarville College and the University of Dayton, Harner developed Cedarville’s professional writing program in 1985 and saw the program expand into a technical and professional communication major in 1992. She has directed the progam since its inception. The STC is a 25,000-member organization of technical writers, editors, illustrators, educators, and managers whose mission is to design the future of technical communication. It is the largest professional organization in this field, with more than 25,000 members in 153 chapters worldwide.