Torch, Spring 2004

Simple as ... ABC TORCH 16 TORCH / Spring 2004 Cedarville University Completes $12.8 Million Campaign C edarville University has successfully concluded a $12.8 million capital campaign in support of its new Recreation Center. “The Cedarville University community is pleased and grateful for this victory,” said Dr. Bill Brown, president. “Hundreds of donors made gifts and commitments in this campaign, including alumni, parents, faculty, staff, churches, corporations, foundations, and other good friends who share our vision.” The final phase of the campaign included the University’s qualification for a challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation. The challenge was for the University to reach the $12.2 million mark by the end of 2003. When that amount was raised, The Kresge Foundation awarded the final $600,000. “The campaign spanned a period of turbulence in our economy,” Brown said. “I am even more grateful when I realize the faith and affection contributors showed by giving during these uncertain times.” The Recreation Center adjoins the Callan Athletic Center, which was built in 1981. The new Center includes fitness areas, classrooms, and laboratories, as well as a 60,000-square-foot field house, earmarked for indoor track meets, intramural events, and other extracurricular activities. University Medical Services, the campus student health clinic, also relocated to the Recreation Center. In May, the field house portion of the building was named the Doden Field House after the Rev. Herbert Doden, father of trustee Daryle Doden. news c a m p u s n e w s c a m p u s n e w s campus Cedarville University Names New Dean D r. Pamela Diehl Johnson has been named dean of the School of Health and Human Performance at Cedarville University. A senior professor of exercise and sport science and head women’s tennis coach, Johnson has been at Cedarville since 1974. She has led in the development of the academic enrichment programs, the ADA assistance functions, the athletic and student government tutoring programs, and academic retention efforts. In 1994, she was appointed the initial director of the Academic Assistance Center. Johnson co-authored the textbook Physical Fitness and the Christian and is the NCCAA National Tennis Chair and a member of the NAIA Women’s Tennis National Tournament Committee. She earned her B.S. from the University of Dayton and her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. In her new role, she will continue serving as senior professor of exercise and sport science and head women’s tennis coach. Upon announcing Johnson’s appointment, Dr. Duane Wood, academic vice president, said, “I am delighted to have someone who has demonstrated a passion for enabling students to succeed spiritually, academically, and professionally and who has invested her life in this institution. She is an excellent role model for women faculty, staff, and students.” Special Assistant to President Bush Speaks in Chapel T im Goeglein, special assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison (OPL), spoke in chapel on March 16. He talked about the president’s faith and principles. According to the Hudson Institute, the OPL is the White House’s connection to non-profit advocacy groups such as think tanks, universities, not-for-profits, and church groups. OPL communicates the president’s goals and vision while keeping the White House in touch with what is going on in public policy. Goeglein has worked in the public arena for nearly 15 years. For a decade, he was first the deputy press secretary and then communications director for U.S. Senator Dan Coats of Indiana. During the Bush-Cheney campaign, Goeglein served as the coalitions media director. He graduated with honors from the Ernie Pyle School of Journalism at Indiana University, Bloomington. Photo courtesy of White House