Torch, Summer 2000

Annual Fund Annual Fund Torch 15 A record 615 students graduated from Cedarville College at the 104th commencement ceremony held June 6 in the Dixon Ministry Center. The ceremony included honors presentations for the President’s Trophy, the Faculty Scholar Award, and the Cedarville Medal of Honor. The President’s Trophy, the highest award given to graduating seniors, was awarded to Kelsey Perkins (communication arts major from Aurora, Colo.) and Scott Lehr (preseminary Bible from Flint, Mich.). The award recognized their leadership, ministry, community and campus involvement, athletic performance, and academic achievement. David Fretz, this year’s Faculty Scholar Award recipient, was recognized for maintaining a 4.0 cumulative GPA throughout his college career. Fretz is an accounting major from Marion, Pa. Dr. Dixon presented the Cedarville Medal of Honor to Robert (posthumously) and Judith Van Kampen for their commitment to Christ. Active in Christian broadcasting, creationism, Christian higher education, and missions, the Van Kampens founded the Scriptorium, one of the world’s leading collections of ancient copies of Scripture. Francis Named 2000 Faculty Scholar C edarville University has named Dr. Joseph Francis its 2000 Faculty Scholar. The award is presented annually to a University faculty member based on model classroom teaching, campus leadership, the use of pioneering teaching methodology, creative course development, and instructional support. Nominations for the award are accepted from the faculty at large and selection is made by the faculty committee to the president. Francis, who is an associate professor of biology, has been on the Cedarville faculty since 1992. He holds a B.S. from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of pediatrics at the University of Michigan from 1988-1991. Cedarville Holds 104th Commencement Y ou can now hear the CDR Radio Network’s CyberRadio programming, including Cedarville University chapel broadcasts, no matter where you are. All you need is a computer and Internet access. Visit www.cdrradio.com , download and install RealPlayer (a free program) to your computer, and receive live feed of CDR programming. Tune in for broadcasts of daily chapel services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. eastern U.S. time. Or, you can click on the link to hear the most recent chapel broadcast anytime. T he Annual Fund is a great way to invest in students, for it bridges the gap between what each student pays and what it truly costs Cedarville to provide an education. Cedarville University offers four giving programs for those who want to invest in Cedarville students: Torch Club: $120 per year Charter Society: $500 per year President’s Associates: $1000 per year Chairman’s Council: $5000 per year Each program encourages an annual commitment to be paid in whatever manner is convenient for the giver. The Torch Club is set up to encourage gifts of $10 each month, and the others are set up as annual gifts to be paid in whatever time frame is most convenient. Friends can even give via Cedarville’s electronic funds transfer program, called MaxIm. To inquire about the annual fund giving programs, contact Jeff Brock at brockj@cedarville.edu or 1-800-766-1115. G iving P rograms Dr. Francis and Academic Vice President Dr. Duane Wood Top Right: Judith Van Kampen Middle Right: Kelsey Perkins Above: Scott Lehr Bottom Right: David Fretz