2005 Miracle Yearbook

onors Chapel Once a year, Cedarville University devotes a chapel service to honoring a select group of students who have earned high academic merit in their fields of study. Honors Day this year was a great opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to recognize the significant achievements of the award recipients. Many of the awards presented this year had been offered to students in the past Several were new. The Dr. Raymond Barthlomew Award was presented to senior English major Cynthia Wallace The Alumni Scholarship for the Bible Department was dedicated in honor of retired Dean Dr. Jack Riggs Dr. Duane Wood,the retiring Vice President of Academics,introduced students by department. the chairs of the departments presented the awards. Bethany Deidel, a sophomore English major, commented on her award. "I was honestly surprised I received an award Nevertheless, it was very timely. I was feeling discouraged with my major, wondering if I was even any good at it, so when I got the award it was encouraging to know the faculty think I'm in the right major." Although the focus of Honors Day chapel was on students,the Student Academic Advisory Board presented two special awards at the end of the service to the faculty and staff members of the year.The staff member of the year, Mark Womack,served as Sports Information Director for Cedarville University. Dr. Chris Miller, faculty member of the year, offered some of the best Bible classes available to Cedarville students Keith Sider, a junior, shared,"Dr. Miller is one of the most wise,caring and dedicated profs on campus." Honors Day chapel allowed the Cedarville family to come together and celebrate students' accomplishments In the words of junior Nate Washatka,"It's great to see students rewarded in a public setting. It gives you something to work toward and look forward to." Dr. Miller presents Jeremy Williamson with the Oxford University Press Award tor Preseminary. Williamson said, "It's humbling to have your teachers and those you look up to recognize the effort you have put into your discipline and say, in effect 'Yes—you are on the right track.- Abigail Winburn stands with Dr. Irene Alyn, Chair of the Nursing Department, after receiving the Alumni Scholarship "I was ecstatic, honored,and humbled by such an awesome recognition," Winburn said. Joelle Marquardt chats with her donor after chapel Joelle received the Clifford Fawcett Senior Scholar Award from the business department She said,"I am so grateful for their generosity." 258 spring