2006 Miracle Yearbook

Acade 6,0 pp Orgs The academic organizations at Cedarville this year had an interesting pattern of giving students more of a cultural awareness that allowed them to see outside of the "bubble" of Cedarville culture. For several organizations, they were not only successful in educating students about other cultures, but this attempt to bring cultural awareness to CU also brought students' attention to orgs that had never been realized previously. An example of this awareness was Cedarville's chapter of the English honor society, Alpha Kappa Delta. The most obvious contribution they made to the student body was their Foreign Film series. This year-long series introduced students to movies from other cultures that they might have not been previously exposed to, such as Born into Brothels and Run Lola Run. Senior and co-president Brandon Colas also mentioned another achievement for the organization: "This year, AKD had acclaimed poet Eric Paul Shaffer come to campus, who spoke at AKD's annual banquet and held a well-attended poetry reading." IF Sophomore Tara Wolf and friend from Epsilon Alpha Pi, an organization of social workers promoting community outreach and political and social awareness, man their table at the Org Fair. 1- APO girls Laura Connelly, Courtney Johnson, Olivia Dolph, and there friend take a breather beneath the hot lights of the conference rooms at the American Association for Christian Counselors World Conference. bo) thr AKD was not the only organization that advanced in cultural awareness and student participation. SEAM, the Society of Engineers for Aiding Missions, made great technical strides this year. SEAM president and senior Philip Buskohl remembered the improvements that were made this year. He reported that they were able to further work in other countries, as the name of their organization suggests."We have successfully tested a slow-sand water filter for applications in underdeveloped regions in Africa. We anticipate sending these filters along with the nurses on their Togo, West Africa trips." Clearly, these and many other academic organizations took advantage of their fields of interest to contribute to the student body and the world. A. Shannon Cookson and a fellow MERCY Team member read to children from the community and university family at their annual Family Christmas party. 44„ Org Cor h Aric irl p