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Nccaa Men's And Women's Tennis National Championships, Cedarville University

Men's Tennis Programs

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Record-Breaking Commencement Includes 21-Year Journey, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

A record-breaking 796 students received degrees during Cedarville University’s 121st commencement on May 6. The largest graduating class in Cedarville’s history, comprised of 703 undergraduate students and 93 graduate students, represented every academic department and had students from 42 states and 15 countries.

Bible Story App Earns Top It Award, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

A Bible story app created by Cedarville students won the Award of Excellence at the Technology First Leadership Awards banquet held May 4.

Centennial Library E-News, March/April 2017, Cedarville University

Centennial Library Shelf Life

Articles in this issue: Centennial Library Staff Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Library Faculty Member Receives Further Recognition and a Teaching Award, StAR Award Winner Recognized at Library Dinner, Distinctive Service Recognitions Given, Library Scholarship Presented, Student Assistants Receive Awards at Library Recognitions Dinner, Recognizing Faculty Scholarship, Highlighting Alumni Publishing

Research Leads Engineering Student To Med School, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Most people do not associate engineering with health care, but for Cedarville University student Derek Renner, his mechanical engineering degree gave him a gateway to medical school.

Renner, a senior from St. Marys, West Virginia, recently learned he was admitted to West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

2017 Graduates Prepared To Lead Kosovo Internship Program, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

After graduation, some Cedarville University students take what they have learned to different parts of the country. Three 2017 graduates, Liss Fanizzi, Cassy Padilla and Mikaila Conforti, will take their education to Kosovo to serve as interns at the Kosovo Leadership Academy (KLA) in Mitrovica, Kosovo.

Rhetorical Genre Theory And Workplace Adaptation For Modern Professional Writers, Alyssa Speicher

Professional Writing and Information Design Capstone Projects

The professional writing field is constantly changing. As technology and business develop and adapt to a changing world, the tasks and writing of professional writers must adapt as well. Professional writers no longer solely write reports or technical documentation; they can write blog posts, web content, memos, emails; they can design content and information for marketing or usability; and they can edit any form of content for the organization in which they work.

Not only do the types of writing change, but the variety expected from professional writers also changes. Some professional writers specialize in one form of writing, but …

Language And Entertainment: Can Language Be Learned Through Movies?, Elizabeth Carraher

Linguistics Senior Research Projects

This paper looks at second language acquisition and factors that affect second language acquisition. This project also utilizes a small experiment conducted to help determine how difficult or how easy it is for one to learn even a small number of words in another language. In this experiment a small number of college students watch a movie in another language and after finishing said movie take a short quiz to determine if the students were able to learn the meaning of some frequently used words. These students have had little to no interaction with the language in question. Even so, …

Hooding Ceremony Recognizes 2017 Pharmacy Graduates, Mark D. Weinstein

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The Cedarville University School of Pharmacy will recognize 45 Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) graduates during its annual hooding ceremony on Friday, May 5, at 11:30 a.m. in the James T. Jeremiah Chapel at Cedarville University.

School Of Nursing Honors Students With Unique Ceremony, Mark D. Weinstein

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Cedarville University’s School of Nursing will celebrate the academic accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate students at its hooding and pinning ceremony on Friday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. in Cedarville’s Dixon Ministry Center.

Paralympic Champion Wins Local Newsmaker Of The Year, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Cedarville University’s Grace Norman will receive the “Newsmaker of the Year” award from the Public Relations Society of America Thursday, May 4, at 6:30 pm. The presentation will be presented at the Dayton chapter’s Prism Award ceremony at the Boonshoft Museum.

Digitalcommons@Cedarville Statistical Report For April 2017, Cedarville University

DigitalCommons@Cedarville Monthly Reports

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Repository Additions, April 2017, Cedarville University

DigitalCommons@Cedarville Monthly Reports

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Book Review: Using The Bible In Practical Theology, Jeffery S. Gates

Library Faculty Publications

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Cedarville Vs. Davis & Elkins, Cedarville University

Softball Programs

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Perseverance Prevails As Graduate Receives Degree After 21-Year Journey, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

With a record-breaking 799 students earning college degrees at Cedarville University’s Doden Field House at commencement on May 6, many graduates have unique stories of their college journey. None of the stories, however, can match the tale of Tara Winter’s quest for her bachelor’s degree in sociology.

Japanese Earthquake Motivated Soon-To-Be Cedarville Grad, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Jeremiah Pennington, probably wouldn’t be graduating from Cedarville University this coming May if an earthquake hadn’t rocked his world.

Pennington, a senior special education major from Jackson Center, Ohio, joined the U.S. Navy in 2007 after graduating high school. He spent four-and-a-half years in Japan where he served as a responder to the 2011 earthquake.

Engineering Students Seek Maximum Miles On World Stage, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Engineering students from Cedarville University will compete in the 11th annual Shell Eco-marathon Americas on April 27-30 in Detroit. Cedarville is one of the few schools that has participated in the international fuel-efficiency, supermileage car competition every year it has been offered for teams in North and South America.

Experts Localize National News For Local Residents, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Being able to help local residents understand what is taking place throughout the nation and world is the goal of media outlets. There are many ways to achieve this goal, and at Cox Media Group Ohio, it has found several experts from Cedarville University to help it accomplish the task. Whether the topic is an international crisis in North Korea or Syria, or trying to understand the recent presidential election, or even the growing concern of the opioid crisis, Cedarville University faculty have spoken into these topics on a regular basis for WHIO TV, WHIO Radio, and the Dayton Daily …

Opioid Abuse Discussed At Youth Leaders Summit, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Continuing to share the dangers of opioid drug abuse, the Cedarville University’s Generation Rx team will present research on opioid abuse to regional high school student leaders at a Youth Leadership Summit April 26 at Wright State University. The summit will educate youth-led prevention groups about the importance of youth leadership and youth empowerment.

Cedarville Vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, Cedarville University

Baseball Programs

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Cedarville Vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, Cedarville University

Softball Programs

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Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tennis Championship, Cedarville University

Women's Tennis Programs

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The L1 Context Embedding Method In Foreign Language Vocabulary Instruction: A Comparative Study With The Keyword Method, Jordan V. Nanda

Linguistics Senior Research Projects

The L1 Context Embedding Method that has been proposed and tested by Zi-Gang (2015), consists of inserting target L2 vocabulary, with translations in brackets, into an L1 story text. It has been demonstrated by Zi-Gang (2015) to be more effective than rote memorization. This current study tested the L1 Context Embedding Method against the Keyword Method (Atkinson, 1975) to see if the two methods are comparable. Sixteen university students from an Elementary Spanish class were taught 10 novel Spanish words using each method in a counterbalanced presentation order. They were administered an immediate posttest for each set of 10 words …

Evangelical Perceptions On Linguistic Sexism In English, Anna M. Beckmeyer

Linguistics Senior Research Projects

This study explores how evangelical Christians view connotatively and denotatively sexist language in English through a comparative study against non-evangelicals. Research on unnecessarily gendered language establishes English as contextually and denotatively sexist through falsely generic nouns, lexical asymmetries, and derogatory terms for females. Evangelical Christians have historically viewed gender roles as distinct from each other, however, little research has been done on how that affects perceptions of gendered language. Taking the stance that English unnecessarily prioritizes maleness, this study uses surveys and interviews to gather opinions on definitions of sexist language and asks participants to apply that definition in specific …

Genocide Survivor Speaks At Cedarville Thursday, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Tom Balazire, a native of Bukavu, in the south Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, will share his personal experience with genocide during the social work program’s annual community night on Thursday, April 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the Stevens Student Center event rooms on the campus of Cedarville University.

Cedarville Graduate Enjoys America’S Favorite Quiz Show, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Cedarville University graduates make their way into countless opportunities, and sometimes that means landing a spot on America’s favorite quiz show.

Emmett Robinson, who graduated from Cedarville in 2007 and Harvard Law School in 2011, recently was a contestant on “Jeopardy!” He will appear on the April 19 program.

Immigration And Economics: Cedarville Student’S Unique Research Leads To Prestigious Conference, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Michael McDonald, a junior economics major, has developed a research project using economics to address current immigration issues. He presented his research at the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) meetings in Lahaina, Hawaii, April 9-12.

McDonald’s project takes an economic theory called the Coase theorem and applies it to the problems of illegal immigration, specifically addressing current tensions between the United States and Mexico.

Heroin Epidemic Focus Of Dewine Speech At Forum, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Attorney General Mike DeWine will address Ohio’s crushing heroin epidemic during an address at Cedarville University at noonon April 21. DeWine’s remarks are part of the Ohio Council of Criminal Justice Education (OCCJE) Annual Research Conference, which will also feature a panel discussion and student research on a variety of topics.

Hymn Sing Highlights History And Celebrates Future, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Cedarville University’s Old Fashioned Hymn Sing combines the rich history of worship music with a look toward its future. This annual event will take place April 19 in the Recital Hall of the Dixon Ministry Center; it will be free and open to the public.