![Brian Shook 23_001_1 Brian Shook](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/brian-shook-23_001_1.jpg?sfvrsn=c26a24e5_1)
Graduate School Rapid Growth
As the Cedarville University Graduate School continues to experience exponential growth, Dr. Brian Shook, who was named assistant vice president for graduate enrollment in the fall of 2022, is preparing the program for the future.
![2223-133-acting-up-crop Jonas (Ben Konuch) and his family listen anxiously to a community-wide announcement.](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-133-acting-up-crop.jpg?sfvrsn=7900d5b3_1)
Acting Up: Students Recognized for Excellent Performance
This fall, Cedarville University’s theatre department performed “The Giver,” a play based on the well-beloved book written by Lois Lowry, also adapted for film. The show was a success, but one of the biggest impacts was on the actors themselves.
![2223-124-operation-christmas-child Students at the operation Christmas Child packing party](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-124-operation-christmas-child.jpg?sfvrsn=da3f8760_1)
Christmas Giving: Students Pack 1,000 Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child
‘Tis the season for gifts – but nothing can quite compare to opening a gift, maybe for the first time, from someone halfway across the world.
![Dan Sterkenburg 21_001_2 Dr. Dan Sterkenburg](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/dan-sterkenburg-21_001_2.jpg?sfvrsn=8bf16b65_1)
From Healthcare to Business
How does a student epidemiologist end up teaching international business at Cedarville University? For Dan Sterkenburg, God mapped out an entirely different course than what he had planned.
![2223-065-publishing-portal Nick, Rachael and their four children](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-065-publishing-portal.jpg?sfvrsn=56744a82_1)
Professor Helps Launch Publishing Company’s Educational Site
Cedarville University’s Dr. Nick Carrington, associate professor of professional writing, is helping launch Innovo Publishing’s Christian Publishing Portal.
![2223-105 B Refuge_1 The 2022 student team for Proclaim the Name, selling apparel items based on Psalm 142.](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-105-b-refuge_1.jpg?sfvrsn=986aec18_1)
Integrated Business Core Celebrates 20th Year at Cedarville
For most students, the approach of finals consists of worrying about grade point average and final presentations. But for a small group of Cedarville University students majoring in business, December is all about Christmas season sales.
![2223-055-nursing-sim-crop Cedarville nursing students in the simulation center](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-055-nursing-sim-crop.jpg?sfvrsn=791d5bfb_1)
Supporting Families and Protecting Life at Pregnancy Clinic
Where do the passions of students in nursing, business and biblical studies intersect? For seven Cedarville University students, that would be at the Pregnancy Resource Clinic (PRC) of Clark County in Springfield, Ohio.
![Steve Gollmer 100 LTD_1 Steve Gollmer](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/steve-gollmer-100-ltd_1.jpg?sfvrsn=6d2bbac9_1)
Serving His Community One Donation At A Time
Finding ways to serve local communities is a common trait among faculty and staff members at Cedarville University. Steve Gollmer, assistant chair of the department of science and math, is no exception.
![cpl 21_0551_2 Philip Miller](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/cpl-21_0551_2.jpg?sfvrsn=e85ac7ee_1)
Reluctant and Faithful
2004 alumnus Philip Miller never wanted to serve as a pastor, and now, he’s serving in one of the most high-profile pulpits in America.
![2223-03-kroger-food-band-crop Kroger has made a key donation to Cedarville University School of Pharmacy’s food bank for needy students with food insecurities.](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-03-kroger-food-band-crop.jpg?sfvrsn=87332dc1_1)
Filling Up Empty Plates
Being a pharmacist is all about helping others. Inspired to help college students avoid issues like food insecurities, Cedarville University’s School of Pharmacy and the Kroger Company are continuing its partnership that provides the university’s Doctor of Doctor of Pharmacy and Prepharmacy students with a food pantry.
![2223-048 Alumni Deborah Chucoski Photo (B)_1 Chucoski and Hachmeister performing a flying dismount off their cycle during a race transition.](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/2223-048-alumni-deborah-chucoski-photo-(b)_1.jpg?sfvrsn=af057571_1)
Alumna Battles Vision Degeneration, Aims for Paralympics
Though vision degeneration rendered her unable to compete in the sport she loved, Cedarville University alumna Deborah Chucoski has returned to racing with determination. She aims to represent Team USA in the paratriathlon at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
![McKay Family 08 2021_01_2 The McKay Family](https://www.cedarville.edu/images/default-source/campus-news/news/2022/mckay-family-08-2021_01_2.jpg?sfvrsn=34c738e0_1)
Thankful for a Bonus Round of Life
In this season when we pause to give thanks to God for all of his many, many blessings, our podcast guest, Dr. Michael McKay, Assistant Professor of Biblical Theology, understands full well that the Lord is his sustainer, provider, and a worker of miracles.