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Top News |
First Intercollegiate Athlete Signs to Play for CIU Rams SoccerClick here to read the full story. |
History In The Making
We are embarking on one of the most exciting chapters in the history of CIU. For the first time in 89 years, CIU will field our first intercollegiate athletic teams in fall 2012. Why athletics at CIU? It fits with our purpose of educating people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. Imagine the outreach that student-athletes and coaches can have both at home and abroad using the platform of athletics to share the good news of Jesus Christ
Our Sports
Fall 2012 marks the beginning of an aggressive five-year plan introducing intercollegiate athletics at CIU.
Our League
CIU will compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), whose mission is to use athletic competition as an integral component of education, evangelism, and encouragement.
Our Mascot
The ram was chosen as the CIU mascot for its strength and its biblical significance. Not only are rams known as ferocious defenders of their territory and their flock, the ram is a symbol of God's provision - a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
CIU Rams Club
Click here for more information on becoming a founding member of the CIU Rams Club!
Moore Fitness Center
Cheryl Guinther is the communications coordinator for the Alumni Ministries Office of Columbia International University. She serves alumni with genuine personal care and a professional approach developed over years as an executive administrative assistant and missionary. Cheryl worked over six years for a Christian financial management company providing client-care to seniors. As a missionary with Brethren in Christ World Missions in Zambia, Africa, Cheryl managed a mission guesthouse, served with a church team taking the “Jesus Film” to outlying villages, and started a “Reading Room” ministry to help street children return to school. For the last five years, she has been a mentor in the Missions Development Program for Brethren in Christ World Missions. Cheryl and her husband, Peter, moved to Columbia from Mechanicsburg, Penn. in August of 2010 so that Peter could complete his Master of Divinity degree at CIU. She enjoys reading, gardening, volunteering at a women’s shelter, and the close fellowship with her neighbors in the CIU Village.
Cheryl’s favorite Scripture verse is Romans 13:8.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
John "Jack" Layman
(803) 807-5478
Bible, Education, and Social Studies Professor
Jack Layman was raised in a non-Christian, non-religious family in Philadelphia and came to Christ during
an Inter-Varsity conference at the end of his freshman year. After receiving his M.Div. from Columbia Bible College and Seminary, he worked 10 years in Kenya among Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs from India and Pakistan. He returned to the United States as headmaster at Ben Lippen School, at that time a boarding school in Asheville, N.C., specializing in educating children of missionaries. He later joined the CIU faculty in 1983. His hobbies include reading, walking, hiking, sports and travel. He and his wife Liz were married in 1955 and have eight children.
Education & Work History:
B.B.A., Westminster College; M.Div., Columbia Bible College & Seminary; M.Ed., Western Carolina University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina; additional study, Temple University; teacher, Ben Lippen School, Asheville, N.C., 1956-58; teacher, Columbia Christian School 1958-59; teacher, Sun Valley High School, Chester, Pa, 1960-61; missionary to Kenya, Africa, 1961-71; headmaster, Ben Lippen School, Asheville, N.C., 1971-83; summer faculty, International Institute of Christian School Administrators, 1978-present. 1983