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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
Fall 2012 marks the beginning of an aggressive five-year plan introducing intercollegiate athletics at CIU.
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.
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.
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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.
Kelly Monroe Kullberg, author of "Finding God Beyond Harvard" will address a chapel service at Columbia International University on Nov. 9 and speak to a CIU luncheon for college and campus ministers.
Kullberg, a former Harvard professor, is the founder of The Veritas Forum and the editor of the Boston Globe bestseller "Finding God at Harvard: Spiritual Journeys of Thinking Christians." In her follow-up book, "Finding God Beyond Harvard," Kullberg tells the story of her own journey into wonder and discovery, which took her beyond the ivied walls of Harvard to universities across the country helping others start Veritas Forums in dozens of universities. The Veritas Forum seeks "to inspire the shapers of tomorrow's culture to connect their hardest questions with the person and story of Jesus Christ."
Kullberg is now director of project development for The Veritas Forum and lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio.
CIU chapel services begin at 10:50 a.m. and are open to the public. A "College and Campus Ministers Luncheon" sponsored by CIU begins at noon and will feature Southern cooking from Hudson's Smokehouse. All college and campus ministers are invited, but reservations must be made by Nov. 1. To register and for more information visit www.ciu.edu/ccml.
For more on Kelly Monroe Kullberg and the Veritas Forum, go to: http://www.veritas.org/