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Homecoming 2015 Review:

The Anchor Still Holds

By Melissa McCutchan and Michael A. Lanier

CIU student writers

November is a busy time at Columbia International

University; exams are looming, the holidays are coming,

and for one exciting weekend, alumni return to CIU’s

campus for the annual Homecoming celebration.

Homecoming 2015 festivities took place on Friday and

Saturday, Nov. 6-7, with the theme “Anchored: Appreciate

the Past, Anticipate the Future.”

Current students, faculty,

and alumni gathered for

the Alumni of the Year

Chapel on Friday, which

honored Dr. David Chow

(’75). Chow serves as the

president of Ambassadors

for Christ, a ministry

that reaches out to

Chinese intellectuals and Chinese students who are studying

abroad. The Alumni Association also awarded Alumni of the

Year honors to Chow’s late father, The Rev. Moses Chow (’58),

posthumously.

“I believe the Lord wanted to use this [award] as a milestone of

encouragement to me, to end well and to end strong,” Chow said.

Chow also spoke at the annual President’s Banquet that

evening, where he emphasized the importance of evangelizing

Chinese students studying abroad in the United States and

mobilizing them to take the gospel back to China.

“The [Chinese] people have found God (in the United States),

and they go back [to China] with a sense of purpose: ‘To Know

Him and to Make Him Known,’” Chow said reciting CIU’s motto.

Reflecting on his CIU experience, Chow said that he is “forever

grateful to God and indebted to CIU for the life-transforming

education I received as a student here.”

Current students made an effort to be very involved in

Homecoming, attending several events including the yearly

speed meeting with alumni. The students learned as much as

they could about CIU’s past from each alumnus in one-on-one

interactions lasting only a few minutes. In turn, the students

shared their plans for the future.

Save the Date!

Homecoming 2016

November 4-5

Friday, alumni had the opportunity to sit in on classes and

even reunite with their professors. “I enjoyed attending a class

I took as a student and meeting current students,” said John

Sellers (’87).

On Saturday, alumni were treated to two athletic events. The

first was men’s soccer. The Rams lost a tough one to Chowan

University 3-2 as the seniors, who made history in CIU’s first-

ever intercollegiate athletic event four years ago, played their

final game.

(See page 22.)

The second athletic event was the

legendary intramural North/South game, now more commonly

referred to as the CIU Bowl. The South won 8-6.

So, while the anchor of God holds at CIU, some aspects of CIU

life remain rooted in the past, while changes bring anticipation

of the future.

“I’ve been coming (to Homecoming) ever since I finished in

’99,” alumna Luadell Edmond said. “I enjoy coming to see the

changes and the people.”

(Left to right) Scotti (‘66) and Bob Hammond (‘66) and

Don Sarazen (‘92) chat with sophomore Nassar Najjar.

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