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�������� students selected Dr. Kevin Jones and Rhonda Dodson as the 2025-26 Faculty and Staff of the Year. The annual awards recognize faculty and staff members who demonstrate exceptional service, mentorship and Christ-centered leadership.

�������� student Josh Hochstedler shares how faith, personal loss and entrepreneurial ambition have shaped his commitment to serving others, building Christian community and using business as a platform for Kingdom impact.

Two �������� freshmen created GoFish, an AI-powered, swipe-free dating app that emphasizes compatibility and intentional relationships. After a successful campus pilot, the founders plan to relaunch and expand the platform beyond Cedarville in fall 2026.

Cedarville engineering students are designing a gravity-powered water treatment system for Karanda Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, helping provide cleaner drinking and surgical water by reducing rainy-season sediment that overwhelms the hospital’s current filtration system.

�������� is expanding access to its sport business management program through a new online degree that prepares students for leadership roles in a rapidly growing industry driven by fan engagement, marketing, analytics and event management.

Cedarville freshman Peyton Korte wrote “The Cyclical Cycle,” a Christian Western novel inspired by his father’s perseverance through hardship. The book explores faith, responsibility and spiritual growth in the 1870s American West.

�������� won the Solar Splash 2026 national championship with 953 points, marking its 15th title. The team’s boat, Marvelous Grace, earned top finishes in multiple events and received the competition’s highest technical report honor.

�������� engineering students created CEDAR, an autonomous robot that guides campus visitors, answers questions and navigates buildings in real time, showing how AI and robotics can work together in practical ways beyond conversation.

Gabriel Payne discovered that engineering is more than solving technical problems. Through ��������’s engineering program, research opportunities, and faith-centered community, he is preparing to develop human-focused innovations that improve lives and serve others.

��������’s online MBA in strategic innovation and entrepreneurship was named one of the nation’s 50 best accredited online entrepreneurship MBA programs for 2026, recognizing its combination of business innovation training and a biblical worldview.

Carrie Holt, a 2000 �������� graduate, encourages mothers of children with disabilities through her podcast, speaking and writing, offering faith-filled support, practical encouragement and hope shaped by her family’s own caregiving journey.

Josh Hochstedler’s journey through grief reshaped his view of success, service and calling. Now, the Cedarville sophomore is building businesses and mentoring young entrepreneurs with a people-first vision rooted in faith.