Alumni Awards

Donna (Payne) VanLiere has been selected as the Alumna of the Year.

1989年，唐娜毕业于当时的沙巴体育学院，获得传播学学位, with emphasis in broadcasting and theatre. 在沙巴体育读书时，她想到了小说的第一句话，然后意识到她可以看到场景并想象出情节. 毕业后，上帝呼召她写具有永恒意义的小说.

Her first novel, The Christmas Shoes, became a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, 后来被哥伦比亚广播公司拍成了当年收视率最高的电视电影. 之后，CBS、Lifetime和Hallmark又推出了更多小说和六部电视电影. She was asked to write the biography of Rick Husband, Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and a personal memoir called Finding Grace.

More recently, 唐娜迫切地想写一个由三部分组成的系列书，其中四分之三是小说，四分之一是关于末世的圣经教导. Jesus told us to "Look up" because "our redemption is near,” and Donna wants to encourage her readers to be a looking up people. This led to a limited series podcast called “Things are Looking Up.” She will release a new nonfiction book in March called Looking for God: A Search for Real Love in an Unreal World对于那些内心深处知道自己在寻找某种东西来填补空虚的人来说.

Donna has won a 小说零售商选择奖，鸽子奖，银天使奖，两个奥迪奖 for best inspirational fiction, has been a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year and is an inductee in the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence.

Along with her writing, Donna has an active speaking ministry, whether for book conferences or women's events. She has spoken with Women of Faith, Extraordinary Women, Among Friends Conference, 以及海德堡大学著名的帕特里夏·亚当斯系列讲座. 

Donna is thankful for her Cedarville education. Between theater and broadcasting, 她不仅学会了如何在众人面前讲话，还学会了如何拿起一篇文章进行编辑, which is crucial for a writer. 沙巴体育也让她在正直、品格、谦逊和职业道德方面脱颖而出. 戏剧和法医学教会她时刻准备，有备而来，了解自己的角色.

Donna met her husband, Troy, on the first day at Cedarville in one of my broadcasting classes, and they have been married for 33 years. 他们有三个孩子:两个女儿格雷西和凯特来自中国，儿子大卫来自危地马拉. They do not look much alike, 但上帝把他们接在一起成为一家人，他们是上帝的反映!

Meredith (Wood) Docena被选为年度最佳年轻校友.

Meredith于2014年毕业于Cedarville University，获得社会工作学士学位. 她在学生时代的四年里都有幸参加了菲律宾的短期宣教旅行, 但有一次特别的旅行改变了她的生活轨迹和事工.

During the summer before her sophomore year while in the Philippines, she encountered three street boys in tattered clothing and no shoes, hungry and begging for food. 她看着每个人都吃了三盘食物，当他们回到街上时，她很伤心. 就在那时，神开始在她心里激动，要在菲律宾为被忽视的孩子们开一个家. 

After returning to campus, 她跟随神的带领，凭着信心走出家门，开始在桑托斯将军城创立奥贝德家庭事工, Philippines. She was encouraged by friends and family to share her story, and then the Holy Spirit worked, bringing in the funds she needed. Construction began in 2014, Obed 's House于2015年7月正式开业，Meredith担任执行董事. The focus of the ministry is "to teach and raise the neglected, 桑托斯将军城的街头和被遗弃的孩子们真正爱并服侍我们的救主耶稣基督,它的使命是“通过为被忽视的孩子提供一个充满爱的家庭氛围来完成这个伟大的使命”.“自开业以来，Obed 's已经有机会照顾60多名儿童.

梅雷迪思认为，她在沙巴体育的心理学和社会工作课程为她从事被遗弃和被忽视儿童的工作做好了准备, 她特别感谢她的教育是建立在圣经世界观的基础上的.

Meredith’s husband, Avery, serves alongside her at Obed’s House, and they have two daughters, Mia and Tegan.

她顺服神的呼召和牺牲的工作，与桑托斯将军城被遗弃和被忽视的孩子分享基督的爱, Philippines.