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2024 School of Pharmacy Hooding Program
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Sense and Sensibility
Get PDFSense and Sensibility examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?
A playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their father\u27s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. As the sisters navigate the complex social customs of their time, they face various challenges and obstacles in their pursuit of happiness. Ultimately, they must learn to balance their sense and sensibility in order to find fulfillment in both their romantic and familial relationships. Sense and Sensibility examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. When reputation is everything, how does one follow their heart?
Set in gossipy late 18th-century England, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and imaginative staging. Kate Hamill’s adaptation has married the classic novel with modern theatricality, using a fresh female voice where descriptive narrative is replaced by clever staging to engage the audience\u27s imagination. The result is a “fast paced, dynamic form of storytelling that is foot forward, transformative, and FUN!”https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/theatre_productions/1057/thumbnail.jp
The Secret Garden
No full textA magical tale of Mary Lennox, a lonely orphan who discovers a hidden, neglected garden on her uncle\u27s estate. As Mary brings the garden back to life, she also cultivates healing and joy in the hearts of those around her. This enchanting play celebrates the transformative power of nature, friendship, and the resilience of the human spirit in a heartwarming tale of discovery and renewal.https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/theatre_productions/1059/thumbnail.jp
Exploring Generative AI in Christian Engineering Education
Get PDFArtificial intelligence (AI) denotes the ability of machines or systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning, decision making, and creativity. Of the extant AI implementations available, OpenAI’s Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT 3) large language model (LLM) released in June of 2020 represented a major breakthrough in AI applications. The world experienced OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 with the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT 3.5 providing a chat-based interface to the LLM. Over the past year and a half, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta moved to advance Generative AI (GAI) with more LLMs and advancements that include the generation of audio, video, and software development. While exploring the new advancements, educators began to investigate uses for teaching and learning. In line with that inquiry, we seek to find some of the uses and limitations of GAI for engineering faculty and students from a Christian perspective.
Christian educators need to think critically and biblically about the use and impact of GAI in education and beyond. How does GAI integrate with education from a Christian perspective? How do we assess the benefits and challenges of GAI for engineering education? What are the limitations, risks, and next steps for GAI in engineering education
Inspiring and Equipping Students to Become Service-Focused Engineers
Get PDFAnderson University’s engineering program was founded in 2013 with the mission of “developing highly qualified servant leaders.” That statement can be expanded to core values: We provide a Christ-centered, hands-on education, grounded in the liberal arts that inspires students toward excellence in Engineering. We model resourceful, pioneering, and creative thinking to uniquely mentor students to deal with the challenges of vocation, life, and community. We seek to live God-honoring lives of integrity and share the importance of Christ-like servanthood.
In line with the core values of providing a Christ-centered hands-on education and sharing the importance of Christ-like servanthood, a Humanitarian Engineering major and minor were added to the offerings at Anderson University in 2021. Central to this program are two courses that are designed to inspire and equip students to use their gifts in engineering and technology to serve other people. These two courses are intended to be taken in sequence- ENGR 2080: Service Through Engineering and Technology and ENGR 3080: Engineering Design for Service.
Since the Humanitarian Engineering major was implemented, the 2023-24 academic year was the first offering of this two-course sequence. This paper details the development of these two courses and lessons learned in implementing them
Domus Dei et Porta Caeli: House of God and Gate of Heaven
Get PDFThis paper introduces the technical accomplishments and the driving theological motivations of those who engineered the Gothic cathedrals. It ultimately derives lessons for Christian engineers, their processes, and their products. These exceptional feats of engineering, enabled by elements such as pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, and flying buttresses initiated a new style of building in the medieval equivalent of the last century’s space race. These cathedrals maximized height and light in the house of God, the true meeting place of Heaven and earth. Descriptors like “House of God” and “Gate of Heaven,” sung in the dedication liturgies, echo the patriarch Jacob after waking from his dream of a ladder descending from Heaven. Serving a largely illiterate population, the cathedrals can be viewed as scripture written in stone sculpture and stained glass due to their abundant depiction of scenes from the whole of salvation history, enabled by structural and constructional innovations. Driven by a theological vision in a deeply integrated worldview, the builders relied on geometric and heuristic methods, despite their lack of mathematical and scientific knowledge, to achieve beautiful structures that have stood for centuries, glorifying God and serving His people. Today, for Christian engineers seeking to fulfill these ends, the cathedrals can serve as an inspiration to innovate and a reminder that beauty is an objective and indispensable aim