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March2016
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RememberingCliffBedell
LongtimebelovedCIUprofessor,CliffBedell,passedawayonFeb.24,2016.Mr.
BedellservedfaithfullyatCIUfor36yearsbeforeretiringin2009.
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CIUPrayswith
DecisionAmerica
CIUCounseling
ProgramAccredited
WhenDr.FranklinGraham'sDecision
AmericaColumbiatourdate
coincidedwithCIU'sfirstPrayerDay
ofthesemester,itwasclearthat
CIUshouldjoininprayingforour
nation,leadersandthepolitical
process.Therewereover7000in
attendance.
CIUhasbeengrantedaccreditation
bytheCouncilforAccreditationof
CounselingandRelatedEducational
Programs(CACREP).CIUisoneof
onlythreeinstitutionsinSCwitha
CACREPaccreditedClinicalMental
HealthCounselingProgram.
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WorldChristianWeek
WorldChristianWeekspeakersClydeandShirinTaber,challenged
studentstoestablishfriendshipsthatpointtheirMuslimneighborsto
Christ.Shirin'sbook"MuslimsNextDoor"delvesintothissubject.
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CelebratingCulturalDiversityintheChurch
EarlyinFebruary,theCIUcommunitycametogethertocelebrate
diversityinconjunctionwithBlackHistoryMonth.
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AlumniSpotlight
WhileMarkHodgson('14)was
pursuinghisbachelordegree,heand
hiswife,Rebekah,alsobeganalife
changingjourneytoadopt.Inaddition
tohaving2biologicalchildrenanda
newbornprivateadoption,theyhave
adopted2differentsiblingsetsfrom
fostercareoverthelasttwoyears,
makingthemafamilyoften.
Adoptionhasbeenamissionfieldthat
hasopenedmanydoorsforthemto
sharethegospel.Afamiliarquote
thattheystrivetoliveout,is"The
worldischangedbyyourexample,
notbyyouropinion."
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