Advancement eNewsletter, February 2011

CU Donor & Friends e-Newsletter

February, 2011 | 6th Edition

Greetings,

We hope that your 2011 has gotten off to a great start!

Cornerstone University was blessed by such generosity at the end of 2010 and we are looking forward to the upcoming blessings of the 2010-2011 academic school year.

Table of Contents Golf Invitational Athletic Events Music Events Theatre Events Greetings Spring Phonathon Students Serve Over Seas Chapel Schedule

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Spring Phonathon CU Students are eager to connect with you

Thank you to all of our alumni, friends and parents of current students that supported the Student Fund during the Fall Phonathon. Our students had several great conversations with you, traded memorable times at CU and shared new events and traditions on campus.

Annual Golf Invitational See you on the green!

35 Annual Golf Invitational Save the Date Aug. 1, 2011 Pilgrim’s Run Golf Club Register now th

We will host the Spring Phonathon from March 21-April 14. We will focus on raising support for the Cornerstone Student Fund along with the Grand Rapids Theological Seminary Fund.

These unrestricted funds help offset the cost of tuition for students through: Student Scholarships Classroom Enhancements Faculty Excellence Technological Improvements Please consider partnering with us this year by pledging your support during the Spring Phonathon. For more information about the Cornerstone Student Fund, please check out our website.

Students Serve Over Seas Cornerstone is a Christ-centered university with a passion for global influence through the transforming power of the gospel. We exist to empower men and women to excel as influencers in our world for Christ.

On Jan. 6, 2011, the CU men’s soccer team traveled to the Dominican Republic for eight days and was able to serve others and reflect the love of Christ by beginning construction on a kitchen and playing a couple matches against the regional teams.

Along with the 17 players and coaches, Chip Huber, dean of

Athletic Events

Wednesday, Feb. 16 Men’s Basketball- Concordia @ CU, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball- CU @ Concordia, 7:30 p.m.

JV Men’s Basketball- Concordia @ CU, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 18 Men’s Indoor Track & Field- CU @ WHAC Indoor Championships Women’s Indoor Track & Field CU @ WHAC Indoor Championships

Saturday, Feb. 19 Men’s Basketball- CU @ Davenport University, 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball- Davenport University @ CU, 3 p.m.

Men’s Indoor Track & Field- CU @ WHAC Indoor Championships Women’s Indoor Track & FieldCU @ WHAC Indoor Championships

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Along with the 17 players and coaches, Chip Huber, dean of student engagement, took part in this trip. They partnered with UNTO, Inc, a West Michigan based mission group involved in long-term ministry and community development work. They worked with the team last year as well and helped build an expansion on a school.

The soccer team was passionate about using their talents to share the gospel with the local Dominican communities.

“This trip is something that we see as being an integral part of our soccer program,” Huber wrote on his blog. “Sports is truly an incredible relational connection and ministry tool all across our world, and we are excited to be returning to a place in the Dominican Republic where several of the team members went last year and we are able to use our hands, our resources and our soccer abilities to serve and build relationships with a wonderful community of kids and adults in the DR.”

The team returned with the challenge of, “living in our own community and culture that God has placed us in as a Christian [and] is compassionate, communicates about the needs of others near and far, and serves out of a heart that is full because of what God has done in Jesus for us,” says Huber. The men’s soccer team is one of many that are traveling around the world, learning from other cultures and influencing them for Christ.

Chapel Schedule

Come and worship with us. Please contact out office if you would like to be our guest at an upcoming chapel.

When: 10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday & Friday Where: Bernice Hansen Athletic Center

For more information about athletic events, visit http://www.cugoldeneagles.com/

Music Events

February

21- Music Scholarship Auditions @ Gordon Hall Auditorium 25-26- Road Trip- Red Letter Edition 25- Music Scholarship Auditions @ Gordon Hall Auditorium 26- Symphonic Winds Concert @ Northview High School, 7:30 p.m.

27- Choral Concert @ St. Cecilia Music Society, 7:30 p.m.

For more information, please visit here.

Theatre Events

“Proof” by David Auburn

Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician.

Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. To find out more about this play, visit the theatre website.

Showtimes are: Feb. 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets can be ordered online.

Where: Bernice Hansen Athletic Center Listen Online FEBRUARY 2/16 Bethany Hoang, Director of IJM Institute 2/18 Dr. Larry Thompson, First Baptist, Ft. Lauderdale 2/20 Evensong 2/21 Praise Chapel 2/23 Dr. Joseph Stowell, President 2/25 Praise Chapel 2/27 Evensng 2/28 Gerald Longjohn, VP for Spiritual Formation

MARCH 3/02 Josh Riebock, Author 3/04 Praise Chapel 3/13 Evensong 3/14 Departmental Chapel (Advising) 3/16 Prof. John Duff, Associate Prof. of Bible 3/18 Praise Chapel 3/20 Evensong 3/21 Ted Kluck, Author and Adjunct Prof.

3/23 Dr. Jospeh Stowell, President 3/25 Praise Chapel 3/27 Evensong 3/28 Christine Mutch, Associate Dean of Discipleship 3/30 Shundrawn A. Thomas, President & CEO, Northern Trust Securities

APRIL 4/01 Praise Chapel 4/03 Evensong 4/04 Jennie Dimkoff, Storyline Ministries 4/06 Quentin Schultze, Calcin College 4/08 Praise Chapel 4/10 Evensong 4/11 Departmental Chapel 4/13 Dr. Wendy Widder, GRTS 4/15 Praise Chapel 4/17 Evensong 4/18 Awards, Chapel 4/20 Fouad Masri, The Cresent Project 4/27 Dr. Joseph Stowell, President 4/29 Praise Chapel

MAY 5/01 Evensong