"Campbellsville University was the last place I applied," said Haley Carman, CU School of Education senior from Berea and graduate of Madison Southern High School. "I came to campus on a Preview Day undecided, until I heard a prayer by Dr. Frank Cheatham. As soon as his prayer ended, I knew CU was where I needed to be."

For Carman it was the "unapologetically Christian spiritual nurturing" that made the final difference in where she'd go to college. Growing up, she'd been active in the Berea Baptist church family and through the youth group she said she came to feel that a Christian atmosphere was a necessary part of her continuing education. Carman will graduate in May and is doing her student teaching at Campbellsville Elementary School in first and third grades.

On the other hand, CU was the only school Taylor Ohlmann visited and applied to. The CU sophomore from Louisville had heard about CU in middle school and said, "I knew I wanted to go to CU where everything is centered around Christ." She hopes to teach in an inner-city school and, "shine the light of Christ there as CU has done for me, preparing me for service."

Ohlmann said CU alumna Bonnie Abner had been a mentor to her and always passed the Campbellsvillian magazines on to her. Ohlmann is a School of Education sophomore double majoring in Spanish education and works as a counselor in the CU Office of Admissions.