Cultural Awareness Week discussed "Black Lives Matter" in a forum Wednesday night featuring alumnus Dr. Brandon Jones. Jones, assistant director and coordinator of academic coaching, advising and learning strategy consulting at Clemson University in South Carolina, also spoke at a luncheon Wednesday afternoon to explain the Black Lives Matter ... [Read More…]
Cornerstone classes compete in blood donor drive
Students and alumni helped raise awareness about blood cancer through a blood donor drive Monday through Thursday in the McGlothlin Campus Center. Sponsored by alumnus Early Young and nonprofit DKMS, the drive will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. and anyone can register or donate. Chelsea Fordham, DKMS student ambassador for ACU, ... [Read More…]
Highland Church seeks to bridge gap between Christian, Muslim communities
Highland Church of Christ welcomed Imam Samer Maltabaa of the Lubbock Mosque for a forum geared toward making peace with Muslim-majority parts of the world. The discussion series, titled "To Know and Love Your Muslim Neighbor," will take place in two parts. It began Wednesday, Nov. 2 and will continue Wednesday, Nov. 9 in the church's main ... [Read More…]
2nd annual Hudson Wade 5K to benefit pediatric cancer foundation
A campus 5K run/walk will raise money for Play for Rex foundation, an Abilene based organization-helping families facing pediatric cancer. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting the 2nd annual Hudson Wade 5K run/walk. The run/walk will begin at Hardin Administration building at 9 a.m. on Nov. 19 and go around the Lunsford Trail. ... [Read More…]
Maker Lab and SITC design virtual reality goggles
The future of virtual reality on the ACU campus can be seen through the lenses of 200 cardboard goggles that were handed out at the SITC chapel on Tuesday. The School of Information Technology and Computing and the Maker Lab collaborated in using the concept of the Google Cardboard virtual reality project in order to design a cost-effective, ... [Read More…]
Underclassmen benefit from new advising system, upperclassmen struggle to adjust
Students are reporting differing opinions and experiences with the new centralized advising system. The university finalized a Central Advising team over the summer, creating a temporary space for the team on the third floor of the library. Students were assigned an adviser based on their declared major and advising functions transitioned to the ... [Read More…]
Speaking Center teaches Strengths Quest
The Speaking Center is now offering personal coaching for students who have taken the Gallup Strengths Quest assessment to help develop student’s strengths revealed in the assessment. “Since it’s a developmental tool, Gallup advocates that people get coaching so that they can not only understand their strengths but also know how to develop and ... [Read More…]
Springboard competition begins registration
Students with any major can participate in the entrepreneurial Springboard Elevator Pitch competition. The elevator pitch is a two-minute persuasive sales pitch of an original product or business and this year's Audience Choice winners could win $500. The concept behind an elevator pitch came from the idea that a person only has the time that ... [Read More…]
Former flower shop building still vacant
The vacant building on campus court, previously known as Bitsy’s Flower Shop, is still looking for a buyer after the shop closed down three years ago. Tommy Simons and Associates Realtors is asking $379,000 for the property but is also willing to consider leasing the property. Tommy Simon, a sales executive, said the property is the only ... [Read More…]
SA registers voters, encourages LGBT discussion
The Students' Association registered about 336 students to vote at the beginning of October. Abbey Moses, executive president, was deputized to register voters in Taylor County. Most students registered in the SA office, but about 25 students registered through a voter registration tailgate at the football game on Oct. 8, and about 14-18 people ... [Read More…]
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