With more than 1,000 new students set to hit campus Tuesday, Residence Life has reimagined the move-in process and modeled it after Chick-fil-A's drive-thru system. Jenny Butler, assistant director of Residence Life, said incoming freshmen were assigned move-in times in four time slots between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Because move-in times were based ... [Read More…]
Chipotle rolls into town, chooses location
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Chipotle is coming to Abilene and permits have been filed with the City of Abilene for renovations to a building on S. Clack Street. The long-awaited burrito chain will be located at 3800 S. Clack St. in a former Citibank location near Target. No opening date has been set for the location, and KTXS ... [Read More…]
Men’s basketball hosts prayer vigil for Dallas
The ACU community and Abilene citizens bowed their heads in response to national tragedies with a prayer vigil hosted by the ACU men’s basketball team Wednesday night in Hart Auditorium. The prayer vigil was created for people to come together and pray about the Dallas shootings which brought devastation across America last week. The event in ... [Read More…]
Spencers say ‘sayonara’ to Abilene, head to Japan
An ACU couple is packing their bags for a new chapter in their lives. Alison and Nathan Spencer are wrapping up their last few days of work on campus before heading to Japan. Alison Spencer, academic coordinator for the Honors College, won the Japanese Exchange Teaching (JET) award and will move to Japan with her husband by the end of ... [Read More…]
Mail services, Living Room to move for centralized advising
The Campus Center Living Room will be eliminated and Mail Services will move to make room for an expanded Depot, which will include centralized advising offices. University administration announced in the spring a decision to move academic advising to a centralized location. Kevin Campbell, chief enrollment officer, is directing the change ... [Read More…]
New COBA dean outlines goals, leadership style
The College of Business Administration's new dean brings analytical leadership and development goals to the position. Dr. Brad Crisp, former director of the School of Information Technology and Computing, took his position as the new dean of COBA May 9. He served as the interim dean since January when Dr. Rick Lytle stepped down. A search ... [Read More…]
Gallery: Graduation 2016
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Gallery: Christian Service Center Fire
A two-alarm fire broke out at around 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Christian Service Center located near downtown Abilene. The center, which is a ministry that aims at helping underprivileged community members, was a complete loss. ... [Read More…]
Jackson, Cuevas’ positions eliminated as Student Life restructures
The Office of Student Life eliminated the roles of Mark Jackson, associate director of student organizations and programs, and Mary Beth Cuevas, associate director of Leadership Camps. Chris Riley, vice president of student life, said the office reduced their positions from full-time to reduced full-time positions because of budgeting. "In ... [Read More…]
Spiritual Formation Credits double community service activities
Two semesters after the Office of Student Development initiated Spiritual Formation Event Credits, the number of students involved in community service more than doubled. In Spring 2015, about 90 students participated in community service, but the number of students rose to 260 in spring 2016, according to data released by the Office of Student ... [Read More…]
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