Two faculty members find themselves in the homestretch of their collegiate teaching careers. Kitty Wasemiller, professor in the Department of Art and Design, and Dr. Tony Ash, professor in the College of Biblical Studies, will retire at the conclusion of the spring semester. Wasemiller, program director of the interior design program, taught ... [Read More…]
Downtown Abilene gets a splash of color
Internationally acclaimed Cuban-American artist and ACU alumus Rolando Diaz is bringing the ocean to Downtown Abilene. Tom Rose, owner of Thomas Everett's Fine Furniture, saw Diaz paint a mural in Peru recently and asked him to do a similar project on the side of the the building on South 1st Street between Elm Street and Sycamore Street. The ... [Read More…]
Student Relay for Life teams raise $35k
Abilene's 21st annual American Cancer Society (ACS) Relay for Life event will take place Saturday and Sunday at Hardin-Simmons University's intramural field. "Our vision for Relay for Life is for it to be a community event to bring people and survivors together all for the same cause of finding a cure for cancer," said Josh Steed, a staff ... [Read More…]
Class research benefits Abilene organizations
Students in the Department of Communication integrated cultural research from five Abilene organizations into their course work in an effort to aid each nonprofit in its development. The COMS 383 students completed a project assessing, auditing and providing improvement and problem solutions to several organizations in Abilene. "The course is ... [Read More…]
Sub T-16 members dominate Abilene cornhole tournament
Two members of Sub T-16 won first place at Abilene Hope Haven's First Annual BBQ and Cornhole Tournament April 18. The winners, Barrett Brown, senior nursing major from Odessa, and Connor Osburn, senior accounting major from Southlake, took home the first-place prize, a customized cornhole set, after defeating 17 teams in the ... [Read More…]
ACU Nuclear Physics Group receives increased funding
The ACU Nuclear Physics Group has been renewed for funding from the United States Department of Energy for two years at $210,000 per year. "This is a $23,000-per-year increase, which is significant considering the current financial constraints that basic research in the United States has been dealing with in recent years," said Dr. Donald ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Newscast – April 17, 2015
This week on the JMC Network Newscast... First, a look at the new Elmer Gray Stadium on campus. Then, a behind-the-scenes look at KACU's pledge drive and finally, a preview of TEDxACU. Produced by: Shera Niemirowski Videos by: Jesse Harper and Kynzie Newman ... [Read More…]
School of Nursing prepares first class of graduates
Political science majors have the LSAT, health science majors have the MCAT and nursing majors have the NCLEX. Every nursing major needs to take the National Council Licensure Examination in order to become registered nurses. But this year, there's a little more pressure with this round of exams. If ACU School of Nursing's first graduating class ... [Read More…]
JMC Network receives recognition for hard work
Student reporters with the JMC Network received recognition at two journalism conferences earlier in the semester. Eight students received recognition at a Society of Professional Journalists conference March 27 in Norman, Oklahoma. Then, the network went on to the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention in San Antonio on April 9-10 to ... [Read More…]
New directors of student media, Morris & Mitchell selected
The JMC Network, the student-run public relations and advertising agency Morris & Mitchell, and student multimedia agency 99 West have new directors for the 2015-2016 school year. Brittany Jackson, junior convergence journalism major from Mission Viejo, California, was selected by a panel of faculty members within the Department of ... [Read More…]
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