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Interior design students win multiple awards in Dallas

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Interior design students won several awards this month at the American Society of Interior Designers Student Symposium in Dallas. English Minter, senior interior design major from Dallas and president of the ASID student chapter at ACU, won first place in the 2010/2011 ASID Texas Chapter Student Scholarships and was awarded a $2,000 scholarship. ... [Read More…]

HR offers tips for adjusting to new health rules

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Bart Herridge, registrar, said he understands why some ACU employees are skeptical about the health benefits changes in 2011. He represented staff as the university planned the changes. "There's a degree of shock value to it just because it's such a different paradigm from the way we've done health insurance," Herridge said. But Herridge said he ... [Read More…]

Abilene to host inaugural races to support charities

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Runners all over Abilene are lacing up their shoes for the inaugural Abilene Marathon and Half Marathon Saturday morning. The event offers three different race events: a marathon, a half marathon and a four-person relay. The events start at 7:30 a.m. and have already reached the maximum number of participants. The races will begin and end at the ... [Read More…]

Staff members to tweet entire Bible

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Three ACU staff members have tweeted their way into the book of Joshua on a 1,189-day plan to tweet the entire Bible. ACU technology support specialists Nathanial Jones, Kent West and Chris Rhodes started tweeting on Apr. 14 in a project they call "140 Bible." Jones and Rhodes read online that someone had tried tweeting the Bible but stopped ... [Read More…]

Antique radio collection honors late ACU professor

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The antique radio collection of the late Dr. Lowell G. Perry was dedicated last Saturday during a breakfast reception at KACU. The collection is now on permanent display in the office of KACU. "Lowell dedicated his life to broadcasting. He should be remembered for the great things he did," said Richard Melton, a former friend of Perry. The ... [Read More…]

SA Congress supports student survey

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Students' Association Congress passed two resolutions at its Wednesday meeting. The resolutions were to support the Locavore club's plan to build a garden on campus and SA's plan to conduct a student-wide survey. Senior senator Scott Adrian, senior political science and communications major from Glendale, Calif., presented the resolution to ... [Read More…]

Students named Sing Song hosts, hostesses

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At the age of six, Kat Bailey watched a Sing Song hostess perform "Goody Goody" on the stage in Moody Coliseum. In that moment, she knew she wanted to be a Sing Song hostess herself one day. This year, that dream will come true, as she and five other students perform as Hosts and Hostesses in Sing Song 2011. The office of student productions made ... [Read More…]

Wildcats hold down run and gun Greyhounds

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The ACU Wildcats moved to a perfect 8-0 on the season with a 53-14 victory over the Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds. Wide receiver Edmund Gates had a record-setting day for the Wildcats before coming out in the third quarter, with seven receptions for 124 yards and three touchdowns. The three touchdowns mark the first time Gates has had ... [Read More…]

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