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Taylor to speak at December commencement

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Dr. Jerry Taylor will deliver a commencement address to 155 undergraduates and 55 graduate students at ACU's December Commencement Ceremony Friday. The ceremony will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. Bart Herridge, registrar and director of academic records, said last year's December graduating class consisted of 200 students. Taylor, ... [Read More…]

Where in the World is Royce?

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"I don't spend a lot of time looking back, I like looking forward," said ACU chancellor Dr. Royce Money. When Dr. Phil Schubert officially took over responsibilities as president of ACU on June 1, of this year, former president Royce Money transitioned into his new role as university chancellor. The new position has given Money and his wife, Pam, ... [Read More…]

Running to the ‘Ship

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On Saturday the men's cross country team can add to ACU's already mind-blowing number of national championships. Currently, the athletic program has 55 team championships, good enough for fifth all-time. The schools that ACU trails include Div. I athletic powerhouses USC, Stanford and UCLA, and Division III school Kenyon College. That number can ... [Read More…]

Golf adds two new faces for 2011

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ACU signed two golfers from Arkansas Baptist High School in Little Rock this week. Classmates Corbin Renner and Luke Carpenter will continue to be teammates when they join the Wildcat golf team in fall 2011. Among the top Division II links programs, ACU's golf team finished ranked fifth in the nation at the close of the 2010 fall season. Coach ... [Read More…]

For the Love of the Game

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Inspiration comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and sources. For some, it can come from quotations and texts, while others prefer material things like posters and words of encouragement. For me, it came in the form of a six-year-old, 15-pound boy named Josiah Viera. In a wonderfully sculpted piece, ESPN's Tom Rinaldi chronicled the incredible ... [Read More…]

SA lights up Campus Center for Christmas

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Holiday cheer is spreading through campus, especially with the addition of Christmas lights around the McGlothlin Campus Center Wednesday. The Students' Association, Business Services, the Campus Center, Physical Resources and the Office of Campus Aesthetics are all helping to fund the project. Lisa Flores, project manager for Business Services, ... [Read More…]

Abilene airport adds new tower, committee

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Abilene Regional Airport is seeing change this winter, including a new air-traffic control tower and an advisory committee composed of college students. The new tower will be located on the east side of the airfield and stand at 121 feet tall. It will be almost twice as tall as the current tower, which was built in the early 1950s, said Don Green, ... [Read More…]

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