When ACU joins the Southland Conference next fall, athletics is not the only department that will feel the effects of the move to a new conference. Academics will feel a definite impact of the adjustment as well. "The reason the new standards are being put into place is there are quite a few students who are playing sports for Division I ... [Read More…]
Archives for February 2013
Sanctify to offer workshop to benefit accident victims
Sanctify will have a Dance Benefit Workshop in order to raise money for victims of the Jan.25 accident, Rebekah Cherniss and Deanna Romero. The workshop will be March 2 from 12:30-3 p.m. Cherniss and Romero were members of Sanctify last semester. "They loved to dance, and they loved to just be around," said Byron Martin, director of the Office of ... [Read More…]
Third Culture Kids recognized as ACU group
ACU has officially recognized Third Culture Kids as a student group. "Third culture kids" (or TCKs) is a term coined by sociologists in the 1960s to describe children of families that had become increasingly mobile and displaced. TCKs are people who have spent a significant part of their formative years in two or more countries and yet do not feel ... [Read More…]
Clinic director studying addictions to smoking
In the final stages of her doctoral study, an ACU instructor is researching the perspectives and consumption stages of smoking addictions. Cherisse Flanagan, director of the ACU Psychology Clinic and instructor of psychology, specialized in the health aspects of psychology. Flanagan chose a health related issue in the area of smoking for her ... [Read More…]
Veterans to reflect on Holocaust
The Holocaust Remembrance is being hosted at the Abilene Civic Center on March 1 at 7 p.m. Max Glauben, a survivor of the Holocaust, will be returning for a second year as a guest speaker to tell his amazing story. John Critvas, a veteran of the 12th armored division, who liberated a concentration camp, will share his experiences. Kimhun Dam, a ... [Read More…]
ACU Press releases new story compilation
Abilene Christian University Press partnered with the Grace Museum on Thursday to release the book, Abilene Stories: From Then to Now, an anthology written about Abilene over the past 130 years. In the ballroom of the Grace the editors of the book, Glenn Dromgoole, Jay Moore and Joe W. Specht gathered with over 200 Abilene locals, history buffs ... [Read More…]
Seekers to spread ministry on spring break tour
Seekers of the Word, ACU's drama ministry group, plans to travel to Colorado during spring break. The group, often referred to as simply "Seekers," performs skits with messages inspired by scripture. Seekers performs on campus and for youth groups in Abilene and surrounding cities. An out-of-state trip is not a new concept for Seekers. Emmy ... [Read More…]
Four-time Tatum
"The man with a plan." That's how classmates refer to senior family studies major from Plano, Nick Tatum. With the senior class' win last Saturday, he is now "The man with four Sing Song golds." However, before ACU, Nick Tatum had never attended, much less heard of Sing Song. Tatum began his freshman year as a music major, but quickly changed to ... [Read More…]
New competition asks students to artistically analyze addiction
"Stories of Addiction," a new art and writing competition on campus, asks ACU students to creatively define addiction and offers cash prizes for first and second place. Entries will be judged in two categories - art and writing. Art entries encompass drawings, photography, paintings, sculptures, ceramics and graphic design. Writing entries ... [Read More…]
Kids TV needs a throwback makeover, too
Television has become a vital part to many people's lives. Adults and children alike spend a lot of their time sitting in front of a screen. The amount of television that our generation consumes keeps going up, but the quality of the television that is aired on the networks is going down. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids spend more ... [Read More…]
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