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OMA recruits students for paid internship opportunity

January 28, 2016 by Emily Guajardo

The Office of Multicultural Affairs is looking for applicants for an internship opportunity in Fall 2016. The Students Culture Affairs Council will be a paid internship for any students looking for an encounter with different cultures across campus. Prentice Ashford, director of OMA, said the paid internship will be a program where students ... [Read More…]

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Men and women’s tennis hit the road this weekend

January 28, 2016 by Max Preston

This weekend, the men's tennis squad will travel north out of state, while the women will travel the two and a half hours west to Lubbock. The women will take on Texas-Permian Basin and Texas Tech, while the men will have a longer travel up to Colorado Springs to match up against Metropolitan State University of Denver, Air Force Academy, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis

Art students prepare for senior art show

January 28, 2016 by Mercedez Hernandez

Four art students will showcase their work at The Fine Print senior art show at 6 p.m. Friday at the ACU Cockerell Art Gallery. Chera Chaney, Lauren Payne, Chandler Taylor and Jennie Magner will showcase about 40 combined works at the show. A senior art show is a requirement for all art and design majors, and this group of seniors will be the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Senior Art Show, the fine print

TEDxACU speakers to offer diverse perspectives on culture and religion

January 27, 2016 by Haley Remenar

TEDxACU organizers chose nine speakers, including one student speaker and one Muslim-American speaker. Dr. Lauren Lemley, the director of TEDxACU, said the committee wanted a variety of speakers with diverse backgrounds, ethnicities and areas of expertise. "We try to find so many different talks that at the end of the day everyone can find ... [Read More…]

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ACU students join with Global Samaritan to give back

January 27, 2016 by Savanah Silva

The ACU organization known as LYNAY partnered with the Christian humanitarian group, Global Samaritan to help package over 50,000 servings of food. The food will be traveling to refugee camps located in Iraq and hopefully Jordan. Video/editing by Savanah Silva ... [Read More…]

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LYNAY lends a helping hand at Global Samaritan

January 27, 2016 by Jonathan Raitz

Students part of LYNAY prepared over 160,000 meals to send to refugees in Northern Iraq and Jordan this week in a service partnership with Global Samaritan Resources and Midland's Golf Course Road Church of Christ. LYNAY sent 100 students Monday afternoon to begin packing what will be Global Samaritan's first major food shipment. Two hundred ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase

Women’s tennis wins one loses one in Dallas

January 27, 2016 by Max Preston

The women's tennis team took a short trip to Dallas Tuesday to face Southern Methodist University and Dallas Baptist University in some interesting matches. In singles, the Wildcats did well as they won four out of the six matches against DBU. They also earned two tough victories out of six against SMU, dropping the other four. Seniors Nada ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Women's Tennis

Candidates to gather on campus for Thursday forum

January 26, 2016 by Allison Brown

Candidates running for local, state and federal offices will gather Thursday in a forum to discuss issues in the upcoming primary election. The forum, put on by the Taylor County Republican Party, will have 30 candidates on stage at the Hunter Welcome Center. Dr. Neal Coates, professor of political science, said the forum is a good place to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

Arrington announces campaign for AISD board of trustees

January 26, 2016 by Brittany Jackson

Jeff Arrington announced his campaign for Place 1 vacancy on the Abilene Independent School Board yesterday afternoon. Arrington, associate professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics, and his family have been involved in reading events, PTA meetings and science demonstrations in AISD schools since his children were students in the ... [Read More…]

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Dismal shooting and foul troubles plague Wildcats in Huntsville

January 25, 2016 by Daniel Zepeda

The men's basketball team recorded a season-low 51 points against one of the top teams in the Southland Conference Monday night. The Wildcats shot 33 percent from the field and went 6-23 from three in the 72-51 loss against Sam Houston State. ACU now sits below .500 in conference play for the first time this season, at 3-4 and 8-12 overall. The ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Men's Basketball

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