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(Photo by Holly Dorn)

Gallery: 2017-2018 Year End Review

May 9, 2018 by Nicholas Cromwell

With events that included Wildcat Week, Homecoming, Sing Song and much more the 2017-2018 school year is one to remember.

Mentor Group Olympic Champions (Photo by Christi Lim)
Hundreds of incoming freshmen hold their candles and listen to Director of ACU Baccalaureate Social Work Program, Stephen Baldridge discuss what it means to serve others. (Photo by Lauren Franco)
Mentor Leaders, Wildcat Reign, and other upperclassmen lead the freshmen with the help of Big Purple in our Alma Mater(Photo by Holly Dorn)

Going all out to celebrate a touchdown in our brand new stadium (Photo by Lauren Franco)
CATS, Homecoming Musical, Theatre (Photo by Lauren Franco)
Freshmen Movie Ushers pulling the audience into their Sing Song act with impressive choreography and great vocals. (Photo by Lauren Franco)

Nathan MacDonald at TEDxACU (Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)
ACU Paint Fest (Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)
Two members of Sub-T 16 double mugging at the ACU Rodeo(Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)

Pi Kappa squeezes a watermelon with rubber bands until it explodes (Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)
Nancy Preston, Sophomore from Houston deciding which free plant to take(Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)
Carl Kimbrough performs in James and the Giant Peach (Photo by Holly Dorn)

Graduating seniors were honored at Candlelight Send-Off on Tuesday night. (Photo by Lauren Franco)
The Cabinet hosted a Dead Day event where students could come do Goat Yoga (Photo by Nicholas Cromwell)

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About Nicholas Cromwell

Nicholas is a senior accounting and finance major from Dallas.

Being an accounting major, I don't spend all of my time crunching numbers but spend a lot of my free time outside, adventuring. Specifically I enjoy cycling, mountain biking, hiking, hunting, camping, sports of all kinds, and taking photos of these things. However, sometimes I also spend my time inside, cooking! I prefer to do my adventuring with other people who like to adventure because adventuring with people is much more memorable.

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The Optimist staff won several awards and competed at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association 2026 convention in Denton this weekend. Students participated in live contests and submitted work from the past year into the competition.Here are the results.- 1st place: Live print news writing, Ashley Henderson- 1st place: Live print sports writing, Roman Raffaeli- 2nd place: Live tv announcing, Zion Webb- 2nd place: Live news photo, Daniel Curd- 2nd place: Newscast, Optimist Staff- Honorable mention: Documentary (video), Makayla Clayton- 2nd place: Documentary, JMC documentary production class- 3rd place: General news, Callie Leverett- Honorable mention: General column, Zion Webb- Honorable mention: Sports reporting (video), Roman Raffaeli- Honorable mention: Live sports action photo, Daniel Curd- Honorable mention: General news video story, Ashley Henderson- Honorable mention: Photo illustrations (Daniel Curd & Optimist staffStudents also received awards for their work through KACU and ACUTV.- 1st place: In-depth news reporting (audio), Ashley Henderson- 1st place: General news audio story, Baylie Simon- 1st place: Live sports coverage (video), Roman Raffaeli & London Gray- 2nd place: Live sports coverage (video), Josiah Wonnell & Londyn Gray- 3rd place: General news audio story, Ashley Henderson- 2nd place: Sportscast (audio), Daisy Strine & Zion Webb- 3rd place: Sportscast (audio), Daisy Strine & Zion Webb- 3rd place: Feature reporting (audio), Baylie Simon- Honorable Mention: Feature reporting (audio), Josiah Wonnell#acuoptimist #abilenechristianuniversity #studentmedia #tipa2026 ... See MoreSee Less

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Sororities and fraternities began New Member Orientation with Bid Day, officially starting the pledging process this weekend.Originally scheduled for last week, the start was delayed due to winter weather that brought snow and ice to campus. Clubs and their sponsors gathered at designated locations on and off campus to complete tasks assigned by their officers.To view the full photo gallery, visit acuoptimist.com or click the link in our bio. #acuoptimist #abilenechristianuniversity #greeklife 📸: Daniel Curdacuoptimist.com/2026/02/gallery-clubs-begin-new-member-orientation-after-weather-delay/?fbclid=PA... ... See MoreSee Less

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