The theatre department put on a production titled “Tied” at Fulks Theatre on Saturday at 7:30 p.m with free admission. Tied is a play taking place in 1963 after the world lost “4 Little Girls” in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Daniel, a devoted husband and father, loses his youngest daughter to this tragedy. This one-man play was ... [Read More…]
AES completes summer service trip to Nicaragua
A group of students and staff traveled to Jinotega, Nicaragua for three weeks over the summer to install bio-sand water filters, dig sanitary composting latrines and tour local facilities. The group was from the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Wildcat Academics on Mission (WAM), an initiative of the Halbert Center for ... [Read More…]
Halbert-Walling Research Center launches a new Center for Pre-Health Professions
The new Center for Pre-Health Professions is being launched for students who are preparing to apply to a graduate health professions program to lead to a career in healthcare. Dr. Cynthia Powell, executive director of the Center for Pre-Health Professions, said as the number of graduate programs for health professions has grown and the ... [Read More…]
Gloomy weather welcomed class of 2025 on move-in day
Drizzly weather greeted Wildcat Week volunteers and new students as they made their way to campus for move-in day on Tuesday. Residence halls opened up to students, parents, Wildcat Week leaders and friends from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to move incoming freshmen and transfer students into their first-year living spaces. Macy Frost, a freshman ... [Read More…]
GATA celebrates 100th birthday
GATA members kicked off their 100th birthday celebration on Jan. 16 in The Campus Center after Chapel, handing out red velvet bundtinis. The women of GATA celebrated their centennial with a singing of happy birthday around the GATA fountain and a dance party in the campus center. According to “The Women of GATA” website, the group was ... [Read More…]
Photo contest to be held by Pruett Gerontology
Older generations are in the spotlight due to the “Images of Aging” photo contest being held by the Pruett Gerontology Center taking place Jan. 22 to Feb. 10. “I expect to see photos that express all varieties of aging, from the mundane daily tasks like washing dishes to the extraordinary like the woman who bow hunts at age 70,” Dr. Suzie ... [Read More…]
Student Life reads to children in local laundromat
The Office of Student Life partnered with Laundry Luv to read to children at an Abilene laundromat. It’s in hopes that soon student volunteers will be reading to kids at Laundry Luv on 3202 N. 1st Street. Laundry Luv’s reading program is through a non-profit reading organization, Too Small to Fail, stationed in New York City. According to its ... [Read More…]
Christmas a cappella concert to be in Cullen
A cappella groups are having a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. on Friday in Cullen Auditorium. Hilltop, Grace Note, and Foundation will be performing this week to celebrate the holidays. Anyone is welcome to come and a chapel credit is being offered. According to the Student Life website, a cappella dates back to the founding of the university in ... [Read More…]
Sing Song dance team tryouts on Sunday
The Sing Song dance team auditions will be held from 8-10 p.m. on Sunday at the Royce and Pam Money Recreation and Wellness Center. Any student is allowed to try out. Sing Song dance team directors ask students wanting to attend and participate to wear appropriate clothing, bring water and be willing to learn. The Sing Song dance team is a part ... [Read More…]
Writing Center honors 20 years on campus
The Writing Center will mark its 20th anniversary celebration during Homecoming week. The celebration will take place on Saturday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Brown Library on the ground floor. At the event there will be desserts and a small ceremony performed by Dr. Robert Rhodes, the provost. The Writing Center was established in 1999 by the ... [Read More…]