The ACU Venture Out Program will be selling shirts featuring Fritter, the K9, to raise funds for Peyton’s K9s, a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness for K9 police units in need. Teaming up with Kelly Mann, assistant professor of interior design and owner of Fritter, students of the Introduction to Business class taught by Dr. ... [Read More…]
Ethnos performance to premier ‘Pandemic’
The International Students Association will be hosting Ethnos with a new theme at 7 p.m on Nov. 8-9 in Cullen Auditorium. This year’s theme will be “Pandemic.” Ethnos is ACU’s annual culture show that is performed every year in the fall semester and is the biggest event that ISA puts on for students. This a showcase of different artistic ... [Read More…]
‘Flex Your Defense’ Flu shot initiative arrives
Flu vaccines were made available to students and faculty to combat the approaching fall Flu season beginning on Tuesday. The Medical and Counseling Care Center (MACC) conducted flu shot clinics at various locations throughout the ACU campus starting at the Halbert Walling Research Center Lobby on Tuesday. The next was Thursday at the Campus ... [Read More…]
Art showcase to be inaugurated in Leipzig villa
A permanent showcase of student art pieces will be inaugurated at the Leipzig Study Abroad location, for the first time. ACU purchased a villa in Leipzig in 2017 and moved to it in spring 2018. At this point, the villa lacked artwork and decorating. Therefore, it was appropriate to outfit the villa with pieces produced by ACU art and design ... [Read More…]
Solo production raises awareness of suicide prevention
The Theater Honor Society will host “Lance’s Night of Shakespeare” on Sunday. The proceeds for this production will be directed to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This play is produced in honor of Lance Bleakney, a theatre major who had graduated in May 2019. This student took his own life two weeks after his graduation. He was ... [Read More…]
Brown Library ships 393 boxes of old books to recycle
The Brown Library shipped 393 boxes of old books last week to be processed and recycled in California. This collection of books being sent out for recycling consists of a large number of older books including literature, textbooks, criticisms, novels, and collections from 1999 and before. Many of these books have sustained damages, such as ... [Read More…]
China no longer accepts plastic and glass from US
For the first time in decades, China is no longer receiving plastics and glass from the U.S. for recycling. China's reason for the change is the plastics from the U.S. are not sorted properly. This has resulted in China spending more money in order to sort out plastics before processing. Plastics are separated into subsets due to different ... [Read More…]
Maslow Coffee Company weathers summer
Maslow Coffee Company continues to grow and prosper from its opening in March of 2019. The coffee company, located near the ACU campus police station, is still open for business. Business for Maslow’s dwindled during the summer months due to students leaving school and going back home. However, the numbers in terms of profit and growth during ... [Read More…]
University Park welcomes resident advisers
University Park Apartments welcomed resident advisers on its property this year in partnership with ACU Resident Life for the first time. University Park Apartments are owned by Campus Living Villages. The new resident advisers will have the responsibility of programming and coordinating community events and bettering community life. Scott ... [Read More…]
Tatum moves Sing Song leader selection to fall
The co-directors of Sing Song 2020, formerly called "co-chairs," will not be named until the fall semester for the first time in a decade, said Nick Tatum, director of student productions. For several years, co-chairs had been selected each spring for the following year's Sing Song. Tatum said he is delaying the selection this year so the ... [Read More…]