As the semester moves forward, you will see articles published by the Optimist Editorial Board. Such pieces are not indicative of one persons opinion, but rather a combination of opinions and beliefs of the Optimist Editorial Board. We felt it was beneficial for you to get to know us each individually before you hear our voice ... [Read More…]
Praise Day Fridays return to campus
Video by Allie Jones. https://youtu.be/4F0D1oNzGjM ... [Read More…]
Duncum Center adapts to COVID-19 uncertainties
As COVID-19 causes all areas of ACU to create new regulation and safety guidelines, the Duncum Center has changed the way that ACU students engage with their program. For years now the Duncum Center has worked adjacent to ACU’s department of communications and science disorder to help serve the Abilene community. At the clinic, students are able ... [Read More…]
ASHA hosts Student Advocacy Day
In spite of COVID regulations, ACU’s National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or NSSLHA, chapter announced its plans to safely participate in ASHA National Student Advocacy Day. The goal of the Student Advocacy Day is to allow CSD students and professionals to advocate for themselves and their careers to the state and national ... [Read More…]
NEXT leading $30.5 million nuclear research collaboration
ACU will join three major universities in the search for a better tomorrow. With Natura Resources’s help ACU, Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin will form the Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Research Alliance (NEXTRA). This $30.5 million collaboration will be the largest sponsored ... [Read More…]
Study Abroad: Coming home to quarantine
When I signed up to study abroad in Leipzig, Germany my second semester of college I never intended to be quarantined in Texas for half of it. At the beginning of this year, I had never lived more than an hour away from my parents, visited another country, or even been on a plane before. Everything changed when I made one of the craziest ... [Read More…]
Bon Jehovah: Dodgeball turns into a cappella group
The faculty men’s a cappella group's performance of The Twelve Days of Christmas during Chapel on Wednesday sets the stage for its a cappella season. One of the group’s co-founders, Dr. Vic McCracken, associate professor of ethics and theology, said the group was formed several years ago by members of the faculty-staff dodgeball team, Release the ... [Read More…]
United Way of Abilene searches for volunteers for Winter Lightfest
ACU is partnering with United Way of Abilene to offer volunteers for the first Winter Lightfest. Jordan Jones, associate director of financial aid and counseling, has been selected to be ACU’s loan executive for the 2019-20 school year. Jones, originally from Dallas, has been at ACU since last August. One of Jones’s duties is to assist in ... [Read More…]
Student entrepreneurs participate in local Christmas Market
Two student entrepreneurs from ACU showcased their small businesses at the annual Abilene Christmas Market, Nov. 9. The Christmas Market was organized by People Party Craft and consisted of over 50 vendors in downtown Abilene. These vendors are local business owners of varying sizes, including two ACU students Adriana Colunga and Karson ... [Read More…]
Intro to Making class creates prosthetic hands
Last week, the first year graduate students of the Intro to Making class in the Occupational Therapy program finished up their second project of the year: making prosthetic hands. Lillie Thomas, assistant professor of occupational therapy has lead the Intro to Making class for two years now. However, the class was originally created by Neil ... [Read More…]