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Study Abroad: Coming home to quarantine

March 23, 2020 by Allie Jones

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…]

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Bon Jehovah: Dodgeball turns into a cappella group

December 3, 2019 by Allie Jones

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…]

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United Way of Abilene searches for volunteers for Winter Lightfest

November 21, 2019 by Allie Jones

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…]

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Student entrepreneurs participate in local Christmas Market

November 15, 2019 by Allie Jones

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…]

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Intro to Making class creates prosthetic hands

November 7, 2019 by Allie Jones

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…]

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Duncum introduces Social Thinking program to Kenley School

October 31, 2019 by Allie Jones

The Kenley School of Abilene and the Duncum Center are partnering with each other to introduce a new program the Social Thinking program to Kenley students. Social Thinking is a methodology that was created by Michelle Garcia Winter, a speech pathologist in California, and will be used at Kenley to address the social skills that students ... [Read More…]

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Sing Song 2025 Awards Class Division:

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