Delta Theta is making a "Biddie Closet" to provide the uniforms and items needed for any pledges who are financially unable to do so. The Biddie Closet is a new idea Delta Theta plans to implement by providing any girls that receive a bid from their club with necessary items and apparel needed for their pledging process. The club will take ... [Read More…]
Former student acquitted on sexual assault, tampering charges
A former student has been acquitted of charges that he sexually assaulted another student and withheld and destroyed evidence during an investigation related to an incident at a house two blocks from campus in the fall of 2014. Jacob Windsor, who at the time of the incident was a junior biology major from Midlothian, was found not guilty by a ... [Read More…]
University outranks other Texas schools in World Report
ACU has outranked other Texas universities in U.S. News & World Report’s new benchmark and climbed nine spots in the regional rankings from last year. The university received its highest overall Western Region ranking in history at 12th in the U.S. News & World Report's 2020 "America's Best Colleges." Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the ... [Read More…]
Hamm becomes ACU’s first chief diversity officer
The university has appointed Stephanie Hamm as the university's first chief diversity officer. Hamm graduated from ACU in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in social work. She went on to obtain her Master's Degree in Social Work at West Virginia University and then received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Arlington. She worked in social work ... [Read More…]
Law requires employees to report sexual assault incidents
University employees are now required by law to promptly report incidents regarding sexual harassment and assault against a student or another employee as of Sept. 1. Senate Bill 212, which went into effect Sept. 1, says all employees of an institution, public or private, must "promptly report" any reports made to them involving the sexual ... [Read More…]
Turning the news back on
Honestly, I used to have a negative view of media and the news. I still barely read the news, but here I am, writing for a newspaper. After years of watching my grandfather sitting in his recliner, leaned back, yelling at the television because the Republicans were doing this or the Democrats were doing that, I started to tune it out. After ... [Read More…]
Experiential Learning Center opens in library
The Center for Careers and Experiential Learning has been added to the Brown Library to include the Career Center, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Research and Halbert Institute for Missions and Global Service. The Center for Careers and Experiential Learning is located in the front, left entrance of the library. It will be a central location on ... [Read More…]
Three faculty members receive 2019-20 Digital Scholars Grant
Three faculty members have received a grant by the University Library Committee to encourage digital research at ACU. Dr. Lynette Austin, Nick Tatum and Dr. Trey Shirley were awarded a year-long grant funding program called the Digital Scholars Grant. The grant is intended to encourage faculty research and learning within their specific fields ... [Read More…]
NEXT Lab receives national recognition
The Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing (NEXT) Lab has established a consortium with the University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Tech University and Texas A&M University, in pursuit of building the first university-based molten salt reactor in the U.S. Dr. Rusty Towell, professor of engineering and physics and director of the NEXT Lab, said ... [Read More…]
Library dean accepts job in Florida
Dr. John Weaver, dean of library services and educational technology, has taken a new job at Florida College as academic dean. Since 2011, Weaver has served as dean of library services and educational technology. “It was a moment in which all of the units that supported the learning management system and other technology support for academics ... [Read More…]
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