Keaton Brewster, junior physics and math major from Malibu, Calif., and Reuben Howe, sophomore engineering major from Lockhart, received scholarships from the Office of Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), for their undergraduate research on nuclear energy. The DOE provides more than $5 million ... [Read More…]
The university plans to offer additional financial support for the fall
With an expected normal start to the fall semester, the university does not have plans to change the amount of tuition, yet is prepared to offer more financial support. Dr. Robert Rhodes, provost of the university, said the leadership has talked about, like every university being prepared, a plan B, but they do expect to have a normal fall ... [Read More…]
Leaders of the university to answer questions via livestream
A live streamed question and answer meeting for students and parents with Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, Dr. Robert Rhodes, provost of the university, and Dr. Tamara Long, vice president for enrollment management and interim vice president for student life, will begin tomorrow at 1 p.m. The livestream will be held through ... [Read More…]
Prospective students take university’s first ever virtual tour of campus
About 1,400 prospective students registered to join the university's first ever virtual tour of campus on April 3. The number of students that were registered for the virtual event tripled the largest number of students the university has seen for a single campus visit experience. Of the students that registered to join, about half were high ... [Read More…]
Ready or not, the time is now
We ran out the doors March 6 without looking back. We were ready for spring break and a time to break out of our mundane schedule. Now we are missing our mundane schedule. We didn't know that we should've hugged our friends closer, remembered to say goodbye and thank you to those professors who had encouraged us all semester and taken the ... [Read More…]
University to reimburse students for housing, meal plans during pandemic
The administration plans to issue partial refunds to students who have vacated on-campus residence halls this semester due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students living in on-campus residence halls were required by the university to vacate their rooms by March 31, unless approved to the exception process. Exceptions are students who have ... [Read More…]
Police Log: March 17- 24, 2020
03/17/2020 12:31 p.m.- BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE- ACU FACILITIES: ZOE PROPERTY EN 10th The live-in caretaker of the ACU owned Zoe Property on EN 10th Street reported that someone kicked in the door to the residence and burglarized the house while he was at work, stealing several items. Investigation ongoing. 03/18/2020 2:19 p.m.- THEFT- ACU ... [Read More…]
University extends online learning, commencement ceremony postponed to August
The university has extended online learning through the end of the spring semester of 2020 and has postponed Commencement ceremonies to Aug. 7-8. Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, said in a campus-wide email sent out around 5 p.m. on Friday, "While this is a difficult decision, especially for our graduates and their families, we ... [Read More…]
The Adams Center provides resources for faculty and staff
The Adams Center has become the main source for faculty and staff transitioning online, providing face-to-face and online training sessions through Zoom, a video communication platform. Berlin Fang, director of instructional design at the Adams Center, said there are some courses that may be a little difficult to translate into the online ... [Read More…]
Emergency response team meets daily to make decisions for ACU community
University leadership plans to make a decision by April 3 whether it will extend the online-only class format beyond April 9. Last week, the university decided to extend spring break through March 20 and move to online-only classes from March 23 to April 9 because of the spreading COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Dr. Phil Schubert, president ... [Read More…]
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