The Mill Wine Bar & Event Venue is celebrating its one-year anniversary with special events throughout the week. The anniversary celebration begins Wednesday with the Texas vs. The World Wine Tasting event and continues with Steak Night Thursday, a crawfish boil Friday and a dance Saturday. The Mill opened May 2, 2014, and provided ... [Read More…]
Sub T-16 members dominate Abilene cornhole tournament
Two members of Sub T-16 won first place at Abilene Hope Haven's First Annual BBQ and Cornhole Tournament April 18. The winners, Barrett Brown, senior nursing major from Odessa, and Connor Osburn, senior accounting major from Southlake, took home the first-place prize, a customized cornhole set, after defeating 17 teams in the ... [Read More…]
Local coffee shops experiencing machine troubles
The espresso machine at the downtown Monks Coffee Shop is finally on its way to recovery. Emily Eastman, Monks employee of over a year, said they bought the espresso machine used and have had it for about six months now. "It just stopped pulling shots," said Eastman, a recent ACU graduate. "The water wasn't coming up to pull the shots, and ... [Read More…]
Students to work ACU Leadership Camps half the summer
ACU Leadership Camps will employ about 90 students from all majors and classes this summer as camp counselors and staff. These students have been preparing since December for this summer's Leadership Camps, which consist of four different camps, each for a different age group. Most of the staff and leadership team are divided in half by those ... [Read More…]
Halbert-Walling groundbreaking slated for Tuesday
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Halbert-Walling Research Center will take place during Chapel Tuesday. The ceremony will be northwest of the Chambers demolition site and west of the Phillips Education Building. It will be a celebration of the Halbert-Walling family's long-time support of the advancement of the university. Students are welcome ... [Read More…]
Beltway Park North to open at end of month
Beltway Park North will open March 29, and the college worship service, 6:33, will take place at the north campus March 25. "This campus will be much easier for students at all three universities to get to, and we hope that its location will also be a blessing for families who live on the north side," said Brance Armstrong, senior multimedia ... [Read More…]
Physics professor awarded $10K for research
Thirty-eight years of persistence, risk-taking and research has finally paid off for Dr. Donald Isenhower, professor of engineering and physics. Isenhower received the American Physical Society's 2015 Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution. "I've spent 38 years doing electronics, building detectors, debugging ... [Read More…]
Bryce exchanges Summit role for full-time faculty post
Brady Bryce has handed over the reins of Summit after more than seven years as the director of ministry events. During his time in leadership, Bryce has been credited with revolutionizing Summit, the university's annual fall lectureship event. He refocused the event on students by using social media to start conversations with presenters, ... [Read More…]
Alumni office to honor Brantly, Mitchell
Elise Mitchell ('83) and Dr. Kent ('03) and Amber (Carroll '06) Brantly will return to Abilene during Sing Song weekend to receive the highest honor ACU gives annually - Outstanding Alumnus and Young Alumni of the Year awards. "The criteria is timely recognition lifetime achievement that brings honor to the university through personal and ... [Read More…]
Sixth-graders organize bone marrow drive
A group of Wylie Middle and Junior High girls coordinated a successful bone marrow registry drive Jan. 31 in conjunction with the Mall of Abilene's Get Fit Fitness Fair. "Tween Titans," a Destination Imagination team from Wylie, partnered with Dyess Air Force Base to raise awareness and conduct the drive. The team members have seen a couple ... [Read More…]