The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Department will be hosting the 63rd annual ACU Rodeo on April 4 at the Horse Barn at the Taylor County Expo Center. Tickets for the rodeo this year are $5 per person and $8 for two people. Money that is raised from the event is used for services that are performed at the rodeo, and the remainder goes ... [Read More…]
Slam Poetry event to take place Friday night
The ACU Language and Literature Department will host a free poetry slam reading this Friday at the Hunter Welcome Center from 7:30-9:00 p.m. ACU Students and a local Austin slam poetry group called Speak Piece will perform pieces of slam poetry that they created. The event is open to the first 400 students that show up, and students ... [Read More…]
Wildcat E-sports get wired at first LAN party of semester
Wildcat ESports had their first official LAN Party of the semester this past Sunday on the third floor of Mabee Business Building. At the LAN Party, they had different video game consoles that members of the group brought. “We played a lot of games, we had a ton of different systems from computers to Nintendo consoles,” said Matthew Smetzer, ... [Read More…]
ACU CAB putting on the laughs this Thursday Night
ACU Cabinet Activity Board will be having a free stand-up comedy event featuring Jon Fisher and Ben Hague in Cullen Auditorium this Thursday night from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Cullen Auditorium. Jon Fisher and Ben Hague are professional comedians ACU found through their talent agency. ACU CAB puts on free events throughout the school year for ... [Read More…]
68 hour volleyball tournament to return in March
Gamma Sigma Phi is having their 5th annual 68-hour marathon volleyball tournament next month to benefit local charity. The tournament GSP holds is where people will play 68 hours of non-stop volleyball in order to raise money for charity. The funds from this year’s tournament will benefit the Abilene ISD Homeless Youth Fund. This helps ... [Read More…]
Midnight Worship adds new worship leader
Midnight Worship is changing its tune. Nick Gonzales, sophomore worship ministry major from Odessa, has taken over from worship leader Michael Guillot, who was the worship leader the last three years. Midnight Worship is a service that takes place at midnight most Fridays at The Well in Abilene. Students can get a spiritual formation credit ... [Read More…]
Four students to showcase art Friday
Four seniors will showcase their artwork at the first Senior Exhibition of the semester titled “Rooted” on at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Shore Art Gallery. Those students who will be showing their work are: Cynthia Quesada, Sydney Jones, Alanna Lively and Shelby Woodard. The senior show allows senior art students to show off their artwork that ... [Read More…]
Learning Studio set to host Star Wars event
May the Force be with you on Dead Day. The Learning Studio will host a Star Wars film fest beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday. Five Star Wars films will be shown: Episode 4: A New Hope, Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back, Episode 6: Return of the Jedi, Episode 7: The Force Awakens and Rouge One: A Star Wars Story. In between the films, the Learning ... [Read More…]
Downtown Christmas parade set to feature 150 floats
Downtown Abilene will be ‘decked out’ for the holidays on November 28th when Fox 15 puts on the 29th annual Christmas Lights Parade. Susan Acuna, commercial producer at Fox 15 and the coordinator for the parade, said this is one of the biggest parades in Abilene. “It’s probably one of the biggest parades in town,” Acuna said. “It’s also a way ... [Read More…]
Learning Studio showcases Adobe software in Creative U event
The Creative U event showcasing the Adobe Suite Products took place Nov. 7. Students had the opportunity to be hands-on with the Adobe software. Creative U was put on by staff members from the Brown Library, the new Innovation Foundry, the Maker Lab and the Creative Studio. Adobe representatives were also present to help ... [Read More…]