The 40-year-old closed-loop system that heats and cools most of the campus' air has reached maximum capacity, and Physical Resources and the Board of Trustees are working with a national engineering firm to replace it. Don McLeod, central plant manager for Physical Resources, has participated in several meetings and said firm representatives have ... [Read More…]
Cyclist endures collision, surgery
Baowen Li, part-time accounting major and English-language study from Guangzhou, China, was struck by a motor vehicle Wednesday evening while riding her bicycle on East Highway 80, near Chili's Grill & Bar. Li, also known by her American name, Hebe, suffered a broken leg and underwent reparatory surgery in Abilene Thursday night. In an e-mail ... [Read More…]
Search team preps for presidential hopefuls
The Presidential Search Advisory Committee has one meeting behind it and plans to meet for the second time in the first half of October to discuss strategies for reviewing applications. Dr. Bill Franklin, senior consultant for Academic Search Inc., is compiling the committee's research and will publish a prospectus "in the next few days," said Don ... [Read More…]
Opening Day Ceremonies highlight international influence
Opening Day Ceremonies emphasize past, present and future Moody Coliseum was filled to the top with students, faculty, alumni and visitors for Abilene Christian University's traditional Opening Day Ceremonies Monday. After faculty members filed in to the sounds of the Big Purple Band, more than 100 students paraded around the coliseum carrying ... [Read More…]
New year calls for new perspective
Only God knows the number of films and books based on one, simple concept: the ability to know what is going to happen before it happens. The mere thought ignites our imagination and questions spiral out of control: What if I could see the future? Could I win the lottery? Could I be an outlaw? How would they stop me? Would I be responsible for ... [Read More…]
Presidential search committee meets for first time
Abilene Christian University embarked on its first presidential search in 19 years Thursday when the presidential search advisory committee met for the first time. Don Crisp, chair of the committee, received a call from C.E. Cornutt, chair of the Board of Trustees, earlier this year asking him to serve as committee chair. "This is a very ... [Read More…]
myACU Web site revamped
The summer break provides faculty and staff with valuable time every year for maintenance and changes, and the Web Integration and Programming department and the Adams Center for Learning and Teaching took advantage of the three-month lull. High-profile ventures, such as the Mobile Learning Initiative, received due attention, but other, less ... [Read More…]
Sen. Hutchison makes campaign stop in Abilene
Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison received a warm welcome as she entered T & P Freight Warehouse in Downtown Abilene Friday. Although the senior senator arrived almost an hour late, she wasted no time in laying out the problems with current state government and how the state "can do better" than it has under current governor Rick ... [Read More…]
Mobile initiative completes first year, prepares for fall
By Colter Hettich, Editor in Chief The inaugural year of ACU's Mobile Learning Initiative draws to a close this week as faculty members assess the success of the effort to date. The first two semesters allowed initiative leaders to observe students' reactions to owning a multi-faceted mobile device and allowed freshmen to familiarize themselves ... [Read More…]
First African-American student recalls struggle
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor In November 1945, an Optimist staff member wrote a column, titled Colored Should Have Rights, But.., explaining how segregation has the best interests of both blacks and whites at heart. "I am not opposed to Negroes coming to ACC if ACC is equipped to care for them," the student wrote, warning that integration ... [Read More…]
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