Season of Caring has been renamed Wildcats Serving to reflect their expansion of service opportunities. The program will be a collaboration of Student Life, ACU Alumni Association and ACU marketing just as Season of Caring was. "This new name allows the campaign to scale beyond a certain time of year or specific group of people," said Jason ... [Read More…]
Images of Aging contest begins
The Gerontology Center has begun taking submissions for their annual Images of Aging contest. All current ACU students are encouraged to submit an original photo for the contest. There are three categories open for submission: color, black and white and mobile. The photo must contain a person who is 60 years or older. Winners of the contest ... [Read More…]
24 HR Musical prepares for show in March
Department of Theatre has begun preparation for its 24 HR Musical in March. Theatre students will have 24 hours to rehearse and perform the musical. Until March 21 at 7 p.m., only the leadership team will know what the musical is about. Casting and preparation for the leadership team began Sunday. "We keep the show a secret until the day of ... [Read More…]
‘Ring and Run’ wins first at 48-Hour FilmFest
A short film entitled Ring and Run won first place at last weekend's 48-Hour FilmFest. Three groups of students competed in the competition. Each group directed, produced and edited its own short film in two days. The students were not allowed to record or edit anything before 5 p.m. Friday and had to complete and submit their videos by 5 p.m. ... [Read More…]
ACU professor receives patent
Dr. Ken Olree has gained a patent on a method for blocking nerve impulses that could potentially help people with epilepsy, seizures and other neurological problems. Olree, associate professor of engineering and physics, applied for the patent in 2007 and received the rights in September of this year on his method for "coil optimization for ... [Read More…]
Colleagues praise retiring former dean
Dr. MaLesa Breeding will retire after 21 years at the university. Breeding, executive director of the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning, will leave ACU to work in the Metroplex in speech pathology. "I'm going back into speech pathology and I'll be working with a geriatric population," she said. "Working in direct patient care with ... [Read More…]
Student-led food drive prepares to collect
Trick or Feed, an annual food drive put on by the Service Action Leadership Team to benefit Meals on Wheels Plus and Groceries on Wheels program, is gearing up to collect food on Halloween. Rachel Ritchie, SALT administrative officer, and Maxwell Moore, SALT publicity officer, started the Trick or Feed program in 2012. "Rachel and I were ... [Read More…]
ACU Homecoming Carnival adds food trucks to tradition
The traditional ACU Homecoming Carnival will be packed with students, families, alumni, food trucks and attractions Friday. The carnival will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday on the Northeast side of the Williams Performing Arts Center. Wristbands are $3 and food trucks will serve a variety of food. Carnival attraction will include eight inflatables, ... [Read More…]
ACU to host 2015 Christian Scholars Conference
The Christian Scholars Conference will take place at ACU in June 2015. The conference will be June 3-5. The theme is One World: Remapping Culture, Trade, Information and Faith. There will be four sessions led by Phillip Jenkins, Christian Wiman, Randall Balmer and Tavis Smiley. "The mission of the Christian Scholars' Conference is to create ... [Read More…]
Annual Slam Poetry Night
Last Tuesday, Al Haley, writer in residence and professor, hosted ACU's annual Slam Poetry Night. Students from Haley's Poetry Workshop class and guest speakers from Abilene performed poetry for the event in The Inkwell of Chambers. "It's an evening of wow and wonder and words," Haley said. Every year since 2007, Haley has conducted a ... [Read More…]