Most students walk into class and immediately pull out their laptops or iPads. However, Kaitlyn Kanis approaches class differently than the average iPad-toting ACU student by forgoing electronics during class. When Kanis sits down in the classroom, she pulls a pencil and paper from her backpack and takes notes the old-fashioned way. "I prefer ... [Read More…]
Undergraduate research festival crowns winners
The Undergraduate Research Festival crowned its winners last Tuesday after oral and poster presentations throughout the morning and afternoon. The seventh iteration of the festival included 125 presentations in Hunter Welcome Center. Dr. Amber Sutherlin, associate professor of biology and director of undergraduate research, said about 175 ... [Read More…]
IRS pummels La Popular with tremendous tax liens
The Internal Revenue Service recently filed tax liens amounting to $1.48 million of back taxes against La Popular Bakery & Cafe No. 1/Ricardo Arias, per IRS documents. The IRS filed three notices of tax liens against the restaurant and Arias on Feb. 4. Another notice was filed Sept. 2. The Abilene Reporter-News obtained documents which said ... [Read More…]
ACU Press moves into Brown Library
During the first few weeks of December, ACU Press moved out of its offices on Campus Court and into the former faculty lounge just off the front foyer in the Brown Library. The change of offices marked the beginning of a revamped partnership between Brown Library and ACU Press in a move initiated by the university. The move will change ... [Read More…]
Online graduate MFT program to launch in summer
The Department of Marriage and Family Therapy will offer an online graduate MFT program starting this summer, in addition to the residential graduate program. The program will feature three degree tracks and will be facilitated through ACU's new learning management system, Canvas. The Department of Marriage and Family Therapy has been ... [Read More…]
Neon Parrot Lounge squawks local sounds
The Neon Parrot Lounge is determined to revive the live music scene in downtown Abilene and provide a platform for blossoming local artists. The Neon Parrot Lounge purposely evokes memories of an old-time jazz club or speakeasy. The live music venue is located on Pine Street in the Majestic building, one of the oldest buildings in historic ... [Read More…]
Library receives new shipment to archive
The special collections department of the Brown Library received 80 boxes of archived material from Herald of Truth, a Churches of Christ media ministry headquartered in Abilene. Herald of Truth, overseen by the elders of Highland Church of Christ, aired its first official radio broadcast on Feb. 10, 1952. It was the first nationally broadcast ... [Read More…]
Hackathon gives students community coding experience
The School of Information Technology and Computing hosted a weekend-long Hackathon event January 23-25, enabling students to plow through personal projects. The spring Hackathon was organized in conjunction with Global Game Jam, an event in which participants design a video game in 36 hours. Only two teams participated in the Global Game Jam ... [Read More…]
Students minister to children in Abilene North complex
Reach, a ministry run by ACU students, serves at-risk children and their families at an apartment complex on North Willis and Ambler. Caroline Thompson, senior accounting major from Cypress, started Reach a year ago in an effort to plug into and serve the local community. Reach serves Abilene North Apartments, which is behind Ambler ... [Read More…]
GSP preserves memories and chairs in Walling
Members of Gamma Sigma Phi descended on Walling Lecture Hall Dec. 12 to remove and preserve parts of their storied meeting place. The GSP officer team, headed by former club president Drew Ritchie from Lake Jackson, approached the ACU administration and the Department of Mathematics to inquire about preserving part of Walling. The two parties ... [Read More…]