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Notes & Joe to benefit community

February 16, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Coffee and music will lead the way for Project Merge's first Notes N Joe Benefit Concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Shore Art Gallery. Project Merge is a student-led home renovation project that serves Abilene families in need of significant home improvements. Its website describes the organization as "ACU's very own Extreme Home Makeover." The ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Music, Shore art gallery

Wildcats travel to Seattle, Lubbock

February 14, 2014 by Emily Seidel

ACU track and field will double its competition and split the team between two tournaments on Friday. While a handful of elite athletes will travel to Seattle to compete at the Husky Classic at the University of Washington, the majority of the team will head to Lubbock for the Texas Tech Red Raider Open. Only five Wildcats are scheduled to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track and field

Second Chance Dance to establish tradition

February 12, 2014 by Emily Seidel

The Student Social Work Association will begin building a tradition this month by conducting its third annual Second Chance Dance on Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Bennett Gym. The SSWA is a group of social work majors whose goal is to spread awareness of social justice issues like domestic violence and child welfare. While the group has several small ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dancing, Social Work

Track and Field head to New Mexico

February 6, 2014 by Emily Seidel

The Wildcats travel to Albuquerque this weekend for the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, an indoor track meet with a stacked lineup of competition including five nationally ranked teams. ACU will be joined Friday and Saturday by the Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns and Washington Huskies at the Albuquerque Convention Center, all teams whose ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track & Field

ACU dominates in Texas Tech Open

February 4, 2014 by Emily Seidel

ACU track and field finished its third weekend of the season with another impressive performance, featuring a set of personal bests and top-10 placements at the Masked Rider Open in Lubbock. The meet, hosted by Texas Tech, showcased the strength of the field event. The Wildcats in particular had significant accomplishments in pole vaulting, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track and field

Wildcats travel to Lubbock for Open

January 30, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Track and field will head to Lubbock this Friday to compete in the Texas Tech Masked Rider Open. ACU will join McMurry and Hardin-Simmons at the indoor meet in its third weekend of Div. I competition, with high expectations for the Wildcats after two impressive performances this month. The spring season has started strong for the Wildcats, with ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track and field

Monks Coffee expands near HSU

January 28, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Monks Coffee Shop, a popular café in downtown Abilene, will open a new location near campus early February, instead of opening in January as previously planned. The new spot will be located at 1333 Ambler Ave. across the street from Hardin-Simmons University and will share a store space with Books 2 U, a college textbook buyback business. Owner ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Around Abilene

Track and field starts year off strong

January 23, 2014 by Emily Seidel

Opening weekend for track and field saw 15 Wildcats turn in personal bests at the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station on Saturday, Jan. 18. The ten-team meet included powerhouses such as Baylor, TCU and Texas State. Junior Daniel Block's time of 1:52.67 in the 800-meters finished second only to Texas A&M's Hector Hernandez ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track and field

Salas promoted to new assistant coach

January 14, 2014 by Emily Seidel

ACU women's soccer goalkeeping coach, Stephen Salas, has been promoted to full-time assistant coach, head coach Casey Wilson announced last Tuesday. Salas was hired by coach Wilson summer of 2013 after six years with the soccer program at Hardin-Simmons University. Since coming to ACU, he has helped the coaching staff guide the team to a 13-5-1 ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Women's Soccer

Campbell, golf team add to ’14 roster

December 4, 2013 by Emily Seidel

ACU golf may have just finished its fall season, but is already looking forward to next year. Clarke Hudgins, a standout senior from Amarillo, recently signed his National Letter of Intent to join the Wildcats in the fall of 2014. Hudgins, who has put up impressive statistics in his career at Amarillo High School, has a long list of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Archive, Golf, Men's Golf

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