Dr. Mel Hailey, professor emeritus of political science, has retired after over 40 years at the university. Hailey graduated from ACU in 1970 and, beginning in 1974, taught at both the collegiate and high school levels. Starting out as a social studies teacher at Cooper High School, Hailey accepted a position as a political science professor at ... [Read More…]
Study Abroad Global Healthcare trip set to take place May
Starting summer 2022, students will have the opportunity to study global healthcare in Leipzig, Germany as part of the study abroad program. The trip will feature courses such as Hearing Rehabilitation and Global Healthcare, all of which are intended to enrich the learning of pre-med students. According to Dr. Lynette Austin, director of ... [Read More…]
Missions Week preparations in place
Every year Halbert Missions Center hosts Missions Week - an event designed to serve those at ACU and beyond. Set to take place Sept. 20 -25, this year's event will feature favorites such as a coffee meet and greet, an interactive prayer night and service day. Notable additions include a Hispanos Unidos concert, local food trucks and guest ... [Read More…]
Renovations continue to transform Bean
The Bean recently completed a partial interior renovation designed to improve the dining hall's space. Some notable changes include new wallpaper, countertops and fresh coats of paint – all part of Chartwells' approximately $400,000 transformation. The renovation was intended to take place last summer as part of a routine upgrade to refresh ... [Read More…]
Book Review: ‘The Grief We’re Given’ and the end of COVID-19
What is grief if not love persevering? - WandaVision This past year we’ve seen tragedy after tragedy befall on our neighbors, friends and family. For some, these hardships have occurred with greater severity than others, like losing a loved one or being hospitalized themselves. Others, like me, missed prom and graduation, missed out on weddings ... [Read More…]
Book Review: ‘Overdoing Democracy’ by Robert B. Talisse
Nobody wants to read another monologue on “messy politics.” Frankly, the outpour of information and unwarranted opinions are enough to send any person over the edge. For the purposes of this review – I’ll refer to politics as a chocolate milkshake: simple, easily digested, and not controversial (mostly). You’ll thank me later. Chocolate ... [Read More…]
Book Review: ‘Charlotte’s Web’ and a commentary on loss
“‘Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.’” Charlotte’s Web finds me in the impenetrable darkness of these harrowing times. It is a book I’d like a friend to read to me on my deathbed – a story that ... [Read More…]
Media Review: ‘The Other Latif’ by Latif Nasser
There reaches a certain point in an individual's life when a veil of indifference is tugged down over the eyes. Just the knowledge that children half a world away clench their grumbling stomachs like wet dough is no longer cause enough to care. Evil becomes a largely impersonal entity - a fate that befalls nameless men and women in nameless places. ... [Read More…]
Book Review: “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good -John Steinbeck, East of Eden East of Eden was the first novel I ever read that forced me to question practically everything I knew to be true. John Steinbeck is known for many extraordinary works, but East of Eden is something so spectacular that I struggle to understand how a fallible, ... [Read More…]
Book Review: “American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into The Business Of Punishment” by Shane Bauer
“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” ― Nelson Mandela As of 2013, there were an estimated 133,000 prisoners institutionalized in private prisons. There are times in life when you must question the ... [Read More…]