After over 20 years of hard work, the department of theatre added a dance track to the BFA degree in theater. The department has hired guest artists to come in and teach dance classes for the past five years. Lily Balogh was a guest artist last fall and again in the spring, but was recently hired as the new theatre department guest artist in ... [Read More…]
Polymer Pals seeks to bind chemistry majors
Upperclassmen in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will continue Polymer Pals as an outlet to mentor underclassman majors. Polymer Pals is a subset of the Chemistry Club and meets once or twice a month. The Chemistry Club meets for Chapels and allows students and professors to speak, while Polymer Pals is a smaller gathering of four ... [Read More…]
Students take advantage of discounts
With the school year starting, a variety of businesses, local and corporate, offer discounts to students with a valid ID or email. "Last semester I went to Hashi every week with a friend on student nights for friend dates," said Hattie Johnson Senior Pyschology major from Abilene. Local Discounts Rosa’s: New taco Tuesdays requires no ... [Read More…]
ASA commemorates anniversary of Rwandan genocide
The African Students Association marked the 24th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide at a commemoration Tuesday. Rwandan students hosted a Walk to Remember three years ago to mark the genocide, but last year was the first year the ASA hosted a memorial, said Grace-Kelly Muvunyi, junior nutrition major and global studies minor from Kiyovu, ... [Read More…]
Beltway to host Missions Garage Sale
Beltway Park is hosting a Missions Garage Sale and is accepting donations now through March 20 on Saturdays 10-3 and Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 6:30-8:30 p.m. “Our Missions Garage Sale at Beltway helps support over 300 short-term missions teams that go out all around the world to share the good news of Jesus Christ" said Berry ... [Read More…]
ASA “Misconceptions of My Black Skin” event postponed
The ASA event Misconceptions of My Black Skin was postponed due to the ice days last week and will take place this Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. in Hart Auditorium. The goal of the event is to give voice to communities that are commonly misunderstood. "We believe this event will truly be something powerful. Within the Black population of the world ... [Read More…]
Campus gets sleet day
The campus community took to social media to express their joy when – at 8:26 a.m. on Wednesday – faculty, students and staff received an email from ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison that campus would be closed for the day. Even faculty took to Twitter to express their excitement. Dr. Cole Bennett said, "Ok, a snow day... no school. How ... [Read More…]
Sing Song comes full circle for the Lewis family
The year was 1995, and the theme was Turn the Radio On. The songs were radio hits from different decades, and the stage was a multi-tiered old fashioned radio. Dr. Susan Lewis was the Sing Song director for that one year, but left that fall to have a baby. Now that baby, Barrett Lewis, senior management major from Abilene, is all grown up and a ... [Read More…]
Eller Hall to put on Valentine’s Day dance
ACU alum Steve Eller's idea of Valentine's Day has nothing to do with chocolates, overstuffed teddy bears and cheesy cards. For the second year in a row Eller is organizing a Valentine's Day event that will include all generations gathered together in a good old fashioned, small town dance hall. Eller took his family on a trip several years ... [Read More…]