Nearly three dozen students leave today to take part in the Study Abroad semesters in Montevideo, Uruguay and Oxford, England. Stephen Shewmaker, executive director of the Center for International Education, said that while fall enrollment in the Study Abroad programs is often lower than spring enrollment, the number of participants has gone up ... [Read More…]
Missions program sends students throughout the world
About 70 students interned in nearly 30 countries this summer as part of the WorldWide Witness program. WorldWide Witness was founded in 2001 to act as ACU's summer mission internship program. Students typically stay with a host family to work in the community according to their spiritual gifts and talents, said WorldWide Witness director Larry ... [Read More…]
SAA cooks up annual Midnight Breakfast
The Student Alumni Association will have its second Midnight Breakfast on Monday in the Bean. The Dead Day tradition was originally the responsibility of the Parents' Organization since its beginning in the early 1990s, said Samantha Adkins, assistant director of alumni relations and adviser for the SAA. "The Student Alumni Association has ... [Read More…]
Beltway chooses leaders for new campus
Beltway Park Baptist Church is beginning the process of selecting leaders for it North Campus, which is under construction about four miles northeast of campus on Highway 351. Beltway pastor David McQueen and Keith Roberson, lead pastor for the North Campus, met last month with about 50 people to discuss plans for the new site and the outreach ... [Read More…]
Upcoming play explores memory
The ACU Theatre Department began rehearsals Tuesday for "The Glass Menagerie", a powerful memory play that continues the season's theme of exploring the intricacies of relationships. The play will come to the stage April 10-12 and 24-26 at 7:30 p.m. Dawne Meeks, associate professor of theatre, said the play fulfills a dream to direct a work by ... [Read More…]
COBA graduates create start-up
A promising new start-up company, run partly by three ACU graduates, aims to help businesses track their influence and content on social media. SocialRest was founded by Clay Selby, a 2011 ACU graduate with a degree in IT entrepreneurship. He pitched the original idea for the company in Nov. 2012 at a conference for start-up businesses in San ... [Read More…]
ACU Theater to bring Twain to life
In a departure from last semester's serious themes, the ACU Theater Department is presenting the ironically named 'Is He Dead?' by Mark Twain for the winter comedy. Kari Hatfield, associate professor of theater and director for 'Is He Dead?', said the play was a good fit for this particular season. "We've had a great season, but a lot of ... [Read More…]
Beltway to construct new church past Walmart
Beltway Park Baptist Church has broken ground on a new satellite campus just blocks from ACU. Construction workers are clearing the land and preparing to lay a foundation for the new Beltway Park North Campus northeast of Walmart on Highway 351. The Beltway congregation voted unanimously to create the new campus in mid-November after the elders ... [Read More…]
Research festival accepts applicants
The Office of Undergraduate Research will begin accepting abstract submissions on Monday for the 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Festival. Applicants will be required to submit a 250-word abstract outlining their research and presentations for the April 1 event, said Autumn Sutherlin, director of undergraduate research, who oversees the ... [Read More…]
Bennett Gym undergoes changes
The university's Board of Trustees is reviewing plans to renovate and repurpose Bennett Gymnasium as an engineering laboratory in response to considerable growth in the Department of Engineering and Physics over the past two years. Dr. Rusty Towell, chair of the engineering and physics department, said although the idea of refitting the building ... [Read More…]