Students from different departments on campus and other surrounding schools showed off their research at the Undergraduate Research, Creativity, and Innovation Festival April 11. Alongside ACU, schools that participated were McMurry University, Hardin-Simmons University, Angelo State University, Midwestern State University, and Abilene High ... [Read More…]
Chess club competes in Southwest Collegiate Team Chess Tournament
ACU’s chess club traveled on to Texas Tech for the Southwest Collegiate Team Chess Championship to compete Feb. 25. The chess club took four teams to this championship, which was 12 players in total. The club took players on several levels, ranging beginner to advanced. Ten of the players have never played at this championship before. The ... [Read More…]
ACU Missions trips options available for students to participate
Deadlines for ACU Missions trips to the Dominican Republic, South Africa and Spain are closing soon and Halbert Center for Missions and Global Services are encouraging students to apply. Most applications for ACU missions trips closed in the fall semester, but Global Service trips allows students to sign up in the spring for trips with ... [Read More…]
Department of Theatre to showcase Little Women
The Department of Theatre will showcase Little Women on Feb. 16-19 as this year's spring play. The play is being directed by Dawne Swearingen Meeks, department chair and associate professor. Little Women follows the story of the March family members. It focuses around sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March and how they deal with choices throughout ... [Read More…]
Undergraduate Research, Creativity and Innovation Festival accepting abstracts for presentations until Friday
The Undergraduate Research, Creativity and Innovation Festival is accepting abstracts until Friday. The URCI festival is an event for students to broadcast their projects and research. It will be for ACU students, but also for students from surrounding universities and will take place on April 11 at the Hunter Welcome Center. These projects ... [Read More…]
Sing Song preparations underway as student directors are picked, tickets being sold
Sing Song preparations have started this semester including scheduling and selection of student directors and act directors. Courtney McGaha, director of student productions and promotions, has planned a schedule for multiple aspects of Sing Song which include interviewing and selecting directors, class directors and hosts and ... [Read More…]
Swing Cats hosts annual Fall Stomp
Swing Cats held its annual Fall Stomp on Sept. 30, joined by both ACU and Hardin Simmons jazz bands. Fall Stomp was hosted at the Elks Club Ballroom making for the first time since COVID-19. Members gathered to show what they learned in practice as they danced to the music that the bands played. This event was open to the public to watch the ... [Read More…]
Lights Up Benefit hosted to celebrate Jeannette Lipford
Alumni, students and faculty came together for the Light's Up event in celebration of Jeannette Lipford’s life on Sept. 17 Lipford taught voice from 1968-92 in the music and theater department and contributed to the community in many ways which include teaching voice lessons for ACU Homecoming musicals for 47 years, as well as Sing Song hosts ... [Read More…]
SGA prepares for the school year with senator elections, upcoming events
The Student Government Association selected new student senators last Friday. The voting process for student senators was online via a form sent through the students' email where they were able to vote candidates corresponding to their class. Information was sent out by SGA with details on how to participate. Election results were released ... [Read More…]
Study Abroad to send students for fall semester
Students are being sent off on Wednesday for their semester-long study abroad destinations. 35 students studying abroad this semester and had a choice between three programs in Montevideo, Uruguay; Leipzig, Germany; and Oxford, England. Of the three, 24 students will go to Oxford, six to Montevideo and five to Leipzig. These programs allow ... [Read More…]