Dreams do come true if you are Peyton Mosley, who is one of a few seniors on the softball team. Her dream started to come true when she first stepped into the pitcher's circle at Poly Wells field. Mosley was a timid walk on, but a determined young woman. Over the course of her four years garbed in the purple and white, Mosley did not ... [Read More…]
Heartbleed attempts attack on ACU server
A computer bug called "Heartbleed," has forced another change of ACU login passwords. This is the same bug that forced all students, staff and faculty on campus to change their ACU-login password for precautionary reasons last October. ACU's technology department placed a warning on the myACU homepage to alert faculty and students and encourage ... [Read More…]
ACU nursing majors to travel to Guatemala
The School of Nursing asks students each spring semester to assist Health Talents International, a group who promotes medical evangelism in developing countries. This year's group will work as a health team to promote women's health. Meghann McLeskey senior nursing major from Burnet, Allie Greco junior nursing major from Allen and Christina ... [Read More…]
Combining Two Worlds
Guilherme Gesser and Nico Agritelley never played together, but ever since head coach Hutton Jones paired the two for the spring season opener against Metropolitan State, the two have been like the strings in a tennis racket: inseparable. "I was nervous," Agritelley said. "I had just come here to ACU not knowing what to expect, but when G and I ... [Read More…]
Exxon Mobil VP to give advice to COBA
Mark W. Albers, senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, will speak at ACU next Wednesday, March 26, for the College of Business Administration's Distinguished Speakers Series. "I've listened to him speak over podcasts a while ago and he truly believes in keeping your faith in the marketplace," said Jake Mulder, senior marketing major ... [Read More…]
No hitters, no problem
On the final day of February, ACU freshman softball pitcher Hannah Null pitched a no-hitter against Rhode Island University to add to her young collegiate resume. If you asked her if she has been there before, you could count her no-hitter totals on two hands. Before stepping onto the rubber at Poly Wells Field, Null threw nine no-hitters, four ... [Read More…]
Students rope up for 54th annual rodeo
The ACU Rodeo is back again for another year of steer saddling and calf scrambling. Members of Alpha Epsilon Sigma club, part of the Agriculture and Environmental Science department, will be in the Campus Center after Chapel until 1 p.m. encouraging students to register. The 59th ACU Rodeo will take place at the Taylor County Expo Center on ... [Read More…]
Spivey eyes big goals for future
This year's baseball team has only three seniors, and catcher Seth Spivey has made the most of his last season thus far garbed in the purple and white. Ever since he was a little boy he was surrounded by the pastime, and during the holiday season his father and uncle would talk baseball. He might as well have been born on a baseball field. "I ... [Read More…]
Students raise funds for Mission Lazarus
A group of 22 ACU students and sponsors will have multiple fundraisers to support their annual spring break mission trip to Mission Lazarus in Choluteca, Honduras. "Every year it gets tougher to fund the trip because of different complications with flights to Honduras and transportation while we are there," said Sarah Puckett, senior ad/PR ... [Read More…]
Track star aims for future Olympic dreams
As a young boy, sophomore track and field star Johnathan Farquharson never liked to run. Over the years that began to change. As he grew older, he quickly realized how fast and how far he could run. So fast and so far, that it brought him to Abilene. "It's something you really have to love," Farquharson said. "I honestly think it's the worst ... [Read More…]