I've always liked the idea of spring break. However, in middle school and high school, I endured the same monotonous spring break activity every year - the national home school basketball championships in sunny, tropical Oklahoma City. Granted, I always had fun, but OKC in March is infinitely more unpleasant than any other time of the year. It's ... [Read More…]
Student group helps local ministry
Members of Students in Free Enterprise have made it their mission to give back to the local community. SIFE has begun a partnership with New Horizons, a local non-profit that ministers to abused children and gives them a place to live. The students planted flowers and worked in the gardens and New Horizons' Audrey Grace House on Saturday - but ... [Read More…]
Sandwiches on the cheap
Sandwiches and burgers can serve as swift and thrifty options for famished college students - and they don't have to come off the value menu. Several area establishments offer discounted burgers and sandwiches, which can be a perfect solution for on-the-go students. Rick and Carolyn's Burgers and Fries, located at 549 Ambler Avenue, offers $1 ... [Read More…]
SA survey details student opinion
Nearly 90 percent of ACU students see dancing as an "optional, but appropriate activity for students," according to a Students' Association survey in which more than 1,000 students participated last month. The survey found most students would like to see dancing as an option at campus events and dance classes as an exercise science option, said SA ... [Read More…]
Library dean announces retirement
Dr. Mark Tucker, dean of library and information resources, has announced his retirement after 8 years of managing the Margaret and Herman Brown Library. Tucker assumed the position of library dean at ACU in 2003, after almost 25 years of work in Purdue University libraries. His retirement will take effect in October. He said he grew up in a home ... [Read More…]
Texas’ foods steeped in tradition
Traditions reign supreme in Texas. After 175 years of independence, residents of the Lone Star State maintain one of the most unique diets in the nation. Most states have a state food. Residents of Maine prefer the blue crab as their state fare. Floridians adopted the orange as their state fruit. Â Texas, not surprisingly, has gone over-the-top ... [Read More…]
Wildfires scorch Texas
This weekend's high winds, warm temperatures and low humidity triggered multiple wildfires across the state and the Big Country. Lewis Kearney, public information officer for the Texas Forest Service, said a total of 120,000 acres burned across the state over the weekend, mostly West of Abilene and in the panhandle. The regional fires prompted ... [Read More…]
Conference attendees ready to apply learned knowledge
Attendees at ACU's Connected Summit plan to take what they've learned back home to their classrooms. Jackie McBroom, assistant superintendent  for the Sanger Independent School District, said it was important to take information learned at the conference and make it work for individual schools and districts. "I came so I could share with other ... [Read More…]
Developers making mobile textbooks a reality
As technology and education continue to merge, mobile textbook developers are continuing to create platforms for making traditional textbooks accessible on mobile learning devices. Two companies, Inkling and GYLO, are among those developing of textbooks on mobile devices. Both companies' founders are participating in this week's Connected ... [Read More…]
ACU integrates the iPad into the classroom
Christiana Kotyk is among the 4,000 undergraduate students at Abilene Christian University who trek across the West Texas campus everyday for classes. Her 10-minute walk to class is weighed down by a backpack stuffed to its breaking point with bulky textbooks – a burden that pains high school and college students across the country. Kotyk, ... [Read More…]
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