By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The university will honor 50 seniors for academic achievement as University Scholars Thursday in a special Chapel ceremony in Chapel on the Hill. The title of University Scholar is the highest academic honor after valedictorian and salutatorian, said Craig Churchill, library theologian and chair of the ... [Read More…]
ACU Rodeo open to students, faculty: Sign-ups for events going on all week in Campus Center
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The annual ACU Rodeo will be Tuesday and includes such events as goat dressing, a calf scramble, steer branding, steer wrestling and barrel racing, among others. The rodeo will be in the Taylor County Expo Center in the Horse Barn at 6 p.m. Tickets to the event are $3 and will be sold in the Campus Center all ... [Read More…]
Departments, office eager for building: Welcome Center/academic building scheduled for Fall ’07
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer In the coming years, prospective students will not have to search for the Welcome Center when they visit ACU. Instead, they will enter campus through a new entrance being planned as part of ACU's Centennial Campaign. A new building project is in the works for the field area between University Park apartments and ... [Read More…]
Campaigns need participants to curb losses
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer Seven Spring Break Campaigns could lose hundreds of dollars if a few more students do not join them and cover remaining expenses. Leaders of campaigns to New Jersey, Maine, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Honduras and Abilene said they are hoping more people will join the 489 students who will spend their spring ... [Read More…]
Residence Life distributes surveys to residence halls
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer Residence Life is letting residents' voices be heard as surveys were distributed last week to all students living in residence halls. Questions on the anonymous survey covered a range of issues, including resident assistants' performance, safety, noise level, food quality and drug and alcohol use. "We want to see ... [Read More…]
SBC sets sights on Abilene’s homeless, shut-ins
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer Some students will do something radical for spring break this year. They will stay in Abilene. Lindsay Wilkerson and Tim Cromwell are leading the first Spring Break Campaign in Abilene. Campaigners will experience what it is like to be homeless, volunteer time for Habitat for Humanity, visit shut-ins and minister ... [Read More…]
Children’s performance is a Sing Song tradition
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer Kara Wilson is directing a bunch of monkeys for Sing Song this year. At least that's how it can seem at times, she said, especially when 30 children ages 5 to 12 are looking to her for direction. Wilson, freshman Bible major from San Antonio, is assistant director of the children's Sing Song act this year. She ... [Read More…]
Interviews for resident assistants end Friday: Residence Life looking for about 49 students to serve
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer As most students are finishing up their first rounds of tests this semester, the Housing Department is already preparing for next fall. Residence directors interviewed resident assistant applicants this week. About 49 positions need to be filled, said Dr. Mimi Barnard, director of Residence Life Education and ... [Read More…]
New Bible courses to make department more culturally diverse
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The Bible Department is taking strides to make ACU more culturally diverse As part of ACU's quest to promote diversity, the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry will offer two new courses next fall to broaden the department's cultural scope. Dr. Jerry Taylor, assistant professor of Bible, missions and ... [Read More…]
Possible smoking ban conjures mixed feelings among students
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The Abilene City Council recently tabled a proposed city-wide smoking ban that would potentially ban smoking in all public areas. Students David Chisholm and Aaron Winn both said they like to smoke on occasion. Although the possibility of a smoking ban in Abilene would not affect their smoking habits, both say they ... [Read More…]