By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter Students presented a variety of media productions Thursday night in the Morris Center as part of a free screening event. Sarah Gibson, adjunct instructor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, said all the productions came from two classes in the JMC department, JMC 360: Television Field ... [Read More…]
Social clubs converge at Ampitheatre for devotional
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter More than 100 people from every social club mingled and worshiped together Tuesday to end the spring semester with an All-club Devotional in the Amphitheatre. The devotional was the first of what club chaplains hope to be many club devotionals in the future. "We called this our test run," said Bryan Elrod, ... [Read More…]
Students share thoughts on interracial dating
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter Minda Hyde, senior exercise science/pre-occupational therapy major from Hampden, Maine, grew up in a predominately white community. She attended a predominately white school system and never noticed racial differences. Hyde is one of the many biracial students attending ACU. She is half-Filipino and ... [Read More…]
Hester directs Atlanta production
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter Adam Hester has not been to class recently. Instead, Hester, chair of the Department of Theatre and professor of theatre, has been in the Atlanta area directing John and Jen, a musical written by Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald. John and Jen follows a brother and sister through a changing era, from the 1950s ... [Read More…]
Department of Education sponsors austism awareness workshop
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter The Department of Education sponsored an autism awareness workshop Thursday at Highland Church of Christ, featuring an expert speaker on the condition of autism. Dr. Gary B. Mesibov, the director of the division of the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children ... [Read More…]
Shop brews student discounts
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter Abilene's newest coffee shop is brewing up an easier way for ACU students to pay for their beverages and food items. The Brew.net is the first Abilene business to allow students to use their student IDs and student accounts to purchase goodies from its store. Students can enter the local coffee store and ... [Read More…]
FilmFest begins with meeting
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter FilmFest informational meetings begin Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Living Room of the Campus Center. FilmFest is a student-run film competition at ACU. The 2009 co-chairs are Christina Johnson, sophomore English major from Dallas, and Jonathan Davis, junior marketing major from Hoffman Estates, ... [Read More…]
Week builds, sustains healthy relationships
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter The ACU Counseling Center, Peer Health Education and the Department of Sociology and Family Studies will collaborate to present "Sacred Relationships Week" Saturday through Wednesday. The week will begin Saturday with a marriage retreat. Steve Eller, a counselor with the Counseling Center, said registration ... [Read More…]