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Winterguard wins Christmas Slam prize

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Students who attended the Christmas Slam in December reaped the benefits of prizes, free pizza, Christmas Slam T-shirts and the opportunity to support the men's and women's basketball teams. Only one organization with the most tweets and attendance received the high-dollar prize. ACU Acuity Winterguard won $1,000 for having the most members ... [Read More…]

BBBS celebrates National Mentor Month

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January is the 36th anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Abilene and National Mentoring Month. "Thank your Mentor Day" was celebrated Thursday by the local non-profit to honor the mentors who have impacted young lives. "It's a time when, nationally, we can recognize the power of mentoring," said Tim Yandell, regional executive director ... [Read More…]

ACU events rescheduled after ice storm

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Several social clubs and campus organizations are planning rescheduled events after harsh weather conditions before the Christmas Break forced many to cancel their parties and socials. Treadaway Kids had planned a Christmas party for mentors and their kids the night of Dec. 5 but had to cancel the event because the roads were too slick to travel ... [Read More…]

207 walk in winter graduation

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The university will grant degrees to more than 200 students during commencement at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in Moody Coliseum. The 207 students receiving degrees is fewer than the 250 students last year, so Dr. Eric Gumm, registrar and director of the First-Year Program, anticipates this year's ceremony to be slightly shorter. Gumm expects between ... [Read More…]

‘Times’ points to ACU’s endowment

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ACU was recognized in "The New York Times" for outstanding endowment performance. The National Association of College and University Business collected the data of this years' endowment performance amongst colleges and the results have brought ACU into the spotlight. According to "The New York Times", ACU's endowment fund had a return of 9 ... [Read More…]

Duck Dynasty shouldn’t neglect their ACU fanbase

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Duck Dynasty needs to visit ACU because it just so happens to be "no-shave November," resulting in the best display of beard-ness all across campus. I don't know about you but, at this point, I'm feeling a little left out considering the Duck Dynasty brothers have visited everyone but us. Duck Dynasty has visited Rochester College in Rochester ... [Read More…]

Student religious diversity increases

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The Church of Christ demographic within ACU students is in a slow decline. According to the Religion Headcount provided by Lisa McCarty, assistant director for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and the institutional researcher for the university, 54.6 percent of the student body claimed to be Church of Christ in 2009. As of ... [Read More…]

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