The 2011 Mobile Learning Connected Summit will bring as many as 500 professionals from around the world to Abilene this week. In order to manage the large number of visitors expected to attend, Michelle Davenport, administrative coordinator at the Adams Center, said the center, which is conducting the event, has asked students from the Honors ... [Read More…]
Risk managment assesses potential campus risks
The Office of Risk Management has asked all departments to assess potential risks that could significantly impact the university and formulate a report by March 1. Mike Murphy, director of risk management, serves as head of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee, which will begin meeting to review 2011 assessments on March 10. The 2011 risk ... [Read More…]
Freshman dorms win flu shot competition
Nelson and McDonald residence halls have tied to win this year's flu shot competition sponsored by the ACU Medical Clinic. The clinic challenged all freshman and sophomore dorms to compete and offered a prize for the dorm with the highest percentage of residents vaccinated for the flu. The winning dorm received $500 in prize money for the ... [Read More…]
West Texans battle allergens
Allergies are a concern for many ACU students each year, and this fall has been no different. The ACU Medical Clinic has treated several patients for symptoms including itchy eyes, itchy ears, runny noses, sinus drainage, congestion and coughs. Dr. Ellen Little of the Medical Clinic said the number of patient visits has been especially high in ... [Read More…]
24-Hour Film Fest rules released Saturday
The ACU FilmFest organization will host a 24-Hour FilmFest for the first time Saturday. The rules for the competition will be posted on the organization's blog, acufilmfest.tumblr.com, at midnight Saturday. All entries must be posted to the blog by 11:59 p.m. the same day. The event encourages spontaneity, creativity and entries from students ... [Read More…]
COBA dean named to CEO board
The CEO Forum, a group of over 170 Christian CEOs, recently appointed one of ACU's faculty, Dr. Rick Lytle, to its board of directors. Candidates for the CEO Forum must be believers in Christ, head of a corporation with at least $100 million in revenue and commit to the mission of the Forum. Member executives include the CEOs of Procter & ... [Read More…]
Abilene universities sponsor graduate fair
The second-annual Graduate and Professional School Fair will take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the McCaleb Conference Center of the Robert D. and Shirley Hunter Welcome Center. Abilene's three universities - ACU, Hardin-Simmons University, and McMurry University - organized the event, which will be hosted by the West Texas Central ... [Read More…]
Pledging enters final days
As social clubs' pledges return from fall break, they face about two more weeks of pledging. The exact date that pledges across campus will become official members of their respective social clubs is not disclosed, but pledges can expect to be admitted anytime before Friday, Oct. 29. "We're entering the final stretch for pledging," said GATA ... [Read More…]
A Club Full of Chemistry
The ACU Chemistry Club is anticipating several changes this year. Soon to be renamed the American Chemical Society Student Chapter, the club expects to be certified as an ACS Student Chapter before the end of November. Jade Jung, senior chemistry major from Busan, South Korea, is enthusiastic about the club's growth and success. "I thought it was ... [Read More…]
Faculty Jazz Concert – EDITED (fixed)
Several ACU faculty and adjunct faculty members will join members of the McMurry University and Hardin-Simmons University faculty to showcase their musical talents in a free jazz concert, marking the first official concert for the group and one of the only all-faculty concerts of the year. The performance will be conducted at the Williams ... [Read More…]