The Office of Advancement raised over $919,000 for various organizations on campus during the annual ACU Day of Giving on Wednesday. Thirty-eight organizations participated in the fundraiser, with women’s basketball beating its goal by the most, $93,667.11, more than tripling its goal. Julie Goodenough, head coach of the women’s basketball team, ... [Read More…]
Wildcat Bar Association prepares to launch in fall
The university will launch the Wildcat Bar Association next semester to connect alumni who work as lawyers with current students who hope to work as lawyers. The program is still in the early stages of development. Still, it will be co-chaired by Chris Riley, associate professor of government and criminal justice and pre-law adviser, and April ... [Read More…]
‘God provides’: Business students learn to navigate stock market crash through STAR Fund
As the stock market has experienced one of its biggest crashes since the beginning of COVID-19, students managing the Student Trading and Research (STAR) Fund have experienced firsthand the consequences of a significant crash. The STAR fund is part of the university’s endowment and is run by students in a senior-level business class. The fund ... [Read More…]
FilmFest allows students to gain experience in filmmaking
Sixteen student-produced films made their debut on Friday at the annual FilmFest at the Historic Paramount Theater. “Thumbs Up” won best picture, “ELON” won best animated film, and “Rumination” was the people’s choice category. Shelby Byrd, Jonah Norcross, and Case Kirby won best producer for their film “Shoebox.” The other winners ... [Read More…]
Sigma Theta Chi, Galaxy, Freshman Purple win Sing Song 2025
Sigma Theta Chi, Galaxy and Freshman Purple are the overall winners of this year’s Sing Song. Sigma Theta Chi’s theme was Under the Sea directed by Jenna Stevens, senior nursing major from Abilene; Galaxy was Star Wars directed by Austin Nelson, sophomore vocal performance major from Georgetown; and Freshman Purple was Hansel and Gretel, ... [Read More…]
ACU Credit Union merges with University Credit Union to increase financial services
In February, ACU Credit Union and University Credit Union (UCU) merged to help increase financial services and provide UCU with an on-site location in Texas. The name will now be ACU Credit Union powered by University Credit Union. UCU is based in Los Angeles and is connected with Universities in California such as UCLA, Loyola Marymount, ... [Read More…]
Nu Kappa Psi welcomes pledges in annual Probate
Nu Kappa Psi finished this year’s pledge season for three new members with its annual probate on Friday in Beauchamp Amphitheater to present its most recent pledges to the university. Omicron Xi Chi held its Probate earlier this month. Probate is a performance in which new club members dance and chant to explain who the club is to the rest of ... [Read More…]
University recieves Research 2 designation by Carnegie Institute
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education designated ACU as a level two research school. The designation is given to schools that over an average of three years spend more than $5 million on research and give at least 20 research doctorates a year. ACU has spent an average of $8.18 million and given 68 research doctorates, ... [Read More…]
Bean prepares to launch website
The Bean will launch a website next week allowing students to order specific menu items from the grill. The website is called Tapin2, and will start with five options: hamburger, chicken strips, grilled cheese, cheese quesadilla, and pulled pork sandwich, to add more food items at more of the stations to the menu. The website will most ... [Read More…]
‘Twisters’ executive producer discusses film career
The executive producer of the movie Twisters, Ashley Jay Sandberg, visited campus Monday to discuss her path to Hollywood and to give advice to future filmmakers. Sandberg started by working as a secretary for The Kennedy/Marshall Company; since then she has moved up the ranks to eventually work on movies such as Twisters and Jurassic Dominion ... [Read More…]