The university is seeking to close the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science as part of its efforts to reduce expenses. Dr. Gregory Straughn informed students in the department at a meeting after Chapel on Monday. Straughn, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said this fall and into the spring the university will decide how ... [Read More…]
Classrooms are overrated
As a convergence journalism major, I get to take classes to learn very specific skills. Classes like "how to write a column 30 minutes before deadline" or "how to stalk sources that refuse to respond to your emails." Actually, we are not taught those things in class. In class, I learn technical things like where to put commas or the difference ... [Read More…]
Groundbreaking planned for Onstead Science Center
The university will break ground on the Onstead Science Center after having secured $42 million of the $45 million needed to complete the new science and engineering facilities. Two significant donations to fund construction of the science facilities were from local foundations, the Dodge Jones Foundation and the Dian Graves Owen Foundation, ... [Read More…]
TBH, TBTs are the result of our knack for nostalgia
Despite all the forward-thinking techy trends that are constantly abuzz, we seem to retain an obsession with nostalgic snap shots of the past. We make #ThrowBackThursday posts on social media so we can display old pictures of ourselves as children being dysfunctional and wearing too much denim. And when we don't have old pictures, we just apply ... [Read More…]
Brantly shares story at ACU Homecoming
Dr. Kent Brantly attended ACU Homecoming this weekend for the first time since he graduated in 2003, but he didn't come just to reconnect with alumni; he came to share with students about his experience with the Ebola virus. Kent was the Grand Marshall of the Homecoming parade on Saturday morning. Brantly spoke in Chapel on Friday morning. ... [Read More…]
SA bill heats things up in the library
At the Students' Association meeting on Wednesday night, Congress passed a bill unanimously to fund a microwave in the library for general student use. SA will pay $459 out of its congressional project fund for the microwave, the microwave cart and electrical wiring. The senior class vice president, Stephen Estrada, presented the bill. "A ... [Read More…]
Stone-Campbell Dialogue comes to Abilene
The Stone-Campbell Dialogue will conduct a series of meetings and worship services in Abilene on Oct. 5-6. The dialogue is an ongoing effort between Churches of Christ, Disciples of Christ and Christian Churches to discuss overcoming divisions and their common heritage in the Stone-Campbell movement. The Stone-Campbell movement began in the ... [Read More…]
New spin on Intramurals
This weekend, I played in the intramural Ultimate Frisbee tournament. Well actually, I just ran around and congested the middle of the field with defenders who didn't know I wasn't actually going to touch the Frisbee. I was asked to play only because, being a co-ed tournament, there was a requirement of at least two female players per team on ... [Read More…]
$260k saved on energy bills this year
Turning off the lights at night, replacing old equipment and a strategic partnership have led to an estimated $260,000 in cost-avoidance for the university over the last eight months. Significant savings on energy bills have come after launching an energy-saving initiative in January and the addition of Ben Rude, an on-campus energy specialist, ... [Read More…]
Our campus microcosm
A microcosm is a situation that encompasses the characteristics of something much larger, but on a mini scale. So living on a college campus, I can't help but think about the structure of our university, especially student life, as a mini version of the larger "real world" that seems to linger outside of the Lunsford. It's an "ACU ... [Read More…]
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