The deadline to apply for the position of provost passed last week, and the provost search committee will begin the first interviews with candidates next week. Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, approached Dr. Stephen Johnson, dean of the Honors College, to chair this committee late last semester. Schubert asked the provost at the ... [Read More…]
Scheduling class is complicated business
A good class schedule requires the appropriate balance of time in classes and time to do homework. Because that is all that makes up the life of a college student. Is it a good idea to take mostly afternoon classes so you can sleep in, or is it better to get it all out of the way with eight o'clocks? Eight o'clocks are never, ever a good ... [Read More…]
Freshman discovers intruder in dormitory
A Gardner resident found an intruder sitting on the floor in the middle of a friend's room at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The man quickly left the room, ran down the hall and escaped the building before the ACU Police arrived on the scene. Madison Brown, freshman interior design major from Frisco, was going to borrow an art supply from a friend on ... [Read More…]
Random tangents not just for math-heads
Despite my lack of being a math major, I am more than familiar with tangents. A tangent is a straight line that touches, but doesn't cross through, a curve at a particular point. At least, that's what Wikipedia says, and I believe everything on that website. That mad cow disease sure is scary. Tangents aren't exclusive to geometric equations, ... [Read More…]
Police Chief elected president of state association
Police Chief Jimmy Ellison was elected president of the Texas Association of College and University Police Administrators (TACUPA) last month. He will serve a one-year term as president for the 2012 calendar year. He is the first ACU-affiliated officer to serve as president of TACUPA. Ellison said he was honored to be elected to serve as ... [Read More…]
Spring enrollment shows typical retention
Spring freshman retention rate continues to climb as the latest university report shows more than 91 percent of freshmen returned to the university for the spring semester, according to 12th-day numbers released by the university Thursday. Kevin Campbell, chief enrollment officer, said last year's retention rate of 89.6 percent was one of the ... [Read More…]
BSA to revive Black History Production
The Black Students Association is reviving the Black History Production this semester in honor of Black History Month. Singing and acting auditions for the production were Monday, and follow-up and dancing auditions will be conducted Friday at 6 p.m. in the Living Room in the Campus Center. Byron Martin, assistant director of student multicultural ... [Read More…]
Three clubs welcome Bid Night pledges
Pledging returned to campus Friday night as three social clubs accepted pledges for spring Bid Night. Students pledged to men's clubs Frater Sodalis and Pi Kappa and the recently rechartered women's club, Zeta Rho. The pledging process will last three weeks this semester. Tara Lowe, sophomore elementary education major from Springtown and ... [Read More…]
Morning power outage stalls campus
A power blackout caused by an American Electric Power transmission line problem darkened campus and much of Northeast Abilene late Tuesday morning for about 20 minutes. ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the lights stayed on west of Campus Court. "The power went off on the main campus and up and down Judge Ely Boulevard, Ambler Avenue and ... [Read More…]
SHADES, Sanctify show to merge for concert
SHADES will merge with Sanctify for an annual performance in April. SHADES, a multicultural student step organization, and Sanctify, a new student hip-hop dance group, looked to schedule separate concerts in Cullen Auditorium but only one weekend was available in the auditorium. The two groups decided to merge their shows into one, and will ... [Read More…]
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