Two dance groups on campus are actively looking for new members with spring tryouts as they prepare Sing Song performances. SHADES step team has been conducting tryouts each night this week, and will again Friday evening in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building room 115 from 8 - 10 p.m. It's the first time the group will welcome open ... [Read More…]
Dean of students to leave post
The university is beginning a national search for a new vice president for Student Life and dean of students. Dr. Jean-Noel Thompson will remain in the position until March 8, when he will leave ACU to begin work as vice president for student services at Faulkner University, also a Church of Christ-affiliated university, in Montgomery, Ala. Dr. ... [Read More…]
Provost appoints CEHS dean
The school year began with three interim deans leading three colleges in the university. Soon after appointing the permanent dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the provost named Dr. Donnie Snider the dean of the College of Education and Human Services. The search committee for the CEHS dean named Snider, who had been serving in the position ... [Read More…]
Staff turnover no match for the ‘Optimist’
I am not a dictator. I'm just taking over even more of the Optimist. We've had a lot of turnover. David Singer, our opinion page editor last semester, quit, making some lame excuses about how he's an "art major" and wants to do more "freelance design work" and focus on "getting a job after graduation." Good riddance. I'm kidding, of course. ... [Read More…]
Search committee submits one finalist
Another interim dean may be appointed to the permanent position soon. The search committee for the dean of the College of Education and Human Resources has recommended Dr. Donnie Snider as the only finalist for the permanent position. Snider has filled it in an interim capacity since this summer. Earlier this week, Dr. Greg Straughn, interim dean ... [Read More…]
Faculty numbers rise after realignment dip
Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, stood before a packed Hart Auditorium last October, preparing to give some of the worst news to the university in his year-and-a-half as president. Hundreds of faculty and staff members listened intently to his outline of a new budget plan that would cut nearly $10 million from the university's ... [Read More…]
Interim named dean of CAS
The semester-long search for the permanent dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has finally reached its end. Dr. Greg Straughn will serve as the permanent dean of the college, beginning Jan. 1. He has filled the position in an interim capacity since the summer, as well as during the 2009-10 school year. He also served as interim provost last ... [Read More…]
Suspect attempts to rob custodian
An employee of WFF Custodial Services, ACU's janitorial service provider, was physically confronted by a stranger on campus late Wednesday night. The male suspect grabbed the female victim's arm as she was locking the east entrance of the Don H. Morris Center just before midnight. The suspect demanded her keys to the building, but she was able to ... [Read More…]
Cancer claims young Wildcat
The 10-year-old son of ACU's sports information director died this weekend after a two-year-long fight with cancer. Rex Fleming passed away at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday night in home hospice care. "He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his parents and grandparents, just the way he would have wanted it," said his father, Lance. Rana Travieso, ... [Read More…]
The apologetics of CORE poetry
I was a second-semester freshman, sitting in CORE 120, worried about our in-class assignment. Dr. Steven Moore had just told me and the other 70 students in the class we had 10 minutes to write a poem. The only other guideline: we had use the phrase "blue sweater". The 10 minutes expired all too quickly. I'd barely written poetry before, and had ... [Read More…]
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