By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Indiana Jones just entered Abilene - on a float that is. For the first time ever, a university office is entering a float in the Homecoming Parade at 9:30 Saturday morning to compete with 27 student organization floats. Matt Boisvert, director of the Career and Academic Development program, came up with the idea ... [Read More…]
More than 70 selected to lead mission trips during spring break
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Melanie Morrison remembers the first homeless person she met in Chicago while on a Spring Break Campaign. The experience changed her life in 2002, and she has been returning ever since as both a campaigner and a Spring Break Campaign leader. "I watched God working in the lives of not only the homeless and the ... [Read More…]
Lewis, Moore chosen to lead Homecoming Parade
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Steven Moore, assistant professor of English, and Susan Lewis, instructor of journalism and mass communication, were chosen as this year's Homecoming Parade grand marshals by the 35-member Homecoming Steering Committee. Moore and Lewis will ride in a convertible in the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 23 and be honored ... [Read More…]
Students encouraged to apply for WorldWide Witness
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Last summer, Justin Tuggle wanted to see what mission work was all about. He spent 10 weeks in Chiang Mai, Thailand, evangelizing to university students alongside other Christians on campus, and he discovered something. "Foreign missions is exciting," said Tuggle, graduate student in Bible from Edmond, Okla. ... [Read More…]
ACU media outlets collect awards at recent convention: Honors demonstrate that ‘convergence is working’
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer The Journalism and Mass Communication Department garnered 24 awards at the Southwestern Journalism Congress Sept. 17 in Monroe, La. The awards were for ACU student media programs, the Optimist, Prickly Pear and KACU. Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department, and three of ACU's ... [Read More…]
Students conduct research, learn about post-graduate options
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Ronald McNair, the first black astronaut to fly in space, had a dream and a vision. Eighteen years after his tragic death in the space shuttle Challenger explosion, his dream is being passed on to students at ACU. In his memory, the government set up a federal grant program called the McNair Scholars Program that ... [Read More…]
Students given chance to ‘Focus on the Family’
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Focus on the Family Institute, founded by Dr. James Dobson, offers four classes a semester to 88 students from secular, Christian, private and state universities across the United States. Amber Wiard, junior math education major from Livonia, Mich., is attending FFI this semester. On Sept. 7 she moved in to an ... [Read More…]
Tri-University Bash brings local colleges together
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer The first Tri-University Bash of the semester drew about 40-50 students from ACU, Hardin-Simmons and McMurry universities to the Bean Sprout on Friday evening to mingle, play board and card games and to participate in bowling, pool and Xbox tournaments. The students arrived and congregated around the bowling ... [Read More…]
New club to celebrate Celtic and Scottish heritage, traditions
By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Women on campus aren't the only ones wearing skirts to class. Members of the Thistle and Harp Society, a new club on campus, proudly wear kilts as a way to celebrate Celtic heritage. Acting president Travis McGuire, senior biblical text and music major from Amarillo, and vice president David Young, junior vocal ... [Read More…]
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