More than 275 people, including faculty, students, staff, family, friends and members of the Abilene community, participated in the Hudson Wade 5k hosted by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, SAAC, Saturday, Nov. 19. "There are so many people here, that we are running out of shirts," said Kyle Karnei, SAAC president. Karnei, senior ... [Read More…]
Multicultural Week features “Misunderstood Populations”
The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the second annual Cultural Awareness Week Oct. 31-Nov. 4. in a campus wide event featuring four forums at 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Monday through Wednesday, the forums will be in Chapel on the Hill, while the last forum on Thursday will be in Hart Auditorium. This year’s theme is ... [Read More…]
National Night Out to build community/police relations
The ACU Police Department hosted a National Night Out on campus in the Mall Area Tuesday. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnership and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live. The program has been going on for 33 years, and this is the second ... [Read More…]
Distinguished Speakers Series bring VP and CFO of Walmart to campus
Brett Biggs, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Walmart, will be coming to campus to speak in the Fall 2016 Distinguished Speakers Speaker Series. Biggs graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harding University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and later received a MBA with Honors from Oklahoma State University. He is ... [Read More…]
SWRC offers bouldering class
Bouldering has taken over the SRWC in the last couple of weeks. Bouldering is a form a rock climbing that is performed without the use of ropes or harnesses. Nathan Reynolds, a junior business management major from Kingwood, is the instructor for the Bouldering class offered Thursday nights at 8pm. The class is free and offered to any students ... [Read More…]
Faculty play intramural indoor soccer tournament
Intramural Sports started the first tournament Monday with indoor soccer. This year’s season has 20 men's teams and 9 women's. All the teams consist of students, staff and faculty. The sport will be a double elimination tournament lasting until Sept. 22 for the men. The women’s tournament starts Oct. 12 and lasts until Sept. 22. Both ... [Read More…]