Family Weekend is right around the corner for students with the annual tradition returning on Sept. 23 and 24. Registration for the weekend is currently open and will close on Sept. 21. Some of the events that families can enjoy together are Praise Day Friday, Follies and the football game against Western New Mexico. PJ Martinez ... [Read More…]
Keep looking for that spot: ACUPD gives advice on parking troubles
With school back in session classrooms on campus are full once again and so are the parking lots. To many students, finding the ideal parking spot can be a challenge amid the lively campus. “The main challenge I’ve had is I feel like I have to leave my house 40 minutes early in order to find a parking spot and not be late to class,” said ... [Read More…]
Don’t let burnout get the best of you
Burnout is real and we’re at the stage in the semester when it typically starts to hit students pretty hard. With final papers, projects and exams just around the corner, we still have a ways to go before we are officially done with the semester. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines burnout as, “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength ... [Read More…]
Abilene is not boring
Abilene is so boring, right? Wrong. There are many unique and exciting things to do in Abilene that you may not have considered before. These things may not jump out at you, but they're there. I promise. One place that is gorgeous to visit, especially if you go when the leaves are changing in the fall, is Abilene State Park. The park is more ... [Read More…]
October can be a hard month for breast cancer survivors
Pink ribbons, pink-out games, pink T-shirts, pink balloons: pink is everywhere during the month of October. A constant reminder of one of the toughest things my family has ever had to go through. In January of last year my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy to remove the cancer and went through 20 rounds of ... [Read More…]
Seeking the good out of trauma
“I just want you guys to know that there is a shooter outside of the park and I am outside. I love you guys if anything happens to me.” This was the text message my parents received from me on the night that changed my life for the worse and for the better. I interned this past summer in Washington, D.C. It was, without hesitation, the best ... [Read More…]
Students should take full advantage of the to-go boxes in The Bean
The Bean’s new switch to the plastic, reusable to-go boxes is actually not all that “new”. If you don’t know anything about these to-go boxes, you may be pleasantly surprised to hear how easy they are to use and all the positives they have to offer. David Casida, senior director of dining services, said that the reusable boxes were used before ... [Read More…]
A&E department prepares for trip to Nicaragua
The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is preparing for its Maymester trip to Jinotega, Nicaragua. The trip will take place May 10-May 29. Seven students will be accompanied on this trip by Dr. James “Jim” Carpenter, department chair and associate professor, and Dr. Kendra Jernigan, assistant professor of environmental ... [Read More…]
Teacher education course starts Zoom tutoring with elementary students
The Reading Assessment and Instruction course in the Department of Teacher Education has recently started Zoom tutoring with elementary students. Dr. Andrew Huddleston, associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education, said in this upper-level course students would have normally gone out and tutored a small group of students in an ... [Read More…]
Master of Education program continues in-person student teaching during pandemic
The Master of Education program in teaching and learning continues to place student teachers despite being canceled due to COVID-19 last year. The graduate program is unique only to ACU students that have already gone through the undergraduate teacher education program. “In the fifth year they do a year-long student teaching placement because ... [Read More…]