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Women for ACU celebrates 50th anniversary

October 17, 2019 by Sydney Varner

Women for ACU is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year by hosting a social and an anniversary luncheon. The WACU Fall 2019 Social took place Sept. 19 and the Anniversary Luncheon will take place on Sunday in the Hunter Welcome Center. The luncheon costs $25 a person and will feature two alumni Andrea Lucado (‘08) and Denalyn (Preston) Lucado ... [Read More…]

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Students create chapter of Delight Ministries

October 11, 2019 by Sydney Varner

A group of students have started a local chapter of a national women’s ministry. McKenzie Bonam, sophomore kinesiology- pre occupational therapy major from Kerrville, is a part of the ACU Delight chapter’s leadership team. Bonam feels that Delight ministries is creating a new space for women at ACU. “I think it’s essential be welcomed into a ... [Read More…]

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1GEN program focuses on student success

October 4, 2019 by Sydney Varner

The office of Financial Counseling and Student Services is starting a new program promoting success for first-generation students on campus. Jordan Jones, associate director of financial counseling and student services is leading this program after working with the first generation students on campus. After graduating from the University of North ... [Read More…]

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Financial counseling programs to assist student needs

September 26, 2019 by Sydney Varner

Throughout the semester, Financial Counseling and Student Services conduct multiple events and seminars to help students, including a FAFSA filling, budgeting basics workshop and the start of a First Generation Student program.  The FAFSA filing day, to take place on Oct. 1, is a come-and-go event during which students and families can come to ... [Read More…]

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Faculty receive doctorate degrees

September 19, 2019 by Sydney Varner

Faculty members Dena Counts and Nick Tatum both received their doctorate degrees in the first week in September.  Dena Counts, an instructor in the Communication and Sociology department, received her ED.D. in organizational leadership from ACU Dallas. While working full time and writing her dissertation over organizational change and its ... [Read More…]

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Author’s visit highlights racial justice

September 11, 2019 by Sydney Varner

Author and activist Austin Channing Brown spoke to students Monday after faculty and staff read her recently published memoir during different reading groups.  Several faculty members read Brown’s memoir “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” as part of a small reading group last spring. Dr. Robert Rhodes, provost, then ... [Read More…]

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