Wildfires continue to rage across Texas, leaving thousands of acres charred in their wake. The fires are the result of low humidity, lack of rain and high winds sweeping across the Southwest. Red flag warnings extend from the San Antonio area to just outside Flagstaff, Ariz., covering all of West Texas and New Mexico. Yellow flags, which represent ... [Read More…]
Psychology professor publishes new book
Dr. Richard Beck, professor of psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology, has written a new book reflecting on the idea of hating sin, loving sinners and missional failure in the church. The book is titled, Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality. Beck's purpose for writing the book was to describe the effects of the ... [Read More…]
Students thrive at TIPA competition
Journalism and Mass Communications competed at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) in Ft. Worth last week, bringing multiple awards back to ACU. Blane Singletary, junior electronic media major from Abilene and KACU announcer, won first in radio documentary and third in news video and an honorable mention in radio announcing. He also ... [Read More…]
Locavore Club hosts Just Food Fair
The ACU Locavore Club will conduct the Just Food Fair alongside guest speaker Joel Salatin. The Just Food Fair is intended to help students and ACU discover how locally-grown food systems can benefit particular aspects of agriculture, community, culture and the body. Educating students and ACU about the Locavore Club philosophy is the goal of the ... [Read More…]
Campaigners go far and wide for Spring Break
Nearly 200 students participated in Spring Break Campaigns last week. Campaigners traveled to 10 different U.S. cities and four different countries. Spring Break Campaigns are student-led missions in which students partner with a local church or nonprofit organization to work on making a difference in a community, according to the ACU website. ... [Read More…]
COBA to equip studens with career prep
To better equip students for future careers, the College of Business Administration is integrating new preparation activities into core classes. No new courses have been created to accommodate the new curriculum. Rather, three core COBA classes are expected to incorporate the material into lesson plans. These courses are Introduction to Business ... [Read More…]
Honors College prepares murder mystery dinner
The Honors College promises theater, mystery and food Friday, as it conducts its annual mystery dinner party. Typically, during mystery dinners, actors sit and eat with guests while dropping strategic hints, leading to the identity of the killer. By the end, the guests take stabs at who they think the killer is. Honors students produce the mystery ... [Read More…]
McMurry narrows mascot search to three
McMurry University has narrowed its search for a mascot to three finalists. McMurry is currently searching for a mascot after having to drop the name Indians. In 2004, a total of 33 schools, including McMurry, had to submit a report that explained their usage of their Native American identifications to the NCAA. In 2005 all NCAA colleges and ... [Read More…]
SAAC to adopt local child’s wish
The ACU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has partnered up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help raise money for a local child's wish. The SAAC does not have the right to publicize the name, age, gender or medical state of the child. However, it was made clear that the child is from Abilene. The SAAC is working with representatives from ... [Read More…]
Mayor Archibald Delivers State Of The City Address
In the information age, we're transfixed on learning how well things are working, what's not working so well at all, and what our city, state, and national leaders are doing to fix the problems we see. A few weeks ago, the national stage was set for President Barack Obama to deliver his State Of The Union address to the country, noting on his ... [Read More…]