The Student Government Association announced the winners of Mr. and Miss ACU, Kaman Turner and Nancy Preston, early Thursday morning. Turner, senior marketing major from North Richland Hills, served as president of Frater Sodalis in 2019-20. He was also involved in the the Dean’s Student Council, the ACU Ultimate Team and the Red Thread ... [Read More…]
Wiser selected as new dean of Brown Library
James Wiser has been selected as the new dean of the library services and educational technology effective beginning Aug. 1. Wiser’s wife, Candice, who is currently a professor at Pepperdine University, will also join the ACU community as a professor of political science. They have lived in California for 16 years and will be relocating to ... [Read More…]
Students receive scholarships from the U.S. Department of Energy
Keaton Brewster, junior physics and math major from Malibu, Calif., and Reuben Howe, sophomore engineering major from Lockhart, received scholarships from the Office of Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), for their undergraduate research on nuclear energy. The DOE provides more than $5 million ... [Read More…]
Nursing and basketball: How Pamela Herrera juggled assignments off the court
Pamela Herrera has been a mainstay on the Wildcats roster since her freshman year in 2016 and cemented her place in team history when they made the NCAA tournament for the first time in 2019. But, that is only one side of the story for the senior guard. She is taking on the heavy workload of a nursing student, as well. Herrera, an El Paso ... [Read More…]
Retirement is calling Randy Harris home after 22 Years at ACU
After teaching for over 33 years and spending 22 of these years at ACU, Randy Harris, instructor in the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry and spiritual director for the College of Biblical Studies, has decided to see what the Lord has planned for him on the other side of retirement. Harris works in the Siburt Institute and is an avid ... [Read More…]
Student reflects on grandfather’s passing from COVID-19
The United States is currently in the third month of knowing COVID-19. Additional cases in the thousands are confirmed everyday. As of April 23, confirmed cases in the U.S. was reported to be 865,585, according to the CDC. Texas, in turn, makes up a total of 22,806 reported cases with 9,156 patients recovered and 593 fatalities, according to ... [Read More…]
Coronavirus postponements: Craig Churchill’s journey with Parkinson’s finds delay due to COVID-19
Craig Churchill, theological librarian of the ACU Brown Library, is feeling the effects of coronavirus more than most. Churchill was scheduled this March to undergo Deep Brain Stimulation surgery (DBS) to combat Parkinson’s disease, but with COVID-19 outbreaks beginning in Texas, Churchill’s surgery was postponed. Parkinson’s, a disease ... [Read More…]
University faces new challenges in fight against coronavirus
University administrators are facing new challenges as they continue to take preventative measures against COVID-19, the new coronavirus. While epidemics in the past have affected Abilene and the university, they have never resulted in the closure of the Abilene campus in the modern era. The Spanish influenza outbreak of 1918 and the polio ... [Read More…]
Olympic Gold Medalist, cancer survivor, to jump from airplane at ACU
"She saved my life," Earl Young said. "There's no other way to describe it. Obviously I would have died if she had not become a match." Earl Young isn't your typical 79-year old. He's accomplished a lot over his lifetime. You would think winning a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics would be his biggest accomplishment. But an even bigger challenge ... [Read More…]
Becoming Evergreen: Students gain followings on Spotify and release new album
Weston and the Evergreen, a student-led band, released their first album Jan. 24 and have gained thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify. “Because of what we have in God’s love through Christ, we can remain in a state of being Evergreen,” Weston Weast said. “That is the idea behind Weston and the Evergreen. It’s me in a state of righteousness ... [Read More…]
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