The timeless Broadway-style musical of Beauty and the Beast will be preformed three times during Homecoming Week. This play is a large production. It took four semitrailers to bring in the set and costumes for the play. Catherine Baumgardner, the head of costume, oversaw the unloading of the set and costumes. “This is a large production,” ... [Read More…]

One-in-every-four full time college students across America suffer from food insecurity and the repercussions that follow if not acted upon.  The stereotype of “starving college student” is not just a stereotype, it has become a fact for roughly 25 percent of four-year college students across the United States. For community college students, ... [Read More…]

Students showed up and showed out Friday night at the Black Student Union talent show.  The talent show took place in Hart Auditorium in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building, Friday night at 6:30 p.m. Aside from members of Black Student Union, all students were welcome.  No auditions were held prior to the show, but there was an interest ... [Read More…]

ACU is changing the payroll method from a monthly payroll to a bi-weekly payroll for all of its faculty and staff members starting January 2020.  For the last 3 years there have been different methods on how each employee is paid depending on if they were a student, staff or faculty. The Human Resources Office was looking for a more efficient way ... [Read More…]

The 2019 Annual Campus Crime, Security and Fire Safety Report showed a decrease in on-campus burglaries. The annual report shows the statistics representative of the past three years, 2016, 2017 and 2018, for the ACU main campus in Abilene, ACU-Dallas campus in Addison and the three ACU Study Abroad campuses at Leipzig, Germany, Montevideo, ... [Read More…]

The women’s rugby club has become active again after a hiatus due to lack of players from previous years. The women’s rugby club was formed in January 2017 after the men’s rugby club formed in 2015. The rugby teams started as an organization with SGA and then worked with athletics to become a club sport. Neither the women’s or men’s teams are ... [Read More…]

The Society of Physics Students Club has a fundraising event on Monday to raise money to attend the Physics Congress conference. If enough money is raised then Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, will be pied in the face. “We are raising money for the Physics Congress that will be held in Rhode Island this year, and we are sending ... [Read More…]

The ACU Venture Program will be selling shirts featuring Fritter, the K9, to raise funds for Peyton’s K9s, a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness for K9 police units in need. Teaming up with Kelly Mann, assistant professor of interior design and owner of Fritter, students chose to support Peyton’s K9s. Peyton Estochin is a 10 ... [Read More…]

The Writing Center will mark its 20th anniversary celebration during Homecoming week. The celebration will take place on Saturday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Brown Library on the ground floor. At the event there will be desserts and a small ceremony performed by Dr. Robert Rhodes, the provost.  The Writing Center was established in 1999 by the ... [Read More…]

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…]