Rescue the Animals, SPCA has teamed up with Abilene Animal Shelter to find homes for animals. Abilene Animal Shelter is offering a $20 discount during the month of February, and potentially during March, to anyone who adopts an animal from the shelter along with a $20 voucher for a mail-in-rebate to spay or neuter the adopted pet. "Basically, ... [Read More…]
Clogged pipes flood Chambers Hall
The Chambers Hall offices experienced flooding from the clogged sewage pipes underneath campus. The sewage pipes, which collect waste from all over campus, run throughout parts of ACU. The sewage pipe underneath Chambers became clogged and caused the basement offices in the building to flood on Tuesday. Built in 1929, Chambers is one of the ... [Read More…]
Student groups prepare for Film Fest
ACU's 10th annual Film Fest is in full swing as student teams are working to put together their short films by the March 17 deadline. Ten teams are signed up to compete in the annual competition, which is the most in the event's history. Teams put together films no longer than 10 minutes that pertain to the year's theme. Film Fest's theme this ... [Read More…]
Undergrad researchers present at festival
The ACU Undergraduate Research Festival is in the process of organizing its sixth annual research conference. While faculty is preparing for the logistics and schedule of the event, students are working hard to present their research. The Undergraduate Research Festival will be in the Hunter Welcome Center on April 1. The event will begin as ... [Read More…]
SRWC gears up for annual Zumbathon
The third annual Zumbathon, which was originally scheduled for November, and has been rescheduled to Saturday after being postponed because of icy weather. The event, which lasts from 9 a.m.-12 p.m., is being hosted by Student Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or SAND, to raise money for its events. Shelia Jones, associate chair of the ... [Read More…]
SAA hosts student entertainment auditions
ACU's Student Alumni Association is preparing another Spring Fest for the student body. There will be returning bands and some new student bands. Auditions for bands were held earlier this week. The process of selecting bands and the line-up is still in progress. John Alan Archer, senior family studies major from Pflugerville is overseeing ... [Read More…]
BSA to show film that reflects black history
The Black Student Association will show the movie 12 Years a Slave Thursday at 7 p.m. in Cullen Auditorium. All students are invited to come free of charge to see the critically acclaimed film and participate in a talkback session after the movie. The movie has a 134-minute run time with an hour-long talkback session. T'neise Ragland, ... [Read More…]
Building initiative spurs fundraising
Though $55 million has already been gifted to the "Vision in Action" initiative, it appears as much as $30 million remains to be raised by the university by May 31, 2014. ACU's three new science facilities are expected to cost a total of $45 million - $30 million of which has already been donated by Kay Onstead, Kathy and David D. Halbert, and ... [Read More…]
Senator visits to learn about ACU
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) visited ACU's campus last Thursday. The senator was able to take a tour of the new Maker Lab and Learning studio, and talk with faculty and students to discover what enables ACU to send out so many employed graduates. According to Forbes.com, the real unemployment rate is 14.7 percent as of January 2014. ... [Read More…]
Construction obstructs ACU parking
Thirty-five parking spaces are temporarily closed due to the renovation of the Bennett Gymnasium. The parking spaces are in three lots on campus including some parking spaces on Campus Road, several angled spots in the WFF lot and a portion of the parking lot adjacent to McKinzie Hall and the education building. The closure will affect ... [Read More…]
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