The 113th annual Summit will begin this year on Sunday evening and end on Wednesday during Chapel. “The purpose of Summit is to be a place where conversation is held for life and faith and so it is a time of spiritual renewal,” said Dr. David Wray, director of Summit. Summit began in 1906 around the name Lectureship. Through the years it has ... [Read More…]

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…]

ACU has outranked other Texas universities in U.S. News & World Report’s new benchmark and climbed nine spots in the regional rankings from last year. The university received its highest overall Western Region ranking in history at 12th in the U.S. News & World Report's 2020 "America's Best Colleges." Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the ... [Read More…]

University employees are now required by law to promptly report incidents regarding sexual harassment and assault against a student or another employee as of Sept. 1. Senate Bill 212, which went into effect Sept. 1, says all employees of an institution, public or private, must "promptly report" any reports made to them involving the sexual ... [Read More…]

Enrollment in the ACU Dallas online undergraduate programs has surpassed expectations. Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for the Dallas campus Stephen Johnson said they originally projected 25 students across the Bachelor of Science in psychology and the Bachelor of Science in information technology administration programs but said ... [Read More…]

Three faculty members have received a grant by the University Library Committee to encourage digital research at ACU. Dr. Lynette Austin, Nick Tatum and Dr. Trey Shirley were awarded a year-long grant funding program called the Digital Scholars Grant. The grant is intended to encourage faculty research and learning within their specific fields ... [Read More…]

Several faculty members will be leading Study Abroad trips during the upcoming semesters. The Study Abroad Program travels to three different countries throughout the year. The three locations are in Oxford, England, Leipzig, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay.  In fall of 2019, the professors attending Leipzig are Dr. Mark Phillips, professor ... [Read More…]