Although she stands only 4 feet 11 inches tall, her role on campus is large. The spunky and energetic director of student and parent activities, Caddie Coupe, organized Welcome Week and oversaw through the drastic transition to Wildcat Week. Despite some pushback and opposition from the campus community, Coupe and her student-leaders focused on ... [Read More…]
Coleman contributed to campus tech behind the scenes
Students, faculty and staff depend on campus computer servers, but few knew Gerald Coleman, the man who kept the servers running. In 2005, Gerald started working in Information Services, where he worked closely with Robert Forkner, senior systems administrator. Forkner said he and his team were impressed with Coleman from the first interview, ... [Read More…]
Fresh Meet: The Class of 2021 takes campus by storm
With Generation ‘Z’ or post-millenials arriving to campus this fall, three freshmen share their unique stories on life in America, being an ACU legacy and going to college as an international athlete. Amidst the 940 new students timidly walking in and out of the Brown Library, a curious Salvadoran freshman Sergio Lainez, an engineering major from ... [Read More…]
In a league of their own
"When it comes down to it the only thing that separates this family is that we play girls and they play men." After earning a starting spot on the men's club rugby team, Alexandria Soto decided it was time to start a women's rugby team. "I wanted to start a women's team because I fell in love with this sport, but I wanted to see what I could ... [Read More…]
The Heart of Campus: Burke and Kennedy prepare for upcoming school year
As most students prepare for finals week, graduation, the end of another semester and the start of summer break, two students are already planning for the new school year. The student body elected Danny Burke, junior business marketing major from Seymour, Indiana, and Julia Kennedy, sophomore English major from Lubbock, as the new Students' ... [Read More…]
Before Peter Pan: ‘Starcatchers’ shows how Peter Pan became the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
The Department of Theatre will open its last show of the semester this weekend with Peter and the Starcatchers. The show is a theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's best-selling book of the same name. The show is a prequel to Peter Pan, telling the story of how the orphan became the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up – including pirates ... [Read More…]
Like brother, like sister: Adams siblings tag team collegiate tennis at ACU
Growing up, shouting matches were not the only type of matches that took place between the brother sister duo of Henry and Sarah Eleanor Adams. In fact Henry said he and his sister were born into a family that all participated in tennis. "The reason we started playing tennis was because we have four older siblings who all played college ... [Read More…]
Finding a way: Trevino continues pursuit of MLB dreams at ACU
Before the school year started, there was word of a late signing- a C/IF junior college transfer. When senior Russell Crippen found out, he didn't know what to expect. "Coach Bonneau was excited, but I had never met him," Crippen said. "Nobody had. It was a really late signing, he was supposed to go to Houston but it didn't pan out. So we got ... [Read More…]
8,000 miles from home: Rwandan Iryamukuru adapts to U.S. culture as an international student
Olivier Iryamukuru is from a "little bitty country in central Africa" – Rwanda. He found out about ACU in a program called Reach to Rwanda that takes students in Rwanda and helps them find universities in the U.S. – so when he finished high school, they helped him find a Christian university. "I decided to come here because ACU is a Christian ... [Read More…]
Abilene’s own Fixer Upper: Trained as an academic, communication professor hammers a hobby into business
“It seems like he knows a lot of stuff, he kind of knows a little bit of everything,” 14-year-old Ben Camp says as his dad walks across the house to turn on the AC in the dusty living room. Aaron Copland’s Pandora station plays from a speaker. “My dad knows how to…” Ben starts to say. “I know how to find a YouTube video,” Ben’s father, Jon ... [Read More…]
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