A cool breeze escapes beneath the entrance door to the Department of Management Sciences. A slow creak is heard when the heavy door is slowly pulled open letting the once cool breeze disappear into the air – silence. Doors left and right are shut with small sounds of fingers lightly clacking along the keyboard. And at the end of narrow hallway, ... [Read More…]
Early Impact: Arteaga dominates despite her youth
Despite a winless weekend in Oklahoma and a difficult non-conference schedule, the Wildcats head into the Southland Conference opener stacked with young talent. Much of that young talent has come from freshman Christina Arteaga. Head soccer coach Casey Wilson said his freshman midfielder has helped create numerous chances for the team early ... [Read More…]
At the Helm: De Leon seeks campus and community unity
The Here and Now This December it will be three years since Director of Athletics Lee De Leon moved to Abilene to take the helm of the Department of Athletics. At 32, he would become the youngest Div. 1 athletic director in the country – an accomplishment shattering his initial goal of obtaining this type of job before he was 40. Now as ... [Read More…]
The warmest “Hello”
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…]
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