Freshman Follies is underway this week back in it's original format after a year of COVID-19. Freshman Follies will hold two live performances Sept. 17-18. “We are luckily able to go back to our 2019 format,” Courtney McGaha, ACU student productions coordinator and graphic designer, said.  The format of the lip-syncing competition has been ... [Read More…]

Every year Halbert Missions Center hosts Missions Week - an event designed to serve those at ACU and beyond. Set to take place Sept. 20 -25, this year's event will feature favorites such as a coffee meet and greet, an interactive prayer night and service day. Notable additions include a Hispanos Unidos concert, local food trucks and guest ... [Read More…]

ACU hit record total institutional enrollment for the fourth consecutive year, buoyed by growth in the number of students enrolled at ACU Dallas. Total enrollment is 5,334 students, 3,554 of which are students enrolled on the Abilene campus, according to the email sent Wednesday by Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university.  Of the ... [Read More…]

A group of students and staff traveled to Jinotega, Nicaragua for three weeks over the summer to install bio-sand water filters, dig sanitary composting latrines and tour local facilities. The group was from the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Wildcat Academics on Mission (WAM), an initiative of the Halbert Center for ... [Read More…]

SGA recently met with upper level financial officers to discuss making a budget for student organizations for the upcoming fiscal year. Jackson Suss, SGA treasurer and junior financial management major from Weatherford, said SGA is still working on a budget for the year.  “We are still in the early stages on how much we need for certain ... [Read More…]

Anthony Williams, university advancement and community relations officer and mayor of Abilene, has been named the second chief diversity officer in university history following Dr. Stephanie Hamm. Williams grew up in a challenging neighborhood in the 79603 ZIP code of northwest Abilene, which remains a neighborhood where the average household ... [Read More…]

The intramural field is a well-beloved aspect of ACU’s campus and has played a big part in club sports throughout the years. With recent plans to move the field’s location, the question remains: Where will intramural sports be played now? In Oct. of 2019, ACU purchased the Taylor Elementary School property, and June of 2020, the grant for the ... [Read More…]

The new Center for Pre-Health Professions is being launched for students who are preparing to apply to a graduate health professions program to lead to a career in healthcare. Dr. Cynthia Powell, executive director of the Center for Pre-Health Professions, said as the number of graduate programs for health professions has grown and the ... [Read More…]