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Information technology comes to an end

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The Information Technology degree will no longer be offered to students beginning next fall. The program will be merged in with the Information Systems degree plan.   Director of the School of IT and Computing and Associate Professor John Homer, said why exactly dissolving IT into the IS program will be beneficial for incoming students. ... [Read More…]

Cabinet to host first mini-golf night since reboot

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The Cabinet will host its first Putt Putt Night from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday. This is the first putt putt event since The Cabinet was rebooted in the spring semester of 2017. It will be free to all students. “The goal of this event is to give ACU students an opportunity to get exposed to the Abilene community and provide a fun, free event that ... [Read More…]

Black Tulip to celebrate Shinnery Review release

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The Department Language and Literature will host the Black Tulip, a release party for the student-published literary magazine, the Shinnery Review. Valerie Kocsis, senior English major from Littleton, Colorado, served as editor in chief of the publication, and Savannah Weeks, senior history major from Canyon Lake was the assistant editor. The ... [Read More…]

ACU Ultimate Frisbee tournament this Friday and Saturday

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The Ultimate Frisbee team will host an intramural Ultimate Frisbee competition Friday night and Saturday to help raise money for next season's fees. The entry free to get into the tournament will be $50, and up to 14 people can be on each team. There have to be at least two women on each team, and none can have more than two  team members on ... [Read More…]

A Cappella group puts on first concert

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Foundation A Cappella group put on its first concert this Monday in Cullen Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Nick Tatum began the group at the beginning of this year, with auditions open to freshman, said Tessa Kennedy, freshman undeclared major from Allen. Foundation is made of of 15 singers. The concert was a showcase of what Foundation has been ... [Read More…]

Riley to leave Student Life for provost’s office

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Dr. Chris Riley, vice president for Student Life, will leave the Office of Student Life at the end of the semester to take a new role in the provost's office. He will replace the retiring Dr. Tom Milholland, as the assistant provost for institutional research and SACSCOC liaison. He will also teach classes in the Department of Political Science ... [Read More…]

Theatre department to have dance track

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The Department of Theatre will launch a new musical theatre dance track for incoming freshmen and upperclassmen in the fall. Dawne Meeks, chair of the department, said students can now get a minor in dance or major in musical theatre with a dance track. The full-time dance instructor will be Lily Balogh, who trained with the American Ballet ... [Read More…]

Home brewers plan to open new brewery in spring 2019

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Three award-winning members of the Big Country Home Brewers Association plan to open Grain Theory Brewing in the spring of 2019. After Big Day Downtown last week, David Kasselman and his family shared the Facebook page. By the following morning, he said they had already been contacted by press to cover the future opening. "We became friends ... [Read More…]

ACUPD aims to bring self-defense classes to campus

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The ACU Police Department hosted a condensed self-defense seminar April 17 to show support for Sexual-Assault Awareness Month. The seminar was set up to show students a demonstration of a two-night course that was offered through the police department. “You can talk about awareness, and you can talk about dating situations, and you can even talk ... [Read More…]

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