It started one typical Friday afternoon for graduate student Heather Helm, as she finished working on case notes in her office. At around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, Helm received a phone call from an Abilene phone number, and a man with a heavy foreign accent on the other line claimed to be an IRS/FBI agent, Helm said. The man demanded Helm pay an ... [Read More…]
Jamfest canceled, replaced with first Homecoming Candlelight Devo
Jamfest was canceled this year but Homecoming will feature the first annual Homecoming Candlelight Devo. In previous years, the Alumni Association hosted Jamfest as apart of the Friday-night Homecoming activities. Student musicians and bands auditioned to perform in the event. “We decided this year to take a break from Jamfast. And so, in ... [Read More…]
Gutenberg Celebration to honor three outstanding JMC alumni
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication will host the 24th annual Gutenberg Celebration Thursday night in the Hunter Welcome Center honoring three outstanding alumni of the department. “It starts with a networking reception and then we do the award presentation and follow up with a dessert reception,” said Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of ... [Read More…]
Buffalo Gap Historic Village hosts haunted history fundraiser
The Buffalo Gap Historic Village is scaring crowds for its 5th annual haunted village tour. The village consists of 18 different historic monuments from the Abilene and Buffalo Gap area as far as Snyder. Each building has stood for the last 50 years of the West Texas Frontier, 1875-1925, and each has reports of being haunted. The Buffalo Gap ... [Read More…]
Women in Technology conference gives real-world perspectives
Last Friday and Saturday, female students gathered at the Women in Technology conference to hear from alumni and industry professionals about their experience in the tech world as women. Speakers at the event included 2011 graduate Kendall Lundschen, 2015 graduate Natalie Lemieux, Jeanette Schofield, software developer at WolfePak Software and ... [Read More…]
Gallery: Signing The Press Box Beam
On Monday afternoon, students and faculty had the opportunity to sign the last beam for the press box on the new Wildcat Stadium. ... [Read More…]
Log rolling tournament rolls onto campus
ACU's first intramural log rolling tournament will take place Nov. 16 in the pool at the Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The sport is played in 47 states and seven countries. It is played by two individuals standing on a floating log, moving the log with their feet to knock the other person off. Mark Jackson, director of ... [Read More…]
ACUPD explains parking for Homecoming
ACUPD is preparing for the Homecoming parade and increased traffic as alumni, friends and family come to campus this weekend. “Homecoming is one of the top two parking pressure events on campus, second only to Sing Song,” said ACUPD Chief Jimmy Ellison. Ellison said the biggest difficulty for parking and crowd control happens Saturday morning ... [Read More…]
Frat Haunted Island dares to scare with clowns
Frater Sodalis will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year, the Frat Haunted Island, from Wednesday-Monday. This is a tradition 34 years in the making, and members are planning to make it different than the years before. President, Joel Childers, said, “We are working hard to set everything up to make it different than before. It is going to be ... [Read More…]
Chemistry Circus changed to “Science Circus”
Students will put on the Science Circus, previously known as the Chemistry Circus Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Bennett Gymnasium. About 25 students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Engineering and Physics will perform demonstrations of scientific experiments. Dr. Autumn Sutherlin, director of undergraduate ... [Read More…]
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