Entra A La Plaza festival will bring people together for dancing and food Friday night for part of Hispanos Unidos' 25th anniversary celebration. Entra A La Plaza is an annual Hispanos Unidos event, where students and the Abilene community can be entertained by Folklorico dances, mariachi music and hispanic foods from across the South American ... [Read More…]
Thirty representatives elected for SA Congress
Students' Association elections resulted in a runoff for freshman vice president, 30 candidates elected and 28 empty seats. Twenty-five candidates ran unopposed in the election so they automatically won. In the vote for freshman vice president, Jonathan Ladd won 141 votes and Logan Dybdahl won 87 votes beating their opponents, Jenna Suzman and ... [Read More…]
Tri-collegiate orchestra combines students, faculty and community performers
The Civic Orchestra of Abilene will create a new opportunity for students and faculty to play for an orchestra through a cooperative effort sponsored by Abilene Christian, Hardin-Simmons, and McMurry Universities. In addition to providing an orchestral opportunity for university students, it will also have “a very strong community outreach ... [Read More…]
Students prepare for the West Texas Fair and Rodeo
The West Texas Fair and Rodeo officially opened its gates this week with its traditional carnival rides, booths and games. Filling the air with illuminating lights and cotton candy sugar streams, several students plan on returning to the fair as both a tradition or last time before graduation. Brandon Gonzales, junior accounting major from ... [Read More…]
First season tailgate kicks off without a hitch
ACU football isn’t the only thing to kick off its regular season schedule on Saturday. Tailgating also began its pregame ritual for the purple and white fans. Smoke filled the air as several grills were fired, the music was loud and all around the students seemed to be energetic. Abraham Enriquez, Students' Association vice president, said ... [Read More…]
Annual Fall Stomp to swing through historic ballroom
Put on your dancing shoes and dress your best for a night of swing dancing and jazz music at the Elks Ballroom. ACU Swing Cats' annual Fall Stomp will take place Oct. 6 at the Elks Grand Ballroom on N. 1st from 8-11 p.m. Swing Cats invites students and the Abilene community to the free event featuring the ACU Jazz Band. There will be ... [Read More…]
Student Congress candidates run unopposed
Students' Association elections begin Wednesday with 17 unopposed candidates and no senior class candidates. Contested races with more than one candidate include freshman class president and vice president and sophomore class president, vice president and treasurer. Thirty-eight seats have no candidates, so the SA executive cabinet will have to ... [Read More…]
Tutoring made available to all students
Changes to the university’s tutoring program criteria has made free, one-on-one tutoring available to all students. Tutors are available on the main floor of the Brown library Monday-Thursday from 4-9 p.m. and Fridays from 4-7 p.m. Tutors can be identified by their bright blue shirts and orange signs that read "available for tutoring". For more ... [Read More…]
School of Information Technology and Computing contracts with Sony
The School of Information Technology and Computing entered into an agreement with Sony that grants the department access to develop projects compatible with the company’s gaming systems. The contract gives the school access to Sony’s Playstation and Vita systems, which includes access to Sony’s virtual reality technology. Dr. Brian Burton, ... [Read More…]
110th Summit emphasizes medical missions, mobile technology
The Summit leadership team is putting the final touches on plans for the 110th annual Bible lectures, set to take place Sept. 18-21 with the theme "Love God. Love Your Neighbor." Dr. David Wray, director of Summit, said he anticipates 1000 guests to attend the four-day event. Notable additions to this year's lectures are the use of a mobile app ... [Read More…]
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