The American Sign Language classes taught by Cassie "CK" Knutson, MS Deaf Education teacher of almost 20 years, will be signing the national anthem at the Homecoming football game on Saturday. Knutson has taught Deaf education for 5th-12th grade students in Texas, Arizona and Washington state, and she has taught ASL at ACU for 6 years. “ASL ... [Read More…]
Homecoming events promote community, connection
Students and alumni will have the opportunity to connect at this year’s Homecoming, which is themed “The Sky’s the Limit.” While students spent the week participating in activities like as late-night breakfast, a scavenger hunt and Sherbet with Schubert, the celebrations are only just getting started. Friday will begin with Praise Day ... [Read More…]
Bean addresses 14 health code violations in city inspection
The Bean is responding to a city health inspection in September in for which the campus cafeteria received 14 health violations, including issues related to proper holding temperatures and pests found within the dining space and storage room. Dr. Ryan Richardson, vice president for student life, said when he saw the results of the inspection, it ... [Read More…]
‘Friday’ flips the stage
The Department of Theatre has spent the last six to seven months working on this year's annual Homecoming musical, Disney’s Freaky Friday. The show dates are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and will take place in the Boone Family Theatre. Tickets are available to purchase at ACU.UniversityTickets.com. Throughout the long ... [Read More…]
New SGA legislation includes limits on travel funding
The Student Government Association this week passed two new pieces of legislation and elected a new member for its judicial board. Amanda White, a sophomore criminal justice major from Azle, was elected to be on SGA’s judicial board at Wednesday’s senate meeting. The judicial board ensures the student government organization remains within the ... [Read More…]
SGA hosts ACU Votes to get students registered
The Student Government Association is encouraging students to register to vote for the upcoming presidential election through a campaign called ACU Votes. To participate, all students need to do to become registered in Taylor County is visit the SGA office in the Campus Center basement and fill out a change of address form. This will allow ... [Read More…]
Pi Kappa gets second revival with recharter
Hawke Ratliff has spent the last seven months working on the recharter and rebranding of Pi Kappa, and his efforts have paid off. The social club was founded in 1996 but has disbanded twice over the years. Pi Kappa became an official fraternity again earlier this semester. Pi Kappa disbanded in the spring of 2007 and again in 2020, said ... [Read More…]
NEXT Lab receives approval for construction of molten salt reactor
The National Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the university a construction permit to build a liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (Natura MSR-1), which makes it the first university reactor approved in more than 30 years and the first reactor licensed by the NRC in American history. Dr. Kim Pamplin, NEXT Lab director of chemistry, said the ... [Read More…]
Declining sales kills The Fatted Café
The Fatted Café in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building will close Friday at 1 p.m. because of a lack of business. Chrystal Morris, who has run The Fatted Café for six years, said during her time there she has worked to make it a peaceful place on campus for students. However, she said because of the location of The Fatted Café, many ... [Read More…]
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations begin
Hispanic Heritage Month has officially started and the student organization Hispanos Unidos (HU) is excited to celebrate with the campus. HU is a student-led organization for Hispanic and Latino students that hosts weekly chapels and campus-wide events for all to enjoy. President Ana Lara, junior nursing major from Merkel, said the goal of HU is to ... [Read More…]