On November 5, the Women of Tri Kappa Gamma will be holding a pickleball fundraising tournament from 2-5 p.m. All students on campus are invited to play pickleball with others and build community while raising money for a good cause. Anyone can play individually or sign up to be in teams. They can pay at the door or by scanning the QR code posted ... [Read More…]
Police Log Oct 24 – Oct 31, 2023
Weekly Highlight Report for Oct 24 - Oct 31 10/24/2023 8:30 p.m. Suspicious Person Morrow Lane A suspicious person rang a homeowners door bell then left. ACU PD responded but was unable to locate the person. 10/24/2023 11:00 p.m. Harassment Mabee Hall A student reported an unknown person requested money in order to not release nude ... [Read More…]
OISVS and OMA hold Multicultural Week
The Office of Internal Students & Visiting Scholars (OISVS) in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is holding a Multicultural Week from Nov. 13 to Nov. 17. “This joint initiative of the Office of International Students & Visiting Scholars and the Office of Multicultural Affairs is honoring multicultural initiatives ... [Read More…]
Summit themed “Holy Discomfort: Our Journey toward God”
The annual Summit event, hosted by ACU, underwent a significant transformation in 2021 to foster a stronger sense of community among church leaders and volunteers. Summit is hosted by the Sibert Institute for Church Ministry, a campus ministry that partners with churches. The event exists to disciple those in a broad spectrum of ... [Read More…]
Office of Student Life makes changes to upcoming rushing season
Right on track, Greek Life is rushing full ahead into the rushing season. Students are preparing for round one of open rush on Nov. 6-10 and round two from Nov. 13-17. Invitational Rush round three will be on Jan. 17-19, round 4 will be on Jan. 26, 29 and 30. No two Fraternities and no two sororities will have rushes at the exact same date or ... [Read More…]
Candidates for Sing Song 2024 host and hostess audition this week
As the anticipation for Sing Song builds, hosts and hostesses will begin their auditioning journey this week. The process for becoming a host or hostess begins with personal auditions held today and tomorrow. Each aspiring host or hostess will sing two songs from different genres, encompassing one slower and one more upbeat piece. A small panel of ... [Read More…]
The Shinnery Review starts 90th Year
Since 1933, The Shinnery Review, formerly known as The Pickwicker, a name based on Dicken's Pickwick Papers, has been a student-led art and literary magazine of ACU. This magazine publishes student work such as creative writing, poetry, prose, photography and all mediums of art from the undergrad community, and this is its 90th year of being ... [Read More…]
Writing Center holds annual Spooky Story Writing Contest
The Writing Center is hosting its annual Halloween Short Story writing contest throughout October to celebrate Halloween. “Every year for the past several years, we have run what we call a Scary Story contest around Halloween, and we ask students to write a short story of no more than 1200 words that is suitable for Halloween,” said Dr. Cole ... [Read More…]
Police Log Oct 17 – Oct 24, 2023
Weekly Highlight Report for Oct 17 - Oct 24 10/18/2023 2:00 p.m. Theft Brown Library A suspicious person was reported at the library. No criminal acts were committed. 10/21/2023 12:18 a.m. Alarm Facilities Management The burglary alarm at facilities management was activated by accident. 10/22/2023 6:15 a.m. Alarm Wessel Hall A ... [Read More…]
Ellie Berry crowned Homecoming Queen
The Homecoming Queen nominees were lined up on the football field Saturday in anticipation of the news of who will be the winner for Homecoming Queen. The winner was Ellie Berry, senior Kinesiology major from Burleson, who represented Ko Jo Kai. “Just being on the court in general was so fun and awesome,” Berry said. “It was a sweet moment ... [Read More…]