Fifty students were recognized as University Scholars for their academic excellence within their designated departments last Thursday. The students were honored based off their knowledge and skills within their department, overall academic excellence and previous undergraduate research. After careful selection and consideration, the students ... [Read More…]
KACU Pledge Drive finishes short
Last week's pledge drive at KACU finished around $5,000 dollars short of their goal. The radio station, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, originally planned to raise $38,000 for the fall semester. Nathan Gibbs, assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications and general manager at KACU, said the lower ... [Read More…]
Faculty art show opens downtown
The ACU Downtown Gallery in Abilene opened this year's art show of all 3D artwork with the help of five artists and the ACU Maker Lab on Thursday. The art show consists of all three-dimensional objects, most of which are interactive pieces that move. Four of the five artists involved in the show teach in the Department of Art and Design, while ... [Read More…]
Change in law to affect how ACU staff is paid
With the upcoming change in the Fair Labor Standards Act, ACU will evaluate staff positions and how they are paid. The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record-keeping and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in federal, state and local governments, according to the U.S. Department of Labor ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Newscast – April 21, 2016
This week on the JMC Network Newscast... First, the Abilene zoo opens a new giraffe exhibit to the public April 23, then highlights from softball, tennis and golf, plus women's basketball head coach Julie Goodenough is honored with the Chuck Moser award. Finally, the 34th annual Kirk Goodwin Run, benefitting 13-year-old McKenzie Flemming and ACU ... [Read More…]
Abilene Zoo to open new giraffe exhibit
The Abilene Zoo will open its new giraffe exhibit to the public on Saturday after four years of planning and construction. The Abilene Zoo has had a giraffe exhibit since 1968 when zoo officials purchased two females. For nearly 50 years, zoo-goers fed the giraffes crackers from the "Highneck Bridge" before the renovation of the exhibit. In ... [Read More…]
Schubert retains support of board during continued divorce process
Almost two years after a divorce filing and reconciliation in early 2015, Dr. Phil Schubert has told faculty and staff he and wife Jamie are finalizing plans for divorce. After Schubert addressed a faculty and staff meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Barry Packer, chair of the Board of Trustees, sent an email to members of the ACU community ... [Read More…]
Freshman Formal brings students a night on the town
Freshmen have the opportunity to spend "A Night on the Town" this Friday at Freshman Formal in the Hunter Welcome Center. Freshman Action Council (FAC) chose the theme "A Night on the Town" after the 24 freshmen representatives took a vote from 30 different themes. "Our freshmen do the majority of the brainstorming," said Bradley Weast, ... [Read More…]
Steven Moore addresses bullying in new children’s book
Dr. Steven Moore's new children's book Theodore Thumbs, a story about bullying, is now published and sold online. Steven Moore, an associate professor in the Department of Language and Literature and director of the McNair Scholars Program, said he was inspired by firsthand experience while growing up and other people he knew in the same ... [Read More…]
GSP to host 68-hour volleyball tournament as fundraiser
Gamma Sigma Phi will have a 68-hour, non-stop volleyball tournament for the first time since 2012 starting April 21 and ending April 24. The tournament is a fundraiser for leukemia research and will benefit the Wade family, who lost their son Hudson to leukemia in February, and Cason Ford, an alumnus of GSP who was diagnosed with cancer in ... [Read More…]
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