The Teacher Quality Grant has been approved for the 15th consecutive year at ACU adding up to $3.27 million of external funding. The federal grant, formerly known as the Eisenhower Grant Program, is a program in which high school and middle school teachers spend three weeks at ACU being trained how to teach math and science classes. The program ... [Read More…]
Former members of Congress visit with students
Two former congressmen visited with various student groups and classes on campus Monday and Tuesday. Former Rep. Dan Miller of Florida and former Rep. Nick Lampson of Texas last served in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2003 and 2009, respectively. Both are part of a nonprofit organization called The United States Association for Former ... [Read More…]
Dining Services brings dessert to students
ACU Dining Services made a special appearance Feb. 5 in Gardner Hall for an all-hall event in celebration of Valentine's Day. Every month, Dining Services conducts a themed meal to showcase holidays, campus events, announcements and customer appreciation. Students are given the chance to get involved in fun activities and enjoy specialty ... [Read More…]
Grand jury indicts former student
UPDATE: A Taylor County jury acquitted Windsor in August of 2019. Read the full story. Jacob Windsor was indicted by a Taylor County grand jury on three counts of sexual assault last week related to an incident last fall when he was enrolled as a student. The event referenced in the indictment took place Aug. 30, 2014, at a party in Taylor ... [Read More…]
Library receives new shipment to archive
The special collections department of the Brown Library received 80 boxes of archived material from Herald of Truth, a Churches of Christ media ministry headquartered in Abilene. Herald of Truth, overseen by the elders of Highland Church of Christ, aired its first official radio broadcast on Feb. 10, 1952. It was the first nationally broadcast ... [Read More…]
Theatre tunes up for Violin
The Department of Theatre will perform the new show V is for Violin starting Feb. 26. The play, written by ACU alumnus Brittany Taylor ('12), is produced and performed entirely by students. The show focuses on the lives of a photographer, Kevin, and his wife, Trista. While in Africa, Kevin takes a controversial picture that changes their lives ... [Read More…]
Council votes against closure of AES majors
The University Undergraduate Academic Council voted 7-2 against the university's proposal to discontinue majors in agribusiness, animal science and environmental science during a meeting Wednesday. Dr. Susan Lewis, vice provost, said in an email that although the proposal and the responses from the department and the dean included many details, ... [Read More…]
Three players removed from basketball program
The men's basketball team has suffered a blow to its roster with the dismissal of three players. Freshmen forward Christian Albright and guard K.J. Maura, along with sophomore guard Michael Grant, have been removed from the roster, head coach Joe Golding said Thursday. "We have dismissed those three players because of a violation of team rules," ... [Read More…]
Film shoot: Frontier Texas! documentary unloads on role of firepower
Frontier Texas! is out to show it is a high-caliber attraction. The local museum, which has made a name for itself with its Miss Frontier Texas! contest, its Big Country Pet Parades and its Belt Sander Races, will unveil a new documentary to highlight the importance firearms have played in the taming of Texas and the West. In March 2013, the ... [Read More…]
Office of Retention targets freshman class
The Office of Retention has set an expanded goal to reach out to the entire freshman class. Bart Herridge, dean of student services and retention, works each year to increase the amount of students who return to the university by plugging them into a program on campus. "We've got several programs that are designed to help in the retention ... [Read More…]
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