The 40th annual Kirk Goodwin Run will take place Saturday and will benefit Dr. Cindy Roper, professor of communication, who suffered a stroke last year. Roper has been a professor at ACU for 30 years and recently suffered from a rare spinal stroke that left her paralyzed from the waist down. The Kirk Goodwin run will raise money to cover Roper’s ... [Read More…]

Five months after the departure of former university chaplain Cyrus Eaton, the Office of Student Life is still not close to finding his replacement. Dr. Ryan Richardson, vice president for student life, said that while the chaplain search committee has looked through resumes and conducted interviews with potential candidates, the committee ... [Read More…]

The Faculty Senate honored 50 students on Thursday with the University Scholars Award. Dr. Larry Isenhower said faculty nominated students in their department. Isenhower is in one of the faculty senate subcommittees choosing the scholars. "University scholars are representing students who have had the greatest success academically," said ... [Read More…]

At the International Public Debate Association's National Championship Tournament (IPDA), ACU's debate team ranked first in the nation in the Team IPDA sweepstakes. The team ranked second in both overall sweepstakes and scholastic sweepstakes.  The team's achievements were further highlighted by individual triumphs, with three members claiming ... [Read More…]

This spring’s Venture Out market boasted custom shoes, desserts, posters, bracelets and more. The market has been declared a success by students and faculty alike.  Mason Hejl, a junior business management major from Austin, enjoys his role as a teaching assistant for the ENTR 120 course. He encourages participation in the market through taking ... [Read More…]

FilmFest marked its 20th anniversary with a record number of 27 creative submissions and several awards. The festival screened 16 of the submissions at the gala and had over 600 people in attendance.   Among the festival's standout moments was the success of the film “Brock,” which swept five awards including Best Producer, Best Editor, Best VFX, ... [Read More…]

Emily Milnes, director of recruitment, visited the Department of Political Science on April 18 on behalf of ACU’s sister school, Pepperdine University, to inform students about the Pepperdine School of Public Policy.  The Pepperdine School of Public Policy is an academic branch of one of Pepperdine's master’s programs. It is a 20-month program ... [Read More…]

Dr. Jeremy Elliot and Dr. Eric Schroeder took a handful of students to a paint rock site in late March. This is a collaborative excavation that Elliot has been working on for a few years with Schroeder, who is an archaeologist. “We wanted to do something that was collaborative with Indigenous People,” said Elliot, associate professor of English. ... [Read More…]