The Office of Student Life has made the decision to cancel all spring pledging events due to nationwide concerns over the spread of the COVID-19. Kevin Campbell, senior vice president of operations, said with students not potentially returning until April 13, it would take time to get organized and ramped up. "By the time we did that, we’d ... [Read More…]
Emergency response team meets daily to make decisions for ACU community
University leadership plans to make a decision by April 3 whether it will extend the online-only class format beyond April 9. Last week, the university decided to extend spring break through March 20 and move to online-only classes from March 23 to April 9 because of the spreading COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Dr. Phil Schubert, president ... [Read More…]
Faculty and staff transition online under COVID-19 precautions
ACU announced spring break would be extended an additional week and courses on-campus would move online from March 23 to April 9. "Faculty will use March 16- 20 to prepare for online course delivery and will receive more detailed information today from the Provost’s Office," the email said. "Staff should consult with supervisors about their work ... [Read More…]
University continues to monitor coronavirus after extending break, going online
ACU has extended spring break an additional week to March 23 and will move classes online until April 9 in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus. Kevin Campbell, senior vice president for operations, said that the decision came after careful deliberations among the Senior Leadership Team. "Senior administrators began ... [Read More…]
Southland Conference suspends spring sports competitions
The Southland Conference has suspended all sporting competitions effective immediately until March 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This affects all conference and non-conference contests for the Southland's spring sports. Conference and campus administrators will converse in the coming weeks to discuss when teams will return to action. This ... [Read More…]
ACUPD uses empty dorm for active shooter training
ACUPD conducted active shooter training at McDonald Hall during its vacancy on March 5 and 10. The empty, previous dormitory provided the space and area for ACUPD to train for active shooter scenarios. Randy Motz, lieutenant for ACUPD said, "We train for active shooters with the Abilene Police Department, we used rounds called ... [Read More…]
ISAC shows off students artwork in gallery exhibit
The 11th Annual Intercollegiate Student Art Competition (ISAC) exhibit is on display and features multiple artworks from ACU students at the Center for Contemporary Arts. ISAC takes place yearly by the Center for Contemporary Arts in downtown Abilene and takes submissions from all the surrounding colleges including ACU, Cisco College, ... [Read More…]
‘Largest Bible’ moved to the Museum of the Bible
The Waynai Bible, a thousand-pound, KJV Bible crafted by Louis Waynai of Los Angeles, California, has been moved from Brown Library to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.. “The agreement with the Museum of the Bible came about when they requested to borrow the Bible for an exhibit,” said Mac Ice, director of special collections and ... [Read More…]
COBA looks to hire new executive team for student businesses
The College of Business Administration is looking to hire a new executive team. The executive team must be comprised of students with junior or senior academic standing, with an encouraged participation from COBA majors and minors. The team is comprised of three leadership positions: president, vice president, and chief financial officer. Some ... [Read More…]
Res Life opens up new community assistant position
Residence Life will be opening up a new position of community assistant that will be implemented in the fall of 2021. This position was created for the purpose of establishing a hospitable and safe environment for students living in residence halls as well as offer another way for students to earn an income. This position will recruit 36 ... [Read More…]
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