The Society of Physics Students Club has a fundraising event on Monday to raise money to attend the Physics Congress conference. If enough money is raised then Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, will be pied in the face. “We are raising money for the Physics Congress that will be held in Rhode Island this year, and we are sending ... [Read More…]

The ACU Venture Out Program will be selling shirts featuring Fritter, the K9, to raise funds for Peyton’s K9s, a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness for K9 police units in need. Teaming up with Kelly Mann, assistant professor of interior design and owner of Fritter, students of the Introduction to Business class taught by Dr. ... [Read More…]

The Writing Center will mark its 20th anniversary celebration during Homecoming week. The celebration will take place on Saturday from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Brown Library on the ground floor. At the event there will be desserts and a small ceremony performed by Dr. Robert Rhodes, the provost.  The Writing Center was established in 1999 by the ... [Read More…]

Women for ACU is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year by hosting a social and an anniversary luncheon. The WACU Fall 2019 Social took place Sept. 19 and the Anniversary Luncheon will take place on Sunday in the Hunter Welcome Center. The luncheon costs $25 a person and will feature two alumni Andrea Lucado (‘08) and Denalyn (Preston) Lucado ... [Read More…]

ACU will for the first time offer an award to local students who are part of Abilene and the Big Country entering fall 2020. The Abilene and Big Country Distinguished Student Award has been designated for juniors who are in the local counties within a ninety mile radius and exceed a 3.5 core GPA or are in the top 25 percent of their class. They ... [Read More…]

The Adams Center staff created an online Canvas course for all faculty, but primarily geared toward adjunct professors. Teaching and learning specialist Amy Boone and director/ instructional designer Dr. Berlin Fang headed the project just over a year ago. The idea for the course originated from the yearly two and a half day class that new ... [Read More…]

April Napier, director of the office of multicultural affairs, has left ACU and Bart Herridge, dean of student engagement and retention, will be leaving ACU on Oct. 31. Herridge has worked for the university since 1999 and his last day at the university will be Oct. 31. He has spent four years working in the Admissions Office, eight years in the ... [Read More…]

Former senior vice president of Starbucks Marketing, Emily Chang, will speak at the Distinguished Speaker Series luncheon on Oct. 30 at the Hunter Welcome Center.  The Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon is an annual event that seeks to spread a vision to students of what it looks like to live out one’s faith at work. By hosting real-world ... [Read More…]

Spanish Honor Society students are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting bilingual story nights for children at the downtown branch of the Abilene Public Library. Students who are involved with these events will have the opportunity to use the language they are learning in a real situation. Students will get to test their language skills ... [Read More…]