Johnston Jungle, a children’s outreach program at Johnston Elementary school, is in search of student volunteers that will enjoy spending time with kids and helping to create a positive environment of fun and friends. Ann Yarbrough, the administrative coordinator for the Department of Psychology, started the search for student volunteers through ... [Read More…]

The ACU FilmFest will be hosting multiple interest meeting for students on Friday and Saturday and they encourage students that have any interest in making films to attend these meetings.  ACU’s FilmFest began in 2005 as a student run film festival that is not only designed for students interest in watching films, but also for students who are ... [Read More…]

The Optimist Club Unlimited of Abilene will host the 25th Annual Big Country Balloon Fest beginning on Friday at Red Bud Park in Abilene. The Optimist Club Unlimited is based in Abilene and its mission is to bring joy and serve the city. Robin Hicks, who is in charge of volunteers and directing the festival for The Optimist Club Unlimited said ... [Read More…]

Study Abroad hosted a launch party from 5 - 7 pm at the GATA Fountain for students to begin their Study Abroad applications on Tuesday.  The first 150 students to arrive at the launch party received food vouchers for the Toasted Traveler Food Truck and Shaved Ice Shack to use during the event. In order to receive this, students must check in and ... [Read More…]

The Founder's Club in the College of Business Administration needed a new logo, and looked to students across campus for new ideas.  All ACU students were given an opportunity to let their creativity shine as the Griggs Center in the College of Business Administration held a logo competition for the Founder's Club. Students were tasked with ... [Read More…]

The Roll Shack will bring a new ice cream experience to Abilene with their grand opening sometime this month. The Roll Shack will be located at 2526 Buffalo Gap Rd in Abilene. They are now preparing for their Grand Opening this month but due to a break in that occurred and some of their equipment was stolen they have had to make up for lost ... [Read More…]

ACU will host its 49th annual Freshmen Follies event on Friday and Saturday in Cullen Auditorium. Freshman Follies falls on Family Weekend during which students and families can come to see the freshmen compete in a lip sync and dance competition. Even though Follies is a smaller performance than Sing Song, which takes place in February, the ... [Read More…]

Elections for student government had the highest voter turnout numbers in history this year . Student Government Association (SGA) saw a 10 percent increase in voter turnout from the last year, meaning over 50 percent of the student body voted in the elections. There are eight members total on SGA staff and over 50 members elected to senate. ... [Read More…]

The Hudson Wade 5K race will return for its fifth consecutive year. The founder of the race, Kyle Karni, created it five years ago while he was the president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. "Each year since then, I have played a part in pulling off some of the race operations and help in planning it, and that hasn't changed this ... [Read More…]