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Mentor leader tested positive for COVID-19 during Wildcat Week

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A Wildcat Week mentor leader tested positive for COVID-19 during Wildcat Week, which saw extensive health protocols as students returned to campus. Students and the other group leaders involved were informed of the positive result. Initially the Wildcat Week group was sent back to their residence halls.   “I got back and was prepared to do ... [Read More…]

First Diversity Council meeting targets campus climate

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ACU's first-ever Diversity Council meeting discussed important matters on-campus for students Aug. 3. Phil Schubert, president of the university, was pleased with how the first meeting transpired. "I was encouraged and energized by the level of engagement in the meeting," Schubert said. "Council members posed good questions and ideas and ... [Read More…]

Gallery: New students explore Abilene, campus throughout Wildcat Week

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Despite stringent health and safety requirements, new students had many opportunities to explore the activities and organizations available to them throughout Wildcat Week. Planned events included paddle boarding, time at Maxx Air Trampoline Park, axe throwing, a movie at the Paramount Theater, introductions to campus organizations and more. In ... [Read More…]

Army headlines revised fall schedule

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The Wildcat football team will travel to West Point, New York, Oct. 3 to face Army for the first time in program history. The game also will be just the team's second time against a military academy. The Wildcats lost to Air Force 37-21 in the 2016 season-opener. The Wildcats also added two additional games Friday against UTEP Sept. 19 and ... [Read More…]

NEXT leading $30.5 million nuclear research collaboration

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ACU will join three major universities in the search for a better tomorrow. With Natura Resources’s help ACU, Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin will form the Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Research Alliance (NEXTRA). This $30.5 million collaboration will be the largest sponsored ... [Read More…]

Res Life creates guidelines for COVID-19

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Residence Life has responded to the COVID-19 crisis by putting several guidelines in place for students and staff and restructuring other guidelines regarding resident assistants and events. One guideline impacting Res Life restricts visitations at all residence halls from non-residents – including family members and friends – from outside the ... [Read More…]

Spouse of faculty member sues Abilene city manager for $1 million

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A faculty member's spouse who contracted COVID-19 in March has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Abilene city manager for disclosure of private medical records. The plaintiff traveled to New York City March 4 and returned to Abilene four days later. Shortly after, rumors began circulating about an initial outbreak of the coronavirus in New ... [Read More…]

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