Student Government Association voted five students into the President's Cabinet last Wednesday. Ty Kelley, the executive president of SGA, said they had a great turnout of applicants, so much that they had to turn people away from an interview. The base level qualifications of each position are outlined in the constitution, but Kelley said him ... [Read More…]

Graduate students in the School of Social Work helped design and implement a wide-ranging survey to gauge Abilene residents' satisfaction with city services. This is the first city-wide survey conducted since 2009. The survey was commissioned by, and in partnership with, the City of Abilene. The survey can be anonymously taken in two formats, ... [Read More…]

The Information Technology degree will no longer be offered to students beginning next fall. The program will be merged in with the Information Systems degree plan.   Director of the School of IT and Computing and Associate Professor John Homer, said why exactly dissolving IT into the IS program will be beneficial for incoming students. ... [Read More…]

Foundation A Cappella group put on its first concert this Monday in Cullen Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Nick Tatum began the group at the beginning of this year, with auditions open to freshman, said Tessa Kennedy, freshman undeclared major from Allen. Foundation is made of of 15 singers. The concert was a showcase of what Foundation has been ... [Read More…]

Dr. Chris Riley, vice president for Student Life, will leave the Office of Student Life at the end of the semester to take a new role in the provost's office. He will replace the retiring Dr. Tom Milholland, as the assistant provost for institutional research and SACSCOC liaison. He will also teach classes in the Department of Political Science ... [Read More…]

City council elections for Place 1 and Place 2 take place May 5. We asked each candidate the question: What are your goals for Abilene's college students and recent graduates?  Place 1 Clinton Embry, Robertson Unit nurse "My goals for the students of our colleges here in Abilene would be for them to be able to retain jobs in Abilene and ... [Read More…]

The Department of Theatre will launch a new musical theatre dance track for incoming freshmen and upperclassmen in the fall. Dawne Meeks, chair of the department, said students can now get a minor in dance or major in musical theatre with a dance track. The full-time dance instructor will be Lily Balogh, who trained with the American Ballet ... [Read More…]

KACU-FM is conducting a baseball-themed semi-annual pledge drive this week and is seeking to raise $35,000 to support the station's operations during the coming year. The campus-based public radio station, an independent station, airs programming from National Public Radio and other distributors. The station provides news and music, and ... [Read More…]