Sing Song 2019 applications for student directors, formerly called co-chairs, and student managers are now open. Incoming juniors and seniors with a love for Sing Song can apply to be one of the next five student directors before April 11. The student director position is a paid internship that gives the director a $1000 stipend for the 11 month ... [Read More…]

Female freshman and sophomore residence McDonald Hall will shut down for the next two academic years to save operating costs. Bart Herridge, dean of retention, said the hall will not be permanently closed, but after two years his office will reconsider how to use the building. The university will save operating costs of at least $70,000 per year ... [Read More…]

ACU Democrats, an on-campus partisan group, is petitioning the senior leadership team to reconsider the policy for LGBT student workers. The policy will prohibit all employees, including student employees, from having same-sex dating relationships. University president Dr. Phil Schubert said the policy will be updated to be more clear in the ... [Read More…]

The drunk driver who struck and killed student Casey Ellis on Thanksgiving Day in 2016 was sentenced to ten years in jail with probation, including one year served in jail and nine years on probation. Charles Schaefer, a 21-year-old Abilene resident, pleaded guilty to second degree felony manslaughter. He was driving while intoxicated on Nov. ... [Read More…]

The Cabinet, which exists to plan free events for all students, will host ACU Paint Fest from 8-11 p.m. March 23. Ty Kelley, junior ITNS major from San Antonio and a student director of The Cabinet, said the event stumbled across the desk of Caddie Coupe, director of student and parent activities, last year and has been done at a variety of ... [Read More…]

The fourth annual TEDxACU conference will tackle serious topics, from breast cancer to bullying. Speakers from the Abilene community, professors, students and others will join together to present talks to the local community from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 23 in Fulks Theater. TEDxACU is an independently organized event based on the bigger TED ... [Read More…]

With straight faces sprinkled with the occasional nose ring, three female psychology graduate students sit on the leather couches in the Brown Library. Presenting in Houston at the Southwestern Psychology Association convention in mid-April, these students have learned to juggle classes and various research projects all while trying to advance ... [Read More…]