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Northside pumpkin patch opens for fundraising

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Disabilities Resources launched its annual Pumpkin Patch Saturday with more than a thousand pumpkins. DRI houses residents with developmental disabilities and its mission is “to provide exceptional care and contented lives to intellectually challenged adults in a Christian environment.” The pumpkin patch, DRI’s biggest fundraiser, ... [Read More…]

Big Brothers Big Sisters hosts rappelling fundraiser

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Big Brothers Big Sisters took fundraising to new heights with a rappelling fundraiser Saturday called Over the Edge. Eighty-four people rappelled down the 20 stories tall Enterprise Tower. The event originally had 76 slots for people to register and each person had to raise at least $1,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters. “Well we didn’t ... [Read More…]

Movie “Silence” involves university board members

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An upcoming film, Silence, directed by Martin Scorsese happens to have connections to ACU through board member Tod Brown. ACU board of trustees member and alumnus, Tod Brown has been involved in the production along with his father, Dale Brown, a Midland businessman and former ACU board member who serves as one of the film’s executive producers. ... [Read More…]

From One Mom to Another: How Rogers created the ‘World’s Okayest’ nonprofit

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Jenn Rogers, instructor in the teacher's education department, was inspired to start the nonprofit World's Okayest Mom after experiencing some complications while pregnant with her third child three years ago. At her 20 week ultrasound, doctors discovered she had a complication called placenta previa, and at 25 weeks, she had a major bleed while ... [Read More…]

A Transformational Chief: Over 15 years, Ellison has turned ACUPD into a professional police force

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ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison's career as a police officer started out normal: as a patrolman straight out of the police academy in the mid '80s. At the Beaumont Police Department, he eventually worked his way up the ranks to sergeant and then transferred to the narcotics department before finally making the move to ACU, where's he's now in his ... [Read More…]

Student poets prep for slam competition

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Students will express themselves at a Poetry Slam competition Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the atrium of the Brown Library. “Slam poetry is sometimes called spoken word poetry. But when you do it as a competition, it is called a Poetry Slam,” said Al Haley, professor of English. The Slam will begin with a competition between students in Haley's ... [Read More…]

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