Eleven students completed internships and research in Dallas over the summer. Fall classes started Tuesday for the justice and urban studies students working alongside CitySquare, a non-profit organization focused on fighting poverty. This past summer the students completed internships with Americorps, and worked through summer camps and food ... [Read More…]
Grade-A speaker: Opening Chapel recognizes new achievements
Opening Chapel is the kick off for every fall semester, and this year's assembly definitely did not disappoint. The Parade of Flags, just one of Opening Chapel's traditions, recognizes every country represented in the ACU body. Many students look forward to watching the parade at the beginning of Chapel each year. Kaileb Holland, junior ... [Read More…]
New recipe for Food Court check-out lines
The Hilton Food Court got a face lift to reduce the amount of clutter in the Campus Center over the summer. "The question came up, 'What can we do to renovate the food court so that we can accommodate more tables, more chairs and make it more of a full food court?'" said Tom Arellano, senior food service director. According to Anthony ... [Read More…]
Moody floor, sound system updated
Moody Coliseum has been significantly upgraded over the summer with a new floor and sound system. The changes came after renovations last spring to facilitate handicap access. With the switch from the Lone Star Conference to the Southland Conference and NCAA Div. I and the introduction of new sports logos, the Department of Athletics decided to ... [Read More…]
Welcome Week kicks off new semester
More than 1,000 students started their semester off with Welcome Week. The event is the university's way of helping new students meet each other, as well as learn their way around campus and participate in the university's traditions. "Being on campus when all the other students are around makes college seem more real to me," said Evan Bridges, ... [Read More…]
Large freshman class disrupts dorm space
A large incoming freshman class expected to top 1,000 students has forced the Office of Residence Life to make drastic changes in rooms assignments and reshuffle student among dorms. Curtis Smith, interim director of Residence Life, said this class of incoming freshmen, estimated to be about 1,030 students, is among the top five largest classes ... [Read More…]
Cullen Auditorium floods during summer
A storm that generated six inches of water in 30 minutes flooded Cullen Auditorium in mid-June damaging the building and forcing weeks of repairs. Chris Cornell, who worked in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning in the Department of Facilities and Campus Management, helped with the restoration. "I went to work on Tuesday morning and ... [Read More…]
Photo Gallery: Welcome Week 2013
During ACU's 2013 Welcome Week, incoming students are introduced to fellow classmates, faculty, staff and the traditions of ACU. Displayed below are images documenting the students' participation in Welcome Week activities. [flickr album=72157635177077838 num=32 size=Square] All images from JMC Network staff and contributors: Mandy ... [Read More…]
JMC department gives back to community
During department Chapel on Tuesday, Dr. Cheryl Bacon, professor and chair of the department of journalism and mass communication, announced that the JMC department received a donation of $500,000. Elise Smith Mitchell, ACU alum and president and CEO of Mitchell Communications Group in Fayetteville, Ark., said she chose to make a donation to the ... [Read More…]
Service remembers Anabel, accident
A year after the death of Anabel Reid and of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences bus accident on Nov. 4, the university honored Reid’s memory with a special Chapel service on Friday. 19-year-old Anabel, a sophomore environmental science major from Becton, died after the department’s bus veered off the highway and hit a ... [Read More…]