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Student projects celebrate Earth Day

April 22, 2015 by Josh Levinson

In light of Earth Day, the Campus Center will be filled with tri-fold posters and presentations created by Dr. Jim Cooke's environmental and technological science classes on Wednesday. They will be in the Campus Center from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and each presentation will discuss and raise awareness on different environmental issues that are affecting ... [Read More…]

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Students compete in 60th annual ACU Rodeo

March 28, 2015 by Optimist Staff

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Council votes against closure of AES majors

February 19, 2015 by Madeline Orr

The University Undergraduate Academic Council voted 7-2 against the university's proposal to discontinue majors in agribusiness, animal science and environmental science during a meeting Wednesday. Dr. Susan Lewis, vice provost, said in an email that although the proposal and the responses from the department and the dean included many details, ... [Read More…]

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Provost, president respond to AES students

October 30, 2014 by Madeline Orr

Students from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science met with the president of the university, Dr. Phil Schubert, and the provost, Dr. Robert Rhodes, to discuss the future of their degree plans and programs in light of the recent restructuring proposal. Schubert assured students that he and Rhodes are fully committed to teaching ... [Read More…]

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Department sells eggs, beef for fundraiser

February 4, 2014 by Grace Coan

The Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Department is selling Rhoden Farm's fresh eggs and ground beef as a way to raise money for their department and give back to ACU. The farm stays involved with ACU through horsemanship classes offered at the Rhoden Farms located on Texas 351, giving ACU students the opportunity to ride horses to earn a ... [Read More…]

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AES Department plans Zambia mission trip

October 10, 2013 by JC Peeples

The Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science is taking eight students to Zambia this summer in an effort to learn about foreign agriculture. Dr. Ed Brokaw, chairman of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences said the trip is specifically for environmental majors in the International Applications in Agriculture and ... [Read More…]

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AES club returns to Medina for service project

October 1, 2013 by Abigail Runnels

The Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Club prepares to go to Medina Children's Home for its annual service project. The club members have only a general idea of what they are going to do once they get there, said Kimberly Panther, junior animal science major from Southlake and the club's secretary. "Last year we cleaned pig pens and ... [Read More…]

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Students trade in classroom desks for saddles

February 11, 2013 by Denzil Lim

Students find a retreat from the hassles of school life with the Horses & Horsemanship class hosted by the Rhoden farm. Video/editing by: Denzil Lim ... [Read More…]

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Return to Medina brings healing

October 19, 2012 by Samantha Sutherland

Last weekend, a group of about thirty students from the Department of Agriculture completed a mission trip to the Medina Childrens' Home, the same trip that ended in a life-changing bus accident last year. Anna Ciufo, sophomore animal science major from the Woodlands, was involved in last year's accident and suffered several injuries. This was ... [Read More…]

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Ag department to return to Medina

October 11, 2012 by Mark Smith

Eleven months after an accident that injured more than a dozen students and faculty members and killed one student, a group more than twice the size will leave on Friday to participate in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences's annual service trip to Medina Children's Home. On last year’s trip, the group’s minibus drifted off ... [Read More…]

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