From the four walls of a classroom to the open farmland, ACU students learn about and ride horses weekly. Jason Davis, ACU Rhoden Farm manager, and his wife, Erin Davis, both ACU graduates and from Abilene, instructs students on the ways of riding, breeding and management principles of horses. The Horses and Horsemanship course provides students ... [Read More…]
Ag moves from Zona Luce
The Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences was relocated from the Zona Luce Building into the Hardin Administration Building Dec. 19. After renovations were made to Hardin during the fall semester, the ag department was able to move into its new home. Dr. Ed Brokaw, chair for the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, ... [Read More…]
AES dance raises barn roof
The Agriculture and Environmental Science club hosted its first Fall Barn Dance Bash on Saturday at the ACU Rhoden Farm. The dance began at 8 p.m. and ended at midnight. About 50 students drove out to Rhoden Farm and two-stepped the night away. Samantha Stien, junior business finance major from Georgetown, was among the students who attended the ... [Read More…]
Ag Department conducting dance lessons
The Agricultural and Environmental Science club is teaching dance classes on Saturdays and Mondays at 7:30 p.m. The goal of the lessons is to generate interest in the barn dance put on by the Ag club in November. The entire ACU campus is invited to participate in this fundraiser for the Ag club. Kathleen Henderson, vice president of the Ag club is ... [Read More…]
Return to Medina brings healing
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…]
Admin renovating to prepare for Ag move
Workers are renovating portions of the Hardin Administration Building and plan to upgrade the Zona Luce Building in anticipation of moving the School of Nursing into Zona Luce. Scot Colley, executive director of risk management and construction, said the renovations in the ad building are being made in the first floor of the southwest wing to ... [Read More…]
Ag department to return to Medina
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…]
Students compete in ACU rodeo events
Students sporting cowboy boots and Wranglers got their hands dirty in the Agriculture and Environmental Science club's 57th annual ACU Rodeo Friday night at the Taylor Country Expo Center. The rodeo, which served as a fundraiser for the AES club, featured events such as goat roping, a calf scramble, steer riding and a chicken chase said Grant ... [Read More…]
Ag student crowned Miss Frontier Texas
An ACU student secured the title of Miss Frontier Texas during the final competition Saturday. Haley Wilkerson, sophomore animal science, pre-vet major from Bonham, was crowned the winner, officially obtaining the title of Miss Frontier Texas after the final frontier skills tests, Chuck Wagon Cooking and Frontier Living. Wilkerson found that her ... [Read More…]
New nursing school to replace Ag in Zona Luce
The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will move from Zona Luce to the Hardin Administration Building after the Fall 2012 semester. The School of Nursing will move into Zona Luce before Fall 2013. Dr. Greg Straughn, interim provost, outlined the location changes in a faculty meeting Monday. Other changes discussed include the ... [Read More…]