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One year later, community brings healing

November 1, 2012 by Optimist Editorial Board Leave a Comment

With the one year anniversary of the bus crash looming over the ACU campus, it seems appropriate to assess the progress that has been made by those who were affected by the one-vehicle roll that took the life of an ACU student last fall. Witnessing the aftermath of an accident of this scale no doubt caught many students in the ACU community ... [Read More…]

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Looking back at Anabel Reid’s life

November 1, 2012 by Melany Cox Leave a Comment

Does it feel like it’s been a year? Yes. And at the same time, no. I still have flashbacks to the exact moment when I found out I would never get to hug my best friend again. This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the bus accident that ended one life and changed so many others, including mine. I befriended Anabel Reid during the first ... [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…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agricultural Department, Archive, Bus Accident

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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Victims file against manufacturer, dealer

March 8, 2012 by Jozie Sands Leave a Comment

A professor and his wife injured in the Nov. 4 bus accident have filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the bus that carried them and 14 other students and faculty members. Emmett Miller, assistant professor of agriculture and environmental sciences, and his wife, Pat Miller, filed suit against the bus manufacturers, Thor Industries Inc. of ... [Read More…]

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Victims return to class, still recovering

January 19, 2012 by Samantha Sutherland Leave a Comment

The students involved in the Nov. 4 shuttle bus accident during a Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences trip are returning to campus for the Spring semester. Many spent the break catching up on last semester’s missed assignments and are now on track to start a new semester. Pat Miller, a faculty spouse involved in the accident, was ... [Read More…]

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Miller moved to Hendrick Hospice Care

November 19, 2011 by Jozie Sands Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Pat Miller woke from the coma Saturday evening. Emmett Miller posted on Facebook at 9:30 that she was responsive and asking about people. "Still not sure what has happened," he wrote. "Keep praying." -- Pat Miller, who was involved in the Nov. 4 bus accident, has been transferred to Hendrick Hospice in Abilene from Shannon Medical Center ... [Read More…]

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University makes adjustments for victims of bus accident

November 17, 2011 by Samantha Sutherland Leave a Comment

The university is making some adjustments on campus to help several students involved in the Nov. 4 shuttle bus accident complete their semester. Two of those injured in the wreck remain in the hospital, but the rest have been released and are either at home or are reintegrating into campus life. Several suffer severe injuries that limit mobility ... [Read More…]

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Miller leaves Intensive Care Unit

November 13, 2011 by Optimist Staff Leave a Comment

Pat Miller, wife of faculty member Emmett Miller, assistant professor of agriculture and environmental science, was moved from the intensive care unit at Shannon Memorial Hospital in San Angelo to a regular room on Saturday. She had been in I.C.U since the accident Nov. 4. Her current condition is unknown. Emmett Miller was released from Shannon ... [Read More…]

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Reid’s life remembered in memorial ceremony

November 10, 2011 by Marissa Ferguson

Families, students and members of the community flooded into the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock on Wednesday to celebrate the life of Anabel Reid. Reid died Friday while on the way to serve at Medina Children’s Home. An ACU owned bus carrying 16 passengers lost control, hitting a concrete culvert. The ceremony reflected the life of ... [Read More…]

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