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Special Olympics to take place at Elmer Gray Stadium

May 5, 2015 by Mercedez Hernandez

Elmer Gray Stadium will soon play host to the Special Olympics Big Country Spring Games. The Special Olympics event will begin Saturday with opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and competitions starting soon after at 10 a.m. The events should run no later than 4 p.m., and admission is free. Luann Chastain, the area director for Special Olympics ... [Read More…]

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Class research benefits Abilene organizations

April 22, 2015 by Abbey Bowling

Students in the Department of Communication integrated cultural research from five Abilene organizations into their course work in an effort to aid each nonprofit in its development. The COMS 383 students completed a project assessing, auditing and providing improvement and problem solutions to several organizations in Abilene. "The course is ... [Read More…]

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Sub T-16 members dominate Abilene cornhole tournament

April 22, 2015 by Bailey Werderich

Two members of Sub T-16 won first place at Abilene Hope Haven's First Annual BBQ and Cornhole Tournament April 18. The winners, Barrett Brown, senior nursing major from Odessa, and Connor Osburn, senior accounting major from Southlake, took home the first-place prize, a customized cornhole set, after defeating 17 teams in the ... [Read More…]

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Community gets second chance to dance

April 14, 2015 by Josh Levinson

The Second Chance Dance, a dance that offers residents of Hill Resources Developmental a chance to experience a prom-like event, is back. The hoped-to-be-annual event started in 2013 by the Student Social Work Association, but they had to cancel their plans last year due to the renovation of the Bennett Gymnasium. This year, the dance will ... [Read More…]

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Alumni volunteer through state for service day

April 8, 2015 by Collin Wieder

ACU held its first Wildcats Serving Day on March 28 with an impressive 250-plus participants across the state serving local communities. Craig Fisher, director of Alumni Relations and Annual Projects, said the Serving Day idea started from Houston because of volunteer opportunities. "We had done some service opportunities in some of our ... [Read More…]

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Leftover Bean Bucks to be donated

May 1, 2014 by Kirsten Holman

Students will have the chance to donate leftover Bean Bucks during finals week to help aid Love and Care Ministries. Students will be able to buy non-perishables from the Campus Store with their Bean Bucks and place them in donation buckets in the Campus Center throughout finals week. At the end of finals week, the donations will be taken to the ... [Read More…]

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Big Brothers and Sisters reduces list size

April 22, 2014 by Meigan Gardner

Two hundred and thirteen Abilene children have been removed from the Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list thanks to Communities of Abilene Federal Credit Union and their record-breaking, five-year fundraising campaign. The campaign raised about $150,000 through their organized annual "Skip-A-Loan" program. "Our members are so supportive and ... [Read More…]

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Addressing homelessness requires action

March 20, 2014 by Optimist Editorial Board

Just like any other city, Abilene has problems. One of the city's problems that can be seen every day is the issue of homelessness. A taboo problem, yes, but important nonetheless. Homelessness affects the person suffering the predicament and others in the community. Two main thoughts have emerged on this issue. As followers of Christ and ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Editorials, Opinion Tagged With: City of Abilene, Community Service

Three more Weekend Campaigns planned

February 25, 2014 by Emily Seidel

With one event already completed, the spring schedule of Weekend Campaigns is underway and will continue through the end of April. Rachel Smith, senior English major from Wiggins, Colo., said this year's campaigns would be especially beneficial for those who are interested in exercise science, working with people with disabilities, working with ... [Read More…]

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ACU students volunteer at the Cedar Creek Waterway cleanup

February 5, 2014 by JC Peeples

Students and faculty worked alongside community members to help clean up the Cedar Creek Waterway. Video/editing by: James Clark ... [Read More…]

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The university is reporting its lowest number of active COVID-19 cases in the 2020-21 academic year with just one active case Friday. Quarantines also fell to the lowest of the spring semester with 19.

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Thinking about everything that has changed in the last year can be scary and overwhelming. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in a lot of areas, affecting things as local as the closing of many small businesses and as large as the operations of the entire entertainment industry. I’ve caught m...
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