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Wildcat Cash in the works, available soon

November 1, 2013 by Brittany Jackson

Campus Cash is being rebranded into Wildcat Cash to allow students to use their ID cards to purchase food off campus. The initiative was not able to allow students to swipe their ID cards and use Bean Bucks at restaurants off campus because Bean Bucks are part of a meal plan exclusively contracted with Aramark. Anthony Williams, chief business ... [Read More…]

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Wildcat Cash in the works, available soon

November 1, 2013 by Brittany Jackson

Campus Cash is being rebranded into Wildcat Cash to allow students to use their ID cards to purchase food off campus. The initiative was not able to allow students to swipe their ID cards and use Bean Bucks at restaurants off campus because Bean Bucks are part of a meal plan exclusively contracted with Aramark. Anthony Williams, chief business ... [Read More…]

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Winner of Idea Challenge still in the works

September 26, 2013 by Melany Cox

In April, Dylan Benac, senior political science major from Beorne, was announced as the winner of the Greatest Idea Challenge. The Greatest Idea Challenge was launched last year to encourage students to present ideas to improve or innovate life at ACU. Benac's idea of introducing a student/faculty mentoring institution won first place. He ... [Read More…]

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Bean Bucks to be used off-campus

August 28, 2013 by Alikay Wood

One student's idea will soon become a campus-wide program. Nathan McClain, senior kinesiology major, was searching for ways to eat off-campus without spending a lot of his own money. He heard about TCU's Frog Bucks program and wondered why ACU didn't have a similar system. McClain designed a program that allows students to use their ID cards ... [Read More…]

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University to apply mentoring institute

April 24, 2013 by Josh Garcia

Dylan Benac, junior political science major from Beorne, was announced as the winner of the first annual Greatest Idea Challenge in Chapel Friday. The final five ideas were presented the senior leadership team April 9. JP Festa and Cole Brenthem suggested creating a food delivery service from the Campus Center; Naomi Johnson suggested creating a ... [Read More…]

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Leadership team to select Greatest Idea

April 12, 2013 by Madeline Orr

Five presentations competed for the title of 'Greatest Idea' Tuesday afternoon. Finalists Naomi Johnson; Cole Brentham and JP Festa; Joesph Austin; Nathan McClain; and Dylan Benac had nine minutes to present and five minutes to answer questions by the senior leadership team Tuesday as a part of the Students' Association's Greatest Idea Challenge. ... [Read More…]

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SA to issue idea challenge

September 26, 2012 by Josh Garcia

The Students' Association is preparing to launch a new program, dubbed the "Greatest Idea Challenge," which will encourage students to compete with each other to present ideas to improve or innovate life at ACU. The focus of the challenge will be to solve issues on campus and to take advantage of an opportunity to improve campus life. The ... [Read More…]

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