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ACU College of Business announces new Dukes Scholars; students to receive up to $53,000 scholarship

  [aesop_image img=”/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Kyle-Tippens-finance-web.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”30%” credit=”Jeremy Enlow” align=”right” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” caption=”Dr. Kyle Tippens, director of the Dukes School of Finance, works with new Dukes Scholar Ella Venegoni, a senior finance major from New Braunfels, Texas.” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­â€™s College of Business Administration has selected 18 students for the next cohort of Dukes … Continued
Sarah McLean

Alumni Spotlight: Sarah McLean

      Determined to increase advocacy and support for the community of Abilene, Sarah (Robirds ’09) McLean has been a shining example of the mission of the Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) program: “meeting others where they are in their challenges and helping them overcome barriers.” As a mother, board member of … Continued

Author Tish Harrison Warren to speak at ACU dinner

Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­â€™s Faulkner Center for Marriage and Family will welcome author and columnist Tish Harrison Warren to speak at a dinner Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in ACU’s Hunter Welcome Center. Tickets are $30, and the event is open to the public.  Warren is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in … Continued

Sen. Ted Cruz visits ACU’s NEXT Lab

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz visited Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­â€™s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory (NEXT Lab) Aug. 20 to learn more about the groundbreaking nuclear research taking place, sponsored by Natura Resources.  Cruz toured the new Dillard Science and Engineering Research Center where nuclear research is underway and where the future reactor will be housed. He also … Continued

Erika McLean

Alumna and Faculty Spotlight: Erika (Cook ’14) McLean 

As a mother, wife, instructor, program director and endoscopist, Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ faculty member Erika (Cook ’14) McLean hopes to make a difference in the lives of those around her and is eager to produce change in her students and her field. As a therapist, she finds joy in helping patients understand their options regarding … Continued

No Paris vacation for two Wildcats at the Olympics

His foot speed will not be on display, but former sprinter Sayon Cooper (’98) will make Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ history again this weekend when he accompanies eight top athletes from the Republic of Liberia into the bright lights and onto the purple running surface of Stade de France in Paris. Opening Ceremonies for the 2024 … Continued

ACU establishes Bioanalytics Laboratory, achieves CLIA certification

Building on decades of thriving research, Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ has formally established the ACU Bioanalytics Laboratory in the Department of Biology and has received certification through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA). Dr. Charla Miertschin, dean of the Onstead College of Science and Engineering, appointed Dr. John Xu as director of the ACU Bioanalytics Laboratory. … Continued

NEXT Lab

ACU one of 12 universities sharing $25 million from DOE

Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­ is part of a consortium of 12 universities and 12 national laboratories recently awarded $25 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to support the science that underlies its nuclear security and nonproliferation missions. Led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, the … Continued

ACU launches American Nuclear Society student chapter

The American Nuclear Society officially approved the establishment of a student section at Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»­. ACU is one of 54 U.S. colleges and universities to have an ANS student chapter.  The organization’s purpose is to communicate to the student body about current developments relative to ACU’s Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing Laboratory (NEXT Lab) and … Continued