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Two of the most iconic images from the American civil rights movement anchor the layout of “Freedom Road,” a feature story in the Summer 2011 issue of Abilene Christian University’s ACU Today magazine. Thanks to the generosity of the estate of James Karales, and his widow, Monica, we were honored to include two of James’ [...]
Summer 2011 issue headed to your mailbox
Study Abroad students at Abilene Christian University see the world while living and learning in a distant country for a semester. Those who spent Spring 2011 in ACU’s international center in Leipzig, Germany, got an extra treat: an 11-day tour of some of the most biblically significant sites in and around Turkey. The cover story [...]
Marler salutes former JMC professor Taylor
Communicating in Morse code was standard for U.S. military radio operators’ transmissions during World War II. For Dr. Heber Taylor, the secret language he learned more than 65 years ago for that wartime role had to feel unfamiliar for someone who aspired to a career as a wordsmith. The story of his journey back to [...]
Easter in Ephesus for Study Abroad group
The Abilene Christian University Study Abroad group from Leipzig, Germany, wrapped up its two-week tour of Turkey on Monday after spending Easter Sunday in Ephesus. With a population of a quarter million in the first century B.C., Ephesus was once of the largest cities in the world. It was one of the seven churches of [...]
Gates’ football dreams now focus on NFL Draft
Edmond Gates has had several fresh starts in life. April 28 will be another, when the former ACU all-America wide receiver hopes to be selected by a pro football team in the 2011 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Gates’ stock among teams has skyrocketed since he raced to the [...]
Money teaches on Study Abroad trip to Turkey
Abilene Christian University students enrolled in a Study Abroad semester in Germany this semester had an especially experienced church historian with them for their 11-day excursion to Turkey: ACU chancellor Dr. Royce Money (’64). Royce is a visiting faculty member this spring in Leipzig, Germany, at the newest of ACU’s three Study Abroad centers. He [...]
Theatre graduates headline Spring 2011 issue
The honor of being the first dancing, singing warthog to appear on the cover of ACU Today falls to 2006 Abilene Christian University graduate Ben Jeffrey, who can be seen these days playing Pumbaa in The Lion King on Broadway in New York City. Jeffrey is one of several talented young ACU theatre graduates profiled [...]
Associate editor Gibson heads to Boston
Katie (Noah ’06) Gibson, associate editor of ACU Today magazine, leaves us after today to accompany her husband, Jeremiah (’07), to Boston, Mass., as he takes a new job in his marriage and family therapy career. She got her start in Creative Services as a student editorial assistant late in her undergraduate career, which coincided [...]
Welcome to Issuu!
If you click here or on the image shown of the front cover of our Fall 2009 issue, it will take you to a Web site powered by Issuu that allows you to navigate a features-rich version of ACU Today. Issuu allows you to turn pages almost as though the magazine was in your hands, [...]
Fall 2009 issue on the way
The Fall 2009 issue of ACU Today will soon hit your mailbox. It spotlights a cover story about the exceptional Study Abroad program we’ve been looking forward to sharing with you for some time. It features some great writing by associate editor Katie (Noah ’06) Gibson, a veteran of the life-in-Oxford experience, and some memorable [...]
