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Adams Center Blog

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Upcoming Events

September 23, 2026

Where is Home? Understanding the Third Culture Kid Experience
September 23, 2026 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Reading Group: "Magnifica Humanitas"
September 23, 2026 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

September 24, 2026

Know the Map, Know the Story: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
September 24, 2026 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

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About the Adams Center

We believe that learning is a lifelong process.

The Adams Center exists to promote the lifelong learning of ACU’s faculty as they strive to integrate their faith and their discipline. Today, as in 1992, our purpose remains: to support faculty who understand and appreciate the limitless potential for life changing, value building, and mind expanding achievements in the learning experiences at Abilene Christian University.

Recent Blog Posts

Transparent Assessment Example

by Cliff Barbarick | Mar 4, 2021

In the Adams Center, we have hosted multiple sessions extolling the virtues of "transparent assignments"; that is, assignments that make explicitly clear the purpose of an assignment along with the skills and tasks needed to successfully complete that assignment. This...

Enabling Closed Captioning on Zoom

by Berlin Fang | Feb 22, 2021

You could now enable closed captioning on Zoom. To do so, log in to Zoom, go to "settings", and under "In Meeting (Advanced)," turn on closed captioning and "enable live transcription service...". You could also enable "save captions" for participants, or not. Once it...

Tips for adjusting your course activities

by Berlin Fang | Feb 19, 2021

There are many ways you can adjust your course activities as timeframes shift. Here are a few tips: If you have multiple calendar items you will need to change due dates, go to the course calendar, and "drag and drop" the items to the next weeks, which would be much...