A blog for the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Photo by Dr. Michael Nicodemus.
Exceptional. Innovative. Real. That is ACU’s motto and here in the A&E Department we are contributing to that way of thinking. Most people would see a cactus and avoid it because of the pain that it could potentially cause them, but not the Exceptional, Innovative and Real professors and students in our department. More »
Heather Isbell and Anna Watson at Bondi Beach.
Two members of our department, Heather Isbell, a junior Environmental Science major, and Anna Watson, a senior Animal Science major, went to Moree, New South Wales, Australia with World-Wide Witness this summer. Moree is in the northern part of New South Wales, which is in the southeastern part of Australia.
Heather and Anna aided local churches and helped serve the Aboriginal people in and around Moree. They played with and ministered to children in the park and in youth group and passed out fruit to kids on the street. On Wednesday mornings, the girls were able to participate in a Bible study in which they went through 1 Corinthians 10-16, and Wednesday evenings they attended a prayer meeting. They also had the opportunity to share their testimonies with the youth in the community and on Thursdays, they helped serve a warm meal to the local Aboriginal people.
On the trip they saw wildlife such as kangaroos, emus, koalas, wombats and lots of parrots. The experience Heather and Anna had is one they will never forget. They would both encourage you to check out World-Wide Witness and expand your horizons. What you learn here at ACU can be used to impact the lives of others all around the world. More »
Dr. Cooke in front of a truck load of tires.
Photo by Dr. Nicodemus
On Saturday September 14, Dr. Cooke and Dr. Nicodemus organized a day to clean up the Cedar Creek Waterway here in Abilene. This was the second such project, the first was on March 2, 2013. The Cedar Creek Waterway runs from Kirby Lake to Lake Fort Phantom. It is approximately a 15 mile trail and most of the other creeks in Abilene feed into it at some point. More »
